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Agile the Board Game (for XPDays Benelux 2013)
Agile the Board Game is designed to teach different learning styles and facilitate understanding of agile concepts through gameplay. Players aim to achieve business value by managing resources and completing user stories over a 16-week period, engaging in planning, review, and retrospectives. The document outlines the game's rules, setup, assignments, and provides contact information for further inquiries.
Agile the Board Game (for XPDays Benelux 2013)
- 1. Agile the BoardGame Dajo Breddels
- 2. Agenda • • • • • Why Agile theBoard Game? What is Agile the Board Game? Rules of Agile the Board Game Play the game Questions and remarks
- 3. If you havea question
- 4. Why Agile theBoard Game? • Different learning styles – Reading – Listening – Doing • See the team in action • To explain specific concepts
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- 6. Well known games •Similarities and differences with those games
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- 8. How to play •Goal of the game – To achieve as much business value as possible, by getting accepted user stories • The game ends when: – You are out of money – The Product Backlog is empty – You are at the end of week 16
- 9. The Cards: TeamMember
- 10. The Cards: UserStory
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- 15. Assignment 1 • Selecta team – Each player selects one Team Member Card (Orange) – Aim for a good mix of different skills • Calculate weekly costs – Write costs on sheet • Team name – Write team name on sheet
- 16. Assignment 2 • Selectiteration length – Do you want to use iterations? – What is the iteration length? • Alternatives: – Kanban – Waterfall
- 17. Assignment 3 • DesignAgile Dashboard – Start with “To Do” – End with “Done” – Rest is up to you • Draw your Dashboard on a big sheet of paper
- 18. Week • Start ofthe week – Place week marker on the next week – Pay Salary of the team – Place skill tokens on Team Member Cards • During the week – Assign skill tokens to items • End of the week – Return unused skill tokens – Draw Week Card
- 19. Start Iteration • Planning –Each Team Member pays 1 – Select User Stories – All paid are changed to – All new may be assigned to User Stories this week
- 20. End Iteration • Review –Each Team Member pays 1 – Draw a Review Card – All User Stories in Done are accepted – Calculate Business Value Delivered (add to sheet) • Retrospective – Discuss the Iteration – Select one or more improvements (optional) – Place Improvements on Dashboard in ‘To Do’
- 21. Play! • Start theGame – 16 Weeks – 400.000 Euro
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