The document outlines five games designed for effective agile coaching, focusing on enhancing engagement and understanding stakeholder needs. These games include 'Empathy Map,' 'Buy a Feature,' 'Business Value Game,' 'Flap,' and 'Flip It,' each with specific objectives and timeframes for implementation. Additionally, it discusses the importance of building relationships in distributed meetings and provides tips for facilitating effective retrospectives.

1. a g i l e s o f t w a r e f a c t o r y
5 GAMES FOR
effective
AGILE COACHING
JOVAN VIDIC
IT Consultant @ codecentric
t: _yowan_

2. a g i l e s o f t w a r e f a c t o r y
History
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Learning
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AGENDA

3. STORYTELLING

4. Egyptian hieroglyphs

7. VS

8. WHY GAMES ?

9. WHY GAMES ? - THE Game of business

10. HOW could we get true engagement?

11. What are the effects?
April 2014 Jan 2015

12. PLANNING GAMES

13. GAME 1: Empathy map
HOW TO understand what the stakeholders want from your product

14. EMPATHY MAP
15 - 60 min 5 – 10

15. EMPATHY MAP – WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK?
15 - 60 min 5 – 10
• What surprises you?
• What did you learn about your persona?
• What aspects of your persona do you want to learn
more about?
• What aspects of your persona will impact or influence
your designs the most?

16. GAME 2: Buy a feature
magic lies in structuring the conversations

17. Buy a feature
30 - 90 min 3 - 7
• 12 – 20 PBI’s ready for prioritization
• Players with limited budget for:
– Business value
– RISK
– TECHNICAL WORk
• Lots of people actively engaged
(Customers, Marketing, Support, Developers…)
• Gives answer to questions
What are the priroties?
What are reasons behind the priorities?

18. Buy a feature – HOW DOES IT LOOK
30 - 90 min 3 - 7

19. GAME 3: Business value game
HOW do you prioritize your features and stories?
© Vera Peeters and Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
Download from http://www.xp.be

20. • 6 iterations
• Salespeople represent clients
• Development team representative
– Determines velocity
– Implements stories
– Builds releases
Business Value GAME
90 min 6 - 14

21. Business Value GAME – HOW does it look
90 min 6 - 14

22. RETROSPECTIVE GAMES

23. At regular intervals,
the team reflects on how to become more effective,
then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.
AGILE MANIFESTO 12th principle

24. GAME 4: FLAP
DISCUSS Future Considerations, LESSONS LEARNED, Accomplishments
AND PROBLEM AREAS

25. FLAP
20 - 40 min 5 - 10
LESSONS LEARNED
PROBLEM AREAS FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Please write down all future considerations
with respect to the iteration
Please write down the key lessons and takeaways
from the ITERATION
Please write down the problem areas
experienced throughout the specified ITERATION
Please write down the key accomplishments
for the ITERATION

26. FLAP
20 - 40 min 5 - 10
LESSONS LEARNED
PROBLEM AREAS FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Process and practices
Technology and tools
Scope and schedule
People and staffing

27. FLAP – HOW DOES IT LOOK
20 - 40 min 5 - 10

28. GAME 5: FLIP IT
show players that perspectives are made, not born

29. FLIP IT
30 - 60 min 5 - 20
FLIP THE PERSPECTIVE

30. FLIP IT
30 - 60 min 5 - 20

31. FLIP IT– HOW DOES IT LOOK
30 - 60 min 5 - 20

32. APPENDIX A: Check-in
Know how the participants feel towards the meeting

33. ESVP, Safety Check, Happiness Radar
5 min 5 - 10

34. APPENDIX B: CLOSE THE meeting
GET A FEEDBACK

35. ROTI, Plus/delta, FEEDBACK DOOR
5 min 5 - 10

36. WRAP-UP

37. DISTRIBUTED Meetings are HARD
DISTRIBUTED Retrospectives are EVEN harder

38. • FOCUS FIRST ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
• BE aware of cultural dimensions
• DECIDE WHAT IS YOUR ROLE BEFORE THE MEETING
• Use online tools to share
• Don’t allow one side to dominate
• Agree on signaling system
• Work in small groups
Tips

39. • FOCUS FIRST ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
• BE aware of cultural dimensions
• DECIDE WHAT IS YOUR ROLE BEFORE THE MEETING
• Use online tools to share
• Don’t allow one side to dominate
• Agree on signaling system
• Work in small groups
• MAKE DECISIONS VISIBLE
Tips

40. HAVE FUN

41. THANK YOU

42. jovan.vidic@codecentric.de
@_yowan_
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43. Literature