Learn benefits of iterative process through a game, so it can be played by the team. The point of this game is to pass as many balls as possible through every team member in 2 minutes. The team gets a point for each ball passed through every member of the team provided that the first person to touch that ball is also the last. There are 5 iterations. Before each iteration the team estimates how many they think they will pass. At the end of each iteration the actual number passed is recorded. The presentation includes a brief introduction to iterative methodologies, the game itself and some questions to check what the team learnt.

1. Learning Agile methodology
through the candy game
by Carlos Morales

2. Agenda
Introduction of Agile
Game
Debrief and conclusions

3. Introduction to Agile

4. Benefits?

5. Why is this important?

6. Agile manifesto
• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools ←
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan ←

7. Responding to change
• Agile development is focused on quick
responses to change and continuous
development
• Mini-game: Guide me to pick up something

8. Responding to change

9. Iterate
Plan
DoLearn

10. Being iterative has some benefits
– Nested Feedback
– Higher Predictability
– Higher Probability of Success
– VISIBLE status at all times
– Reduced risk
Mini-game: Guide me to pick up something

12. Game Rules
• You are one big team
• Candies must have air-time
• No candy to your direct neighbor
• Start Point = End Point

13. How are we playing?
• Iteration = 2 min
• In between = 1 min
• We play 5 iterations

14. Flip
Sprint Estimate Actual Notes
1
2
3
4
5

15. Parallelisms Game -Scrum
What Game Scrum
Plan Estimate
Sprint planning –
estimate velocity
Do 2 minute iteration Sprint
Learn
1 minute
improvement
Sprint retrospective

16. Conclusions
• What Happened?
– Share experiences!!
• What Iteration Felt the Best?
– Ask what made that one feel best? Why?

17. Conclusions
• The Power of the Retrospective
– If we had 6 minutes (total planning time) to plan for a single 2 minute run:
same results?
• The Power of Communications
– How did did communications affect us?
– How it was done?
• Whole Team and Leadership
– Who had all the ideas?
– What roles did you all take?
– When something went wrong what did you do?
• Pull Systems
– Were the candles passed until the downstream person is ready?
– Pull system maximizes flow and increases performance

18. Comments?