Michelle Caldwell will lead a session on using gamestorming techniques to gather requirements in a more interactive and effective way. Attendees will get hands-on experience playing games to define business needs, as a more engaging alternative to traditional questionnaires. Gamestorming uses role playing and games to provide quick insights. Attendees will learn how to facilitate these innovative strategies and apply them to their own projects and organizations.

1. Get Your Gamestorming On!
Let the games Begin
Michelle Caldwell
Director of Collaboration
Avanade

2. Brief Description – Format – Workshop
Analysis is broken! Did you ever wish there was a more effective and
interactive way to gather requirements? In this session we will role paly
some of these tactics that provide quick and effective insights into
business needs. Throw out your trusty questionnaires and get ready to
play some serious games. If you want to have fun while you define
requirements you won’t want to miss this session.

3. By attending this class you will be able to:
· Get hands on experience in gamestorming and innovation game techniques
· Understand how to facilitate these innovative strategies on your project
· Apply field-tested strategies in your organization

4. Michelle Caldwell
MVP, CSM, PMP, SSGB
Michelle is a SharePoint Solutions Architect and Director of
Collaboration at Avanade. She is a Certified Innovation Games
Instructor and a Microsoft SharePoint MVP with over 16 years of
experience delivering business solutions to diverse organizations.
For the past nine years, she has focused on delivering enterprise
SharePoint solutions across multiple industries while leading
teams that have won outstanding achievements in Web
Development. She is a founding member and President of the
Columbus, Ohio SharePoint User Group (BuckeyeSPUG) and
actively shares her real-world experience through her blog and
conferences across North America. She also sits on the board of
two Columbus, Ohio non-profits in support of her local technology
community.