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Hi Alan --

I helped setup/introduce you at Agile2010 for "Scrum in the Body." I =
loved it and have started reading more about Theatre of the Oppressed.=20=


I love the idea of a comics version of Agile Games.  Comics are being =
recognized in the medical field as excellent communication media.


On Mar 12, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Alan Cyment wrote:

> Hi all,
>=20
> Can any of you guys draw nice cartoons? I'd love to make the comics =
version of tastycupcakes.
>=20
> Cheers,
> Alan
>=20
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Sam Laing <s...@growingagile.co.za> =
wrote:
> Hi Morgan (and others),
>=20
> Karen and I have an Estimation Workshop we run with teams. It takes =
about an hour and is fun - more play than "serious" workshop.
> During the hour - the participants learn 4 different estimation =
techniques and discuss the differences between them. Usually at the end =
of the workshop we ask them which one they preferred and then use that =
technique for the next few sprints.
> Full details here (and printable pdf of the 'cards' at the bottom): =
http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/estimation-techniques/
>=20
> Hope it helps!
> Sam
>=20
>=20
> Samantha Laing
> 082-456-7840
> s...@growingagile.co.za
> www.growingagile.co.za
> =20
> Stay in touch via our newsletter
>=20
>=20
>=20
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Timofey Yevgrashyn =
<yevgras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Morgan,
>=20
> It seems I understand your challenge with explaining Planning Poker =
:-) I gave up giving the Poker for new teams unless they maintain =
understanding of own scale and understand the own feeling of sizing =
around Fibonacci or modified Planning Poker sequence.
>=20
> In order to calibrate the team I used my own exercise and later I =
found even better one called "Team Estimation Game" proposed by Steve =
Bockman. Simple game-like rules provide a facilitation for the fresh =
team to estimate a backlog or for experienced team to estimate a new =
project/product.
>=20
> Our lovely TastyCupCakes contains also a simillar exercise called =
"White Elephant Sizing" which propose to teach people groupping Product =
Backlog Items into 5 categories and then later give them a scale =
(Fibonacci or simillar).
>=20
> This way people have to lear first to do the relative =
estimation/sizing and only after that take numebers into consideration. =
After this you can give the Planning Poker rules and they can play poker =
for all new stories. Having a calibrated scale in mind they will do =
estimations much faster with the common understanding what doe one point =
means and how is it related to five :-)
>=20
> Hope this will help you.
>=20
> Timofey Yevgrashyn,
>=20
> http://tim.com.ua
> Skype: spidertim
> Phone: +380 67 408 53 30
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:25, Morgan Ahlstr=F6m =
<morgan.ahlst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> I've been trying (unsuccessfully so far) to come up with a good game
> to show the value of story points. I have simulations to show the
> value of planning poker and how we reach a better understanding
> through the discussions but I would love some game to show the value
> of relative estimates over time.
>=20
> My attempts (so far only theoretical, I have not had an audience to
> work with yet) have been at creating a short backlog for two teams to
> estimate, one with time estimates and one with story points. Then to
> let the teams run through a couple of sprints where the story point
> team can use their velocity for planning but the time estimate-team
> will have to stick with time estimates. Perhaps including some
> disturbances for the teams in order to force them to take a focus
> factor into consideration.
>=20
> I get stuck with trying to come up with good exercises for the teams
> to estimate. They need to be quite short but also cover a span of
> different sizes. They need to be estimatable by the teams, especially
> relative to each other. I would like them to not just be linear in
> effort (like sorting one deck of cards or two decks of cards) but
> rather sorting a deck of card an folding a paper airplane.
>=20
> I'm also not sure what would be the best way to handle the
> time-estimate team in between sprints. I don't want to force them to
> stick with the inital plan since that is not the point that I want to
> get across. However, should I let them re-estimate the rest of the
> backlog or let them use a focus factor to correct their estimates or
> give them some other way to adjust their planning?
>=20
> Any suggestions to help develop the setup describe above or a
> completely different way of approaching this learning would be
> welcome.
>=20
> BR
>=20
> Morgan
> --
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<html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi =
Alan --<div><br></div><div>I helped setup/introduce you at Agile2010 for =
"Scrum in the Body." I loved it and have started reading more about =
Theatre of the Oppressed.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>I love the idea =
of a comics version of Agile Games. &nbsp;Comics are&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://web.me.com/comicnurse/ComicsMedicine/Welcome.html">being =
recognized in the medical field</a>&nbsp;as excellent communication =
media.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Mar 12, 2012, at =
7:16 AM, Alan Cyment wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Hi =
all,<div><br></div><div>Can any of you guys draw nice cartoons? I'd love =
to make the comics version of =
tastycupcakes.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Alan<br><br><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Sam Laing <span =
dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:s...@growingagile.co.za">s...@growingagile.co.za</a>&gt;</spa=
n> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Morgan (and =
others),<div><br></div><div>Karen and I have an Estimation Workshop we =
run with teams. It takes about an hour and is fun - more play than =
"serious" workshop.</div>
<div>During the hour - the participants learn 4 different estimation =
techniques and discuss the differences between them. Usually at the end =
of the workshop we ask them which one they&nbsp;preferred&nbsp;and then =
use that technique for the next few sprints.</div>


