Why a LEGO Simulation?

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Relation to Agile

• Open backlogs that trigger ideating rather than detailed instructions to follow
• Mindful product development rather than a series of tasks to accomplish
• Teams collaborating toward common success rather than competition for score.
• Useful metrics to assess benefits of agile rather than figures the trainers asked to collect
• Continuous improvements rather than winning or losing the game with one try

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Backlogs

• A backlog is an invitation for collaboration between a customer and teams
• Should trigger ideating
• Description should be alterable upon further discussion
• Requirements should be nonsystematic

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Product Development

• As a developer, the objective is to have clear vision of the requested end product
• Aggregation of backlogs should illustrate the requested end product

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Inter Team Collaboration

• Not a competition
• Work toward a common goal

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Production Metrics

• Establish convention for measuring productivity

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Continuous Improvements

• Sprints should yield progressively more productive results

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#Project Chartering

- #Keep In Mind

• Teams are not competing; collaborating
• product is a city
• building elements are Legos
• product owner is the maker of the product
• product owners will be available to dev for questions

- #City Features

• one story building (at least 2)
• two story building (at least 1)
• shop
• school
• hospital
• kindergarten
• bus stop
• park
• river
• bridge

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Planning

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Planning Wall
(2 minutes)

• Using paper, implement planning wall to aggregate plans
  • 4 columns:
    • index
    • feature
    • t-shirt size (estimated effort)
    • scrum number (estimated points)
• Time begins when I click here

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Convert to Swim Lane (1 minute)

• Convert planning wall to swimlane structure
  • 5 columns:
    • 1 point
    • 2 points
    • 3 points
    • 5 points
    • 8 points
• Time begins when I click here

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Team Sprint Box

• Pull stories into the team’s sprint box
• Ask if teams are comfortable with commitment
• Assign Scrum masters to each team

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Begin Sprint 1!
(7 minutes)

• Begin executing plans once the timer starts

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#Product Review

• Do buildings have windows?
• Do buildings have doors?
• Are buildings different colors?

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Retrospective
(3 minutes)

• What went well during the sprint cycle?
• What went wrong during the sprint cycle?
• What could we do differently to improve?

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Planning

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Planning Wall
(2 minutes)

• Using paper, implement planning wall to aggregate plans
  • 4 columns:
    • index
    • feature
    • t-shirt size (estimated effort)
    • scrum number (estimated points)
• Time begins when I click here

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Convert to Swim Lane (1 minute)

• Convert planning wall to swimlane structure
  • 5 columns:
    • 1 point
    • 2 points
    • 3 points
    • 5 points
    • 8 points
• Time begins when I click here

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Team Sprint Box

• Pull stories into the team’s sprint box
• Ask if teams are comfortable with commitment

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Begin Sprint 2!
(7 minutes)

• Begin executing plans once the timer starts

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#Product Review

• Do buildings have windows?
  • Are windows vertically aligned?
• Do buildings have doors?
• Are buildings different colors?

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Retrospective
(3 minutes)

• What went well during the sprint cycle?
• What went wrong during the sprint cycle?
• What could we do differently to improve?

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Planning

-

Planning Wall
(2 minutes)

• Using paper, implement planning wall to aggregate plans
  • 4 columns:
    • index
    • feature
    • t-shirt size (estimated effort)
    • scrum number (estimated points)
• Time begins when I click here

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Convert to Swim Lane (1 minute)

• Convert planning wall to swimlane structure
  • 5 columns:
    • 1 point
    • 2 points
    • 3 points
    • 5 points
    • 8 points
• Time begins when I click here

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Team Sprint Box

• Pull stories into the team’s sprint box
• Ask if teams are comfortable with commitment

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Begin Sprint 3!
(7 minutes)

• Begin executing plans once the timer starts

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#Product Review

• Do buildings have windows?
  • Are windows vertically aligned?
• Do buildings have doors?
• Are buildings different colors?
  • Is each building a solid color?
• Is the school next to the hospital?
• Is the park next to the school and away from the hospital?
• Is the river next to the park but away from the school?

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Retrospective
(3 minutes)

• What went well during the sprint cycle?
• What went wrong during the sprint cycle?
• What could we do differently to improve?

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Post Game Retro

• Observations?
• How did it feel being on a Scrum team?
• How did short iterations go?
• How accurate were estimations
• If there was another opportunity to play, what would you do differently?
• What was the job of the product owner?
• How did it feel after the first sprint when required items needed to be reworked?
• What did Scrum masters do?
• How will your strategy change if the Product Owner is unavailble during sprints?
• What did you learn?