Release Planning (The Small Card Game): Discover What Works

room: Columbus IJ — time: Tuesday 11:00-11:45, Tuesday 11:45-12:30
Level: Introductory

This tutorial, the “small card game”, is a simulation game introducing the concepts of Agile planning, story value, and story cost. Learn to manage scope and optimize return on investment. The students practice planning a project with varying levels of information about the features needed, and experience how “nature” deals with their plan. Again, very appropriate for all team members, in-house customers, marketing, and management, to learn how the process works and what their part in it is.

Process/Mechanics

We like to present this session every other year or so.

This is a highly interactive session.

Learning outcomes
  • Management value of short iterations
  • The importance of even simple cost estimates
  • The impact of value sorting on project outcome
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