<div>Full details here (and printable pdf of the 'cards' at the =
bottom):&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/estimation-technique=
s/" =
target=3D"_blank">http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/estimation=
-techniques/</a></div>


<div><br></div><div>Hope it helps!</div><div>Sam</div><div><br =
clear=3D"all"><b><div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, =
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">


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height=3D"120" style=3D"float:left"><span =
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style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(50,61,54)">Samantha =
Laing</span></strong></span><br><span =
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value=3D"+27824567840" target=3D"_blank">082-456-7840</a></span><br>
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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:53 PM, =
Timofey Yevgrashyn <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:yevgras...@gmail.com" =
target=3D"_blank">yevgras...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


Hi Morgan,<div><br></div><div>It seems I understand your challenge with =
explaining Planning Poker :-)&nbsp;I gave up giving the Poker for new =
teams unless they maintain understanding of own scale and understand the =
own feeling of sizing around Fibonacci or modified Planning Poker =
sequence.</div>



<div><br></div><div>In order to calibrate the team I used my own =
exercise and later I found even better one called <a =
href=3D"http://agileworks.blogspot.com/2008/01/team-estimation-game-by-ste=
ve-bockman.html" target=3D"_blank">"Team Estimation Game" proposed by =
Steve Bockman</a>. Simple game-like rules provide a facilitation for the =
fresh team to estimate a backlog or for experienced team to estimate a =
new project/product.</div>



<div><br></div><div>Our lovely TastyCupCakes contains also a simillar =
exercise called "<a href=3D"http://tastycupcakes.org/2009/09/sizing-game/"=
 target=3D"_blank">White Elephant Sizing</a>" which propose to teach =
people groupping Product Backlog Items into 5 categories and then later =
give them a scale (Fibonacci or simillar).</div>



<div><br></div><div>This way people have to lear first to do the =
relative estimation/sizing and only after that take numebers into =
consideration. After this you can give the Planning Poker rules and they =
can play poker for all new stories. Having a calibrated scale in mind =
they will do estimations much faster with the common understanding what =
doe one point means and how is it related to five :-)</div>



<div><br></div><div>Hope this will help you.</div><div><br =
clear=3D"all">Timofey Yevgrashyn,<br><br><a href=3D"http://tim.com.ua/" =
target=3D"_blank">http://tim.com.ua</a><br>Skype: =
<a>spidertim</a><br>Phone: <a>+380 67 408 53 30</a><div>


<div><br>
<br><br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:25, Morgan =
Ahlstr=F6m <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:morgan.ahlst...@gmail.com" =
target=3D"_blank">morgan.ahlst...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



Hi all,<br>
<br>
I've been trying (unsuccessfully so far) to come up with a good game<br>
to show the value of story points. I have simulations to show the<br>
value of planning poker and how we reach a better understanding<br>
through the discussions but I would love some game to show the value<br>
of relative estimates over time.<br>
<br>
My attempts (so far only theoretical, I have not had an audience to<br>
work with yet) have been at creating a short backlog for two teams =
to<br>
estimate, one with time estimates and one with story points. Then to<br>
let the teams run through a couple of sprints where the story point<br>
team can use their velocity for planning but the time estimate-team<br>
will have to stick with time estimates. Perhaps including some<br>
disturbances for the teams in order to force them to take a focus<br>
factor into consideration.<br>
<br>
I get stuck with trying to come up with good exercises for the teams<br>
to estimate. They need to be quite short but also cover a span of<br>
different sizes. They need to be estimatable by the teams, =
especially<br>
relative to each other. I would like them to not just be linear in<br>
effort (like sorting one deck of cards or two decks of cards) but<br>
rather sorting a deck of card an folding a paper airplane.<br>
<br>
I'm also not sure what would be the best way to handle the<br>
time-estimate team in between sprints. I don't want to force them to<br>
stick with the inital plan since that is not the point that I want =
to<br>
get across. However, should I let them re-estimate the rest of the<br>
backlog or let them use a focus factor to correct their estimates or<br>
give them some other way to adjust their planning?<br>
<br>
Any suggestions to help develop the setup describe above or a<br>
completely different way of approaching this learning would be<br>
welcome.<br>
<br>
BR<br>
<br>
Morgan<br>
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