This deck explains how the Pass on Perfection game created by April Jefferson and myself at the 2016 US Agile Coach Camp in Saint Louis. This game combines improv "Yes and..." thinking, the perfection game from the Core Protocols, and a round robin play or pass game mechanic. It is useful for creating ideas and then deciding what should be a part of any minimally viable X (product for example). This particular presentation is the same one given at Agile2019.

1. Pass on Perfection
Developed by
April Jefferson Paul Boos
@SoulCraftswoman @Paul_Boos
develop a concept
in a round robin
fashion with ideation
then perfection
END
Participants on
by one add on
last statemen
Participants repeat until
everyone has passed
with no action
Participants one by one perfect
by re-prioritizing and/or
removing non-essentials with
agreement from others
Choose
a goal
Retro as a Team
1
4
5
6

2. The Flow of Pass on Perfection
Participants will
develop a concept
in a round robin
fashion with ideation
then perfection
END
START
No editing or correcting is
allowed during ideation
and additions build upon
the last idea using “Yes
and” thinking
Someone voluntarily
starts by sharing
a short statement
with a sticky note
Participants one
by one add on the
last statement
Participants repeat until
everyone has passed
with no action
Participants one by one perfect
by re-prioritizing and/or
removing non-essentials with
agreement from others
Participants repeat until
everyone has passed
with no action to create a
perfection result
Choose
a goal
Retro as a Team
1
2
34
5
6
7
The Flow of Pass on Perfection
Participants will
develop a concept
in a round robin
fashion with ideation
then perfection
END
START
No editing or correcting is
allowed during ideation
and additions build upon
the last idea using “Yes
and” thinking
Someone voluntarily
starts by sharing
a short statement
with a sticky note
Participants one
by one add on the
last statement
Participants repeat until
everyone has passed
with no action
Participants one by one perfect
by re-prioritizing and/or
removing non-essentials with
agreement from others
Participants repeat until
everyone has passed
with no action to create a
perfection result
Choose
a goal
Retro as a Team
1
2
34
5
6
7
The Flow of Pass on Perfection
April Jefferson
@SoulCraftswoman
Paul Boos
@paul_boos

3. Choose a Goal
I want a product to . . .
Help Visualize Strategy
Help Improve health
Obtain Housing Sight Unseen
Improve Musical Improvisation
<You Choose>

4. Discuss
● How did your team work
together?
● What difficulties did you have?
● How did you prioritize work in
your group?
● What was your level of emotional
attachment to ideas?
● What did you learn?
● What impact did the warm-up
exercise have?
● How did this exercise provide
space for psychological safety?
● How would you use Pass on
Perfection?
● What would you do or did do
differently to improve the
exercise?
● What other uses could this
exercise apply to?

5. Design Thinking Process
Empathize
Define
IdeatePrototype
Test