Find out how to use simple innovation games to build better solution requirements for SharePoint projects. You will learn seriously fun ways to do work – Seriously! Learn how to tap into true innovation and discover new ideas. Come learn how to put your ideas into action.
3. “Smarter conversations
“Information and equals better products,
Tactics are not assets it’s so f*&#@ing
– Relationships and obvious”
SharePoint Saturday Cincinnati
Conversations are.” -Hugh MacLeod
October 27, 2012
-Mindmulch.net Gapingvoid.com
“Start with getting
better at collaboration
to demonstrate
software sooner.”
-Dean Stevens
Conversations Leadingagile.com
10. What can we do?
“Insanity is doing the same thing,
over and over again, but
expecting different results.”
― Albert Einstein
“The world as we have created it
is a process of our thinking. It
cannot be changed without
changing our thinking.”
― Albert Einstein
12. Most Meetings are Unproductive
• The Facts • The Affects
• 11 million • 91% Daydreaming
• 61.8 meetings a month • 96% Miss Meetings
• 95% Miss parts of Meetings
• 50% unproductive • 73% Bring other work to
• 31 hours per month Meetings
• 39% Fall Asleep
13. Why Games?
Even Cats
learn from
games
…games are, first
and foremost,
learning systems..
- Learning Institute of Games
14. Elements of Serious Games
Structured Rules
Definite
Purposeful
outcome
Time-bound Time boxed
Success
depends on
Participatory
everyone
pitching in
Even-handed and
Unbiased
impartial
15. Comparison
Gamification Serious Games
• FourSquare • Close Combat:
• LinkedIn Marines
• Gamify America • X-Plane
• WII Fit • Steel Beasts
• XBOX Live Professional
• GetGlue • Ship Simulator
• Mint • Microsoft Flight
Simulator
• Shopkick
19. Sample List
• 20/20 Vision • Speed Boat – Sail Boat
• Buy a Feature • Spider Web
• Give Them a Hot Tub • Start Your Day
– “Hot Tub Time • The Apprentice
Machine” • Low Tech Social
• Me and My Shadow Network
• Product Box • Remember the Future
• Show and Tell
• Prune the Product
Tree
22. Let’s Play
• Sailboat – Speedboat
• This game is used to
assess the current
situation
23. Recommended use for this game
• Identify what is wrong
with your existing
products and services
• Identify what customers
like about the existing
product or services*
*This innovation game has been slightly modified from
the original Speed boat game
24. Let’s Play
• Hot Tub
• Team provides feedback
on outrageous features
to establish what is truly
essential
25. Recommended use of this game
Transform seemingly Outrageous
feature requests into true product
or service innovation
28. Looking Back………….
Analysis is broken
Step Away from the questionnaires!
We don’t know what we don’t know……….
And if you don’t know what the need
is how can you solve it?
Requirements aren’t tech features