a few slides to support the delivery of a Marshmallow Challenge ( http://marshmallowchallenge.com ) based workshop in Trento, in July, 2014, during the miniIAD event ( http://agileday.it/mini/2014/trento/ )

1. The Marshmallow Challenge – The goal
Build the tallest
free-standing structure …
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2. The Marshmallow Challenge – The ingredients
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3. The Marshmallow Challenge – The rules
Build the tallest free-standing structure
The entire marshmallow must be on top
Use as much or as little of the kit
Break up the spaghetti, string or tape
The challenge lasts 18 minutes
After the 18 minutes the structure has to stand at least 60 seconds
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4. The Marshmallow Challenge – Let’s play!
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5. The Marshmallow Challenge – Time to measure … and award the winners ;-)
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6. Post-it time III !
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At least 2 obs. on how things went per team (1 obs. per post-it)

7. The Marshmallow Challenge – Things observed
Common pattern
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8. The Marshmallow Challenge – Things observed
Common pattern
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9. The Marshmallow Challenge – Things observed
Children rule!
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10. The Marshmallow Challenge – Things observed
Prototyping matters!
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11. The Marshmallow Challenge – Lessons learned
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