Description

Imagine, everyone thinks, that good arithmetic is important. And then we play a game that has nothing to do with arithmetic and more fun than titles. People learn a lot about themselves and agile procedures.

Materials

• Moderation cards
• Flipchart or Whiteboard
• Stickies
• Markers

Preparation

• Space requirement 3x4m (mark the playing field on the ground)
• Mark Moderation Cards with the numbers 1-40
• Prepare Flipchart for planning and results
• Visualize the rules (prepare post its)

RULES

• Touch each card in the playing field one after the other in the order 1-40
• Each team member must enter the field of play at least 1x
• There may be only 1 person in the playing field at a time
• A second person may enter the field only when the first person has left the playing field

Moderator ensures compliance with the rules.

TIME/ITERATION

• There are 90 seconds available per game round to solve the problem
• Allow 1 minute before the 1st game round for tactical discussion and planning,
• After each round allow 1 minute for retrospective (what went well, what went well bad, change tactics?) and planning
• 3-5 game rounds

PLANNING

• How many cards do we touch in 90 seconds?
• When all 40 cards have been touched, start again from 1.
• Let the team plan all rounds beforehand and then take a second
• Write down on the flipchart the planning for each round, at the end the two plannings compare

FACILITATION

Each time a player breaks the rules, have the team start over from scratch.

DEBRIEF

• What were did you observe?
• How did you feel?
• What did you learn?
• What would you do differently?

TAKE-AWAYS

Agile works

• Planning the performance for the next step (and only those)
• Assess your own performance (planning)
• Evaluate own and team performance (review)
• Impact on the next steps (tactics / lessons learned)