The world of Agile training and mentoring is intriguing me at the moment. This is how most of us have done it in large organisations for a long while – We build in powerpoint or prezi these gorgeous training decks and train up people new to Agile We outsource our training to groups who do the …
This blog is in response to a number of requests about creating Agile games. I have spent the last two years creating a number of Agile games and whilst I certainly wouldn’t declare myself and expert next to the amazing machinations of @lukehohmann of Gamestorming I do try to make games that are fun, educational, simple …
I wrote a little while ago about Gamification in Software Development and how it relates to Agile. Within that blog I said that I would get back to explaining Achievements more. And so here it is. Well, actually there it is. When I originally started to write about Achievements and just how powerful they are …
When people think of the term ‘gamer’ it engenders ideas of pasty white teenagers living their days in a zombie like state in the basement of their parents house spending over forty hours a week with their eyes glued to the pixels on their screen smashing keys on their keyboard. Despite this stereotype, 72% of …
Gamestorming, a playbook for innovators, rulebreakers and changemakers by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo is a great composition of a number of games and techniques out there to reach collaborative and innovative outcomes; well worthy of a read for all Agile coaches. The form, for the most part of the book, describes the …
Why is it so hard for software development groups to adopt a different approach or methodology? Why is it so hard for managers and leaders to transition out of the command and control mode? Because we hate change. This is a game that you can play at the beginning of a training session to allow …
Ideagoras. A beautiful word, but even more beautiful when you get to the substance of it. In Greece, 600BC an agora was an open place of assembly where trade occurred. In today’s world trade is big business and the growing trend of this business is shifting to the Internet at break-neck speeds. The agora was the political heart of …
Most people in the Agile community are now familiar with the Marshmallow Challenge where the primary purpose is a lesson in collaboration and communication (according to the website), but for me the key takeaway is the need to prototype and fail early. In one of the post events in Agile Australia 2011 Thoughtworks took a …
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