Our next virtual meetup is scheduled for Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 8 am Central via Zoom. Marissa will be facilitating the Agile Point Game. Come join us for the virtual rendition of the Agile Point Game. Instead of standing… Read more
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DC Deck Builders
Ed showed us how a team with diverse strengths can respond to a gauntlet of challenges. DC Deck Builders teaches collaboration and shifting responses based on character strengths in an unpredictable sequence every time. This game has many similarities with… Read more
2020 in Review
AGTC used our last meetup of 2020 as a retro of our first year of Meetups. Chris facilitated and you can see the full results here: https://target.conceptboard.com/board/r002-s1k2-abub-7qbq-tror Overall, the group felt like we had a strong first year, but can… Read more
Codenames – Virtual!
Ryan and Noah reprised their topic from February and shared how to make Codenames work in a virtual setting. More on Codenames: https://codenames.game/
Agile Pictionary
Chuck showed the group a fun and easy way to add an Agile twist to the classic Pictionary game by using agile events, phrases, and roles instead of traditional Pictionary words. Play: Use a flip chart paper or an online… Read more
Octigo’s Agile Game
Chuck led the group through a journey of working with Kanban boards, prioritizing backlogs and utilizing WiP limits by playing Octigo. Octigo is an online Agile Simulation created by Octigo of Poland. Play: Player tries to move work items across… Read more
Penny Game
Chris led the group in the Penny Game using the online tool found here: https://www.solutioneers.co.uk/coingame/ This game, like the version played in person, is great for demonstrating what happens to cycle time, throughput, and optimization when changing batch size. Generally,… Read more
Jenga
Marissa led us in using Jenga as an analogy for PO/team alignment. PO Jenga is a short activity (under 15 minutes) that can be done with a team to help them understand the importance of talking and collaborating with the… Read more
Agile Pizza
Chuck shared a Mural board configured for Agile Pizza. More on it here: https://www.agile42.com/en/kanban-pizza-game/
Dice Flow
Ed shared a game of his own creation: Dice Flow!