Get Your Productivity Game On by Brian Sjoberg

Get Your
Productivity
Game On!!
by Brian Sjoberg (@onek2go) &
Fadi Stephan (@FadiStephan)

@ExcellaCo @onek2go @FadiStephan
• Agile/Lean Coach
at Excella
• Focus on Org.
Transformation
• DC Scrum User
Group
Introduction
4

Name Game
BRIAN
Credit – Henrik Kniberg for Sharing!!

1 Name
4 Names
How Long to Write a Name?

What Factors Influence Time?

Environment

Tools

Take off name tags

SaaS Company

SaaS Motto
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early

CustomerDeveloper
00:06
NOAH
6
3
Delivery
Time
NOAH
2
Deliver
1
Order

NOAH
DIANE
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early
N
ERIC
JESS

NOAH
DIANE
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early
N
D
ERIC
JESS

NOAH
DIANE
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early
D
ERIC
JESS
N E

NOAH
DIANE
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early
D
ERIC
JESS
N E
J

NOAH
DIANE
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early
JD
ERIC
JESS
N EO

NOAH
DIANE
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early
JESDIA
ERIC
JESS
NOAH ERI
00:06
6

Tabulate Results
JESS
ERIC
NOAH
DIANE
6
20 12
15

SaaS Policy
Never keep
customer waiting
Start early
= Finish early

Name Game

Tabulate Results
JESS
ERIC
NOAH
DIANE
6
15 9
12
Average Name Completion Time
Complete All Names Time
10 s
15 s

Wow! What Happened?

• Remember to rotate developers
You’re Fired
You’re
Fired!!

Git Er Done Company

Git Er Done Policy
Limit WIP
(Work In Progress)
Customer Limit =
1 Customer at a Time

CustomerDeveloper
0
Request
Log Start Time
11
2
Deliver NOAH
1
3
Delivery Time
Project Length
NOAH
61
5
Submit Order
00:06

NOAH
DIANE
Limit WIP
(Work in Progress)
Customer Limit =
1
ERIC
JESS

NOAH
DIANE
Limit WIP
(Work in Progress)
Customer Limit =
ERIC
JESS
1
NOAH

NOAH
DIANE
Limit WIP
(Work in Progress)
Customer Limit =
00:06
NOAH
1
6
ERIC
JESS

Tabulate Results
NOAH
61
5
DIANE
166
10
ERIC
2216
6
JESS
2822
6

Average Name Completion Time
Complete All Names Time
Tabulate Results
7 s
28 s
NOAH
61
5
DIANE
166
10
ERIC
2216
6
JESS
2822
6

Change this to
similar to WoW
slide

Multitasking Picture

Round 1
NOAH
DIANE
ERIC
JESS
10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
LEON
NOAH
DIANE
ERIC
JESS
10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
LEON
Round 2

Team Working 4 Projects
Project A
Project B
Project C
Project D
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

Program D
Org/Div Working Programs
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Program A
Program B
Program C
Priority
Q5 Q6

Team Working Projects
JAN FEB MAR APR
Project A
Project B
Project C
Project D
Priority
MAY JUN

Team Working User Stories
User Story A
User Story B
User Story C
User Story D
Priority
Day 2 Day 4 Day 6 Day 8 Day 10

Individual Working Tasks
Task A
Task B
Task C
Task D
Priority
9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM

YOUR BRAIN … MULTITASKING

YOUR BRAIN … ON ONE TASK

Contact Info
Brian.Sjoberg@Excella.com
301.404.0765
@onek2go
www.anagilemind.net

• Henrik Kniberg’s Facilitation Guide for
Name Game
– https://www.crisp.se/gratis-material-och-
guider/multitasking-name-game
• How Multitasking Affects the Way You
Think by Clifford Nass
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHJMIO
wKjE
References

• Test Your Focus
– http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/0
7/technology/20100607-distraction-filtering-
demo.html?_r=0
References

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