Category: Meetup Recaps

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

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

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

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

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

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