Instructions for Birdie-Birdie
TIME:
60 Minutes
REQUIRED PLAYERS:
min. 1 Team (3-5 participants)
MATERIALS:
Per team:
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LEGO
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Printed User Stories (in Birdie-Birdie game manual)
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A timer or online stop-watch (to timebox the iterations)
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Room with sufficient space for a table per team
Understand the basic Scrum process. Why are iterations, planning, and Product Owner communication important?
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GOAL: Develop a final product in 4 sprints
Preparing the game
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Print the instruction manual and a set of Birdie-Birdie User Stories for each team
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Prepare the room in a cabaret setup, with each team having an own table with sufficient space to build with Lego
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Distribute one set of User Stories and Lego sets per table
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Playing the game
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Divide your audience into teams of max. 5 team members per team and ask them to take seat
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Introduce the Birdie-Birdie company context, explain the goal and rules of the game
- The games is played in 4 iterations to develop the product, each iteration consists of the following steps:
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Planning: 3 mins
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Building: 8 mins
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Review: 2 mins
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Retrospective: 1 min
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Distribute the User Stories for the first iteration, set up the timer for each of the steps within the iteration starting with Planning (3mins)
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Announce and start the first iteration
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After the 3rd iteration, stop the game and announce that the money has ran out to complete the product
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Proceeed to reflection
Reflection
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Requirements are uncertain
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customers change their minds
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External influences
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Set priorities (balance easiness and value)
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Ask many questions
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Coordination inside the team
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Time management
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Think of resources
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Iterations create feedback loop