Agile 102 Workshop Syllabus

After the practical exercise in the Agile 101 Workshop, this workshop focuses on developing teams' ability to apply some of their experiences to another simulation project, which needs a next level understanding of the Agile concepts.

This workshop sees teams building a Product Backlog as a Story Map and devising a release plan. Finally, the attendees run their release plan through a dice based simulation of Scrum and make release and scoping decisions to try to get the best possible outcome in the simulation.

Materials

• Large poster illustrating the Agile framework for the session such as Scrum for example
• Flip chart paper and markers
• Post-it notes and markers
• A4 spare paper
• Dice, enough for pairs of attendees to be able to throw up to 3 dice
• Release and Sprint burn down charts
• Visible timer to indicate the time left for the activities
• Music playlist and sound system to help play low level music whilst the teams are working
• Debrief Cards

Setup

The setup for the room with up to 16 participants includes:

• Large poster of the Agile framework to be used visible on the wall
• Several workstations arranged in cafe seating available for multiple table groups

Team Workstations

Each team should have setup:

• Poster of their team name and sense of identity
• Flip chart paper for their Backlog or Product Backlog of work
• Flip chart paper for their Iteration or Sprint Backlog
• Agile 102 Instructions
• Table where to work

Timings & Run Sheet

Provide 3 hours for teams to orientate themselves to their project, conduct 4 iterations or Sprints and conclude with a reflection:

1. Introduction and orientation of the approach - 15 mins
   1. Team self selection
   2. Team name poster and workstation setup
   3. Run through of the Agile framework poster and how the session is going to run
2. 4 x iterations or Sprints - 150 mins:
   1. Sprint Planning (if using Scrum) - Team decides how long
   2. Sprint or iteration to do the chosen activities - 25 mins - Including Sprint Planning time (if used)
   3. Group Sprint Review as a Feature Fair to enable teams to interact, offer feedback and discuss what they have learned - 5 mins
   4. Sprint Retrospective or other reflection for the teams to improve how they do things - 5 mins
3. Overall share back and reflection on the workshop with Debrief Cards if needed - 15 mins

See Also

• Agile 101 Workshop Syllabus
• Scrum Simulation With Dice

References

• Scrum Foundations Learning Objectives, accessed 21 Jan 2019