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Coin Game<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Get flipping with a kanban workflow challenge that will help teams stay active.<\/p>\n

Lernziele<\/strong>: Das erste Prinzip des Agilen Manifests, kontinuierliche Bereitstellung.<\/p>\n

Spielzeit<\/strong>: 15 Minuten.<\/p>\n

Vor Ort oder virtuell<\/strong>: Beides.<\/p>\n

Anzahl der Spieler<\/strong>: 3+ Personen.<\/p>\n

Ben\u00f6tigte Materialien<\/strong>: 20 M\u00fcnzen \u2013 sie m\u00fcssen nicht gleich sein.<\/p>\n

So funktioniert das Spiel<\/strong>: Ziel des M\u00fcnzspiels ist es, das erste Prinzip des Agilen Manifests kennenzulernen: \u201eUnsere h\u00f6chste Priorit\u00e4t ist es, den Kunden durch fr\u00fche und kontinuierliche Auslieferung wertvoller Software zufriedenzustellen.\u201c<\/p>\n

The Coin Game rules<\/h3>\n

The goal of this game is to work out the fastest way to deliver value to the customer as a team. Essentially this means comparing agile to traditional approaches and determining the best batch size.<\/p>\n

Die Regeln sind wie folgt:<\/p>\n

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  • There is a set number of coins representing value to the customer.<\/li>\n
  • Each coin needs to be flipped by each person along the value chain before it is given to the customer.<\/li>\n
  • The process is timed to see how long it takes to deliver value to the customer.<\/li>\n
  • There will be 3+ iterations that are timed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Gather the team and provide the goals and instructions.<\/p>\n

    Separate them into teams of 5 or 6 people. They can represent different roles in the value chain.<\/p>\n

    Have people decide the fastest way they can take turns flipping the coins and stacking them at the end of the process, ready for delivery to the customer.<\/p>\n

    After a minute of discussion, start the timer and let them play it out. Stop the timer when all the coins have been flipped by each person and stacked.<\/p>\n

    Allow a one-minute retrospective to see how they might change the strategy and then repeat the activity above.<\/p>\n

    Re-run the activity, recording the time taken for each iteration.<\/p>\n

    Once all iterations are completed, run a debrief. Du kannst Fragen stellen wie zum Beispiel:<\/p>\n

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    • Which batch sizes did the best in terms of time? Why do you think that is?<\/li>\n
    • Was there anything that surprised you in the game?<\/li>\n
    • How do you think it would change if the distance between people were increased?<\/li>\n
    • How do you think things would change if you had to wait 10 seconds each time there was a handover of coins?<\/li>\n
    • If you introduced a change request during the game, how did that impact the process?<\/li>\n
    • If you had compared it to the traditional waterfall approach, what differences did you notice?<\/li>\n
    • How good were the team\u2019s time estimates?<\/li>\n
    • What else did you learn from this activity that you wanted to share?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Variationen des Agilen M\u00fcnzspiels<\/h3>\n

      Du kannst diese Herausforderung variieren, indem du:<\/p>\n

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      • Having the teams start off by completing the task in a traditional waterfall approach where every coin was flipped by one person before it was moved to the next person. This acts as a baseline.<\/li>\n
      • Eine oder mehrere \u00c4nderungsanforderungen in den Prozess einf\u00fchrst \u2013 z. B. \u201eIch m\u00f6chte nur 2-$-M\u00fcnzen\u201c oder \u201eM\u00fcnzen mit einem Tierbild\u201c.<\/li>\n
      • Have teams estimate how long it would take to complete the task at different batch times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>