D.I.Y. Agile Training with Agile Games

Kulawat Wongsaroj & Kamon Treetampinij

21 August 2014

Massively Multi-player Thumb-wrestling

10 Positive Emotions in 60 Seconds

• Joy สนก

• Relief โลง

• Love รก

• Surprise ประหลาดใจ

• Pride ภมใจ

• Curiosity อยากร

• Excitement ตนเตน

• Awe & Wonder องทง

• Contentment พอใจ

• Creativity สรางสรรค

Who are we?

Kulawat Wongsaroj MD & Agile Coach, Lean In Consulting

Agile66 Co-Founder blogpom.com

Kamon Treetampinij Consulting Agile Coach,Lean In Consulting

Agile66 Co-Founder korn4d.com

Outlines

• Warm-Up Game

• Agility Today

• Why Agile Game?

• Sharing Our EXP

Agility Today

• Everybody wants to adopt Agile

• Many early adaptors

–Certified Scrum Master Course

–Agile Intro Course

– Self-Taught

Agility Today

• Cannot push further in organization

–Resistant to change

– Limited external Agile coach

–Cannot spread the knowledge and understanding

Layman Problem

You want to spread the good things about Agile in your organization but

• You are not the renowned Agile guru

Layman Problem

You want to spread the good things about Agile in your organization but

• You are not that funny Agile trainer who everyone loves

Layman Problem

You want to spread the good things about Agile in your organization but

• You are not that inspiring Agile speaker who makes you feel good just to hear his voice

Layman Problem

You want to spread the good things about Agile in your organization but

• You are just a layman who want to teach Agile

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Problem with classroom training

http://www.alanmachinwork.net/Alan-Machin-s-Blog-July-2009

Education?

Foundation of Creativity & Innovation

http://www.slideshare.net/michael.sahota/agile-games-2012-keynote-games-landscape-and-importance-of-play

Play is for Our Survival

“you present those rats with a cat odor-saturated collar, they're hardwired to flee and hide. Pretty smart -- they don't want to get killed by a cat. So what happens? They both hide out. The non-players never come out -- they die.”

http://www.slideshare.net/michael.sahota/agile-games-2012-keynote-games-landscape-and-importance-of-play

Layman Solution

Doing

Simulating Real Thing

Game!

Game usage in Agile teaching 150

games!

Our EXP

• Get inspired from

– Bas Vodde’s Certified Scrum Master Class

– Henrik Kniberg’s Essence of Agile Class

Agile Games in Startup Workshops

• SIPA Angel in The City 2013 (By Proteus)

– LEGO Scrum – Startup Edition

• SIPA Angel in The City 2014

(By Proteus)

– Factory Game

Agile Games in Public Trainings

• Kanban 101 (2014)

– Flow Game

– Lean 5S

– Kanbanopoly

Agile Games in Student Workshops

• Various 2013 Campus Visit (By Proteus)

– Ball Point

– Factory Game

• SIPA BU Tourism Software 2014 – Ball Point

– Flow Game

– Lean Startup Snow Flake

– Kanban Game

Agile Games in Private Enterprise Trainings

• An online insurance agent company (2013) (with K.Noom Sprint3r)

– Kanban Pizza

• A big telco go e-commerce (2014) – Flow Game

– Name Writing

• A big telco (2014) – Flow Game

– Ball Point

4 Games we like

• Snow Flake

• Ball Point

• Flow Game

• Kanban Game

Lean Startup Snowflake Game

• Learn

– Lean Startup Concept

• Pro

– Craft/Software similarity,

– Simulate Startup Situation

• Con

– Low Safety

– Scaling Cost

Ball Point Game

• Learn

– Continuous Improvement

• Pro

– Super Fun

– Obvious

– Scalable

• Con

– Chaotic

Flow Game

• Learn

– Flow & WIP Limit

• Pro

– Easily visualize Complex and Abstract Concept

– Sticky

• Con

– Take a while

Kanban Game

• Learn

– Kanban Concept

• Pro

– Visualize full software cycle

– Strangely Fun

• Con

– A bit complex

Why Agile Game?

• Best learning is Learning by Doing

• Anyone can do it!

• Fun!

THANK YOU