Presentation about context switching and W.I.P, used to help agile teams

1. Limit your W.I.P.

2. Theory is boring
Let’s play some games!

3. Context switching game
You will need a pen and a paper.
Create three columns like this...
In each column, we’re going to write a number, a letter, and then a roman numeral – in that order, like this:
Numbers Letters Roman numeral
1 -> A -> I
2 B II
… … …
15 O XV
We want to do this to the number 15, letter “O”, and roman numeral XV, and then mark down your time.

4. Context switching game
Now, do that again, but do the numbers first, letters, and romans in sequence.
So this time do 1, 2, 3 and on to 15, and then mark down your time, then the letters in order and mark down
your time, then the roman numerals, and again mark down your time.
Numbers Letters Roman numeral
1 A I
2 B II
… … …
15 O XV
As before, we want to do this to the number 15, letter “O”, and roman numeral XV.

5. Context switching
costs you.

6. Context switching game 2
Take a list of 10 names and write out the first letter of each name, then the second, until you are finished. When
your name is “ready to be delivered”, write down the time. But this time, we have just 1 minute.
B O RIS
S A BRINA
J A IME
S E BASTIAN
J U AN
.. ..
.. ..
J O AQUIN

7. Context switching game 2
Now, same list of names and write them out the way you normally would, left to right. When your name is
“ready to be delivered”, write down the time.
BORIS
SABRINA
JAIME
..
..
JOAQUIN

8. Focus helps you
to deliver faster

10. Limit your W.I.P.

11. A focused team kill
deliver faster

13. Interruptions and
context switching are
not good

14. Questions?

15. Retrospective