Agile Workshop Activities

Estimation Games are great for starting conversations and honing and tuning estimations before an estimation session. This exercise helps a team to get into the right mindset for estimating and planning for the sprint.

The “Penny Game” allows the team to learn through self-organization and observation; specifically, that smaller batches can deliver value to the customer faster. In addition, the game demonstrates that the size of the batches has a direct impact on the delivery. With a large batch, the Workers feel more pressure on themselves to get the batch to the next Worker; with smaller batches, the pressure is lower but more constant.

Ihr wollt agile Prozesse spielerisch erlebbar machen? Dann hilft Euch das Ball Point Game, um agile Prozesse verständlicher zu machen. Ihr simuliert den agilen Produktionsprozess in mehreren Zyklen

A proper understanding of Agile Manifesto is VERY important for the introduction of Scrum. The twelve agile principles are less abstract than the four values of the Agile manifesto and can be easily understood.

The game is based on an exercise Pocket-sized Principles.

This process is intended to involve the team in shaping its own work environment and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Become a product owner and get feedback on your ultimate chocolate bar.

Exercise to show that thinking in categories and principles is helpful and necessary and at the same time, these categories and principles should be checked on a regular basis.

This can be used as a retrospective activity, a team reset activity or any time you want to spark some reflection on how you work together as a team.

Ihr wollt agile Prozesse spielerisch erlebbar machen? Dann hilft Euch das Agile Point Game, um agile Prozesse verständlicher zu machen. Ihr simuliert den agilen Produktionsprozess in mehreren Zyklen.

A timed estimation game that reveals why accurate estimation is so hard, and why asking the right questions matters.

Players are asked to estimate how many iterations they need to connect a given number of dots.

The task looks trivially simple, but there is hidden complexity: Time pressure, total number of dots, lines obscuring numbers. This makes it harder than anyone expects. The gap between "this is ieasy" and "it was actually hard" is the lesson.

Use it when stakeholders wonder why forecasts keep missing, or when you want to shift the conversation from "why can't you estimate better?" to "how can we change the way we work to make more accurate forecasts?"

🌐 Online A ready-to-run digital version of this game is available at https://facilitatorkit.co/connect-the-dots-online. The facilitator creates a session and shares a link — participants join in their browser and play on their own device. The game generates burndown charts automatically after each round.