Agile Games

1. Agile business games: play and
improve
Andrei Rebrov
UBS DC

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Why games are important

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What is a game?

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Goal

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Rules

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Time limit

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Team

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World

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Judge

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How is this relevant to
Agile?

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Game pros
• Focus on result, not on process
• Быстрое получение результата / feedback`а
• More involvement from participants comparing to formal
process
• Risks reduce

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Type of games
 Innovation games
 Agile games
 Motivation games

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Innovation Games ®
• Customer involvement
• Solve real process
• Identify gaps on early stages

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Games for requirement analysis
 Story Mapping
 Product Box
 Speed the Boat
 Impact-Effort Matrix

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Agile games
Show agile-practices
Explain agile-values
Help to sell agile

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What’s matter
 Not just facilitate a game, show the process
 Don’t highlight solutions
 Follow the rules

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How to sell
 Introduce agile using presentation and game
 Success story (Adobe, Microsoft, SAP)
 Combine with others activities

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What’s next
 Don’t forget about your experience
 Run existing games
 Create your own games

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What to play
Planning Poker
Ball Point Game
Pairing for Non-Programmers
Circles and Soup
Agile Airplanes

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Game resources
 http://tastycupcakes.org
 http://innovationgames.com/
 http://innogame.ru/

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Q&A
Andrei Rebrov
Arebrov@luxoft.com
http://innogame.ru
@andrebrov