scrum simulation with lego - tech hangout #43 - 2014.09.19
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On September 19, in the format of Tech Hangout internal meetings Dmitriy Velykoivanenko and Galina Kostetskaya, Engineering Managers at Innovecs, conducted Scrum Simulation Game with LEGO bricks. GOALS: The main goal is to make sure the teams practice Scrum by building “products” with LEGO bricks. *TECH HANGOUT COMMUNITY was found in 2012 by the developers for the developers for knowledge and experience sharing. Such meetings are the part of Innovecs Educational Project that actively develops sphere of internal trainings and knowledge exchange program among professionals. This Initiative was born within the walls of Innovecs and has proved to be extremely popular and high-demand. In a short period of time it gained its own Facebook group with more than 100 members, blog with more than 40 posts and constant quarterly external meeting of Tech hangout community with more than 80 participants. The concept of the event proposes a 30-minute report on the topic previously defined, and the discussion in a roundtable session format. Join to discuss - https://www.facebook.com/groups/techhangout/TRANSCRIPT
Scrum Simulation with LEGO
Dmitry VelykoivanenkoGalina KostetskayaEngineering Managers
19/09/2014
Scrum terms• Burndown/Burnup Charts• Daily Scrum Meeting• Product Backlog• User Story• Product Owner• Scrum Master• Sprint• Retrospective • Velocity• Demo
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The gameTiming: 120 min; Groups: 4-6 people
Roles: • Trainer/Scrum master (Galina) • Product owner (Dmitry)• Teams: developers, testers.
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SchedulePre-game:• Organizing teams: 5 min• Project Chartering: 10 min• Building the backlog: 15 min• Estimating: up to 20 min
Coffee-break: 15 min
Game:• Sprint planning: 3-5 min• Sprint: 7 min• Demo: 5 min• Retrospective: 5 min
Post-game: up to 20 min5 © Copyright Innovecs 2012
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Debriefing• How did it feel being on a Scrum team?• How did the short iterations go?• How accurate were the estimations?• What would we have done differently
from the beginning, if we had another• What was the job of the Product Owner?• How did it feel after the first sprint when
almost all items required re-work?• How will your strategy change, if you
know the Product Owner is unavailable during sprints?
• How did inter-team communication go? Were there any dependencies? How were they resolved? 5 © Copyright Innovecs 2012
Thank you!
Galina KostetskayaDmitry Velykoivanenko
Engineering Managers
Photos (Sep 19, 2014)
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Photos (Sep 19, 2014)
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