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Game Up Your BA Skills
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Does this
look
familiar?
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Rather
have
this?
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Collaborative Games: Involve
everyone & uncover hidden gems
FUN! Add energy to facilitation sessions
Reveal hidden assumptions
Participation comes naturally
Allows for creative thinking
Get the conversation going
Break down & take down walls
Illustrate differences in thinking
Selecting
the right
game
Select Select or create a suitable game
Search Search your resources
Evaluate Evaluate your audience
Establish Establish an objective
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Objective: Sort and organize information in a sensible way
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Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Objective