Games and Exercises - Dev/QA Pairing

Jun 24

As part of my project kickoff/agile chartering workshops for teams, I like to include a game or activity to reinforce the agile values and principles. I was talking to a Scrum Master who was preparing to lead one of these workshops, and we decided that an exercise to encourage pairing between developers and QA would be beneficial for her team. So I tweeted this:

Looking for games/exercises to teach agile team about dev/QA pairing -- any ideas?
— Allison Pollard (@allison_pollard) June 17, 2015

I was pleasantly surprised by the responses, and I wanted to share the suggestions I received.

A good one for agile newbies -- nandalankalapalli.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/gam… (shared by @lisacrispin)
Not so much a training game on its own, but a workshop is being developed with it -- http://inedo.com/release (shared by @apapadimoulis)
A presentation with ideas -- http://www.slideshare.net/pmboos/agile-engineering-workshop (shared by @paul_boos)
Check out Scrum Lego Game simulations, then modify to match your learning objectives -- http://www.lego4scrum.com (shared by @stevecrago)

If you have more suggestions or try some of these, I'd love to hear.

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Allison Pollard

Allison Pollard is a coach, consultant, and trainer who brings the power of relationship systems intelligence to go beyond tasks, roles, and frameworks to create energy for change. She engages with people and teams in a down-to-earth way to build trust and listen for signals to help them learn more and improve. Allison focuses on creating alignment and connection for people to solve business problems together. Her experience includes working with teams and leaders in energy, retail, financial, real estate, and transportation industries to help improve their project/product delivery and culture. Allison currently volunteers as program director for Women in Agile’s mentorship program. Her agile community focus is championing new voices and amplifying women as mentors and sponsors for the next generation of leaders. Allison earned her bachelor’s degrees in computer science, mathematics, and English from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a foodie, and proud glasses wearer. Allison is a prolific speaker at professional groups and international conferences, including Scrum Gatherings and the Agile Alliance Agile20xx conferences. Allison is co-owner of Helping Improve LLC.

http://www.allisonpollard.com

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