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[[Category:Agile:Workshops]][[Category:Agile]][[Category:Agile:Scrum]]
==Outcomes==
This exercise is a short workshop which provides an in-depth practical project simulation using Agile and Scrum to help learn some deep lessons about how Scrum projects work.

This project runs for 4 x 8 minute Sprints, with each Sprint containing Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective events, and using a Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog to manage the work.

The exercise allows for non-programmers and programmers alike to contribute to a technical project by completing several User Stories to produce a website.

==Timings==
Allow 120 mins (2 hours) for this exercise.

==Equipment==
* Flip chart paper
* 1 x [[Media:Scrum_Worksheet.pdf|Scrum Worksheet]] per team
* 1 x set of [[Media:Scrum_Master_Conference_Website_Stories.pdf|User Stories]] per team
* 1 x set of [[Media:Scrum_Master_Conference_Website_Epics.pdf|Epics]] per team
* 1 x set of [[Media:Scrum_Master_Conference_Website_Sprints.pdf|Sprint Labels]] per team
* 1 x [[Media:Story_Mapping_Poster.pdf|Story Mapping Poster]] per team
* [[Debrief Cards]]
* Selection of printed out stock photos to share across the teams
* Timer
* Post-it notes
* Blu-tack or masking tape
* Markers
* Wooden skewers or paddle sticks

==Background Info==
Things to consider:
* 2 Day conference for Scrum Masters
* Venue is at a large local hotel
* Breakfast and registration from 08:00 – 09:30 on Day 1
* Day 1 opens at 08:00 and closes at 17:00
* Day 2 opens at 09:00 and closes at 17:00
* 1000 attendees
* Ticket prices are tiered:
** 100 x Early bird: $800
** 800 x Nominal: $900
** 100 x Late arrival: $1100
* 32 speakers across 4 rooms at the venue with 4 x parallel speaker sessions per day
* 3 keynote speakers (1 keynote each morning of Day 1 and Day 2 at 09:30 + the third at 16:00 on Day 2 to close the conference)	
* Lunch, morning and afternoon tea + catering provided
* Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsors with advertisement needed
* Community sponsor to fund the evening social gathering on the evening of the first day
* 5 workshops with 5 facilitators over 2 days prior to the conference
* Special concessions for attendees staying at a local hotel

==Tasks==
===Part 1: Setup===
# Form a team of up to 3 people
# Get a set of stories, epics, sprint labels, a story mapping poster and a Scrum worksheet for the team

===Part 2: Product Backlog===
# Set the timer for '''10 minutes'''
# Cut out the [[User Stories]] for the exercise
# Arrange the User Stories into a [[Story Mapping|Story Map]] on the desk with the Epics across the top and the User Stories aligned under each Epic
# Next place the Sprint Labels down one side of the Story Map and adjust the User Stories into the desired Sprint whilst still keeping them aligned with the Epics

===Part 3: Sprints===
# Set the Timer for '''4 minutes''' for [[Sprint Planning & Product Backlog Refinement|Sprint Planning]] and figure out as a team which items are to be worked on for the [[Sprints|Sprint]]
# Set the timer for '''8 minutes''' for the Sprint and create the features of the chosen User Stories and incorporate them into your paper based website prototype
# Set the timer for '''5 minutes''' for the [[Sprint Review]] and inspect what you have created in the Sprint making decisions about how the future Sprints should be adjusted
## Also mark on the [[Velocity Chart]] on the Scrum Worksheet mark off how many points (red numbers on the User Stories) were completed during that Sprint
# set the timer for '''3 minutes''' for the [[Sprint Retrospective]] and using the Scrum Worksheet write down what was working for you, what challenges you faced and what improvements you want to make for the next Sprint.

Repeat the above steps for 4 Sprints.

===Part 4: The Debrief===
# Set the timer for a '''15 minutes''' and discuss as a team what you observed during the exercise
#* Using the Debrief cards may help to stimulate conversation
# Call over the facilitator to review

==See Also==
* [[Micro:bit Challenge]]
* [[Micro:bit Project Simulation]]
* [[Lego Island Project Sim]]
* [[Hotel Booking Website Project Sim (Scrum Edition - Electronic)]]
* [[Hotel Booking Website Project Sim (Scrum Edition - Paper)]]
* [[PO Conference Website Part 1]]
* [[PO Conference Website Part 2]]
* [[PO Conference Website Part 3]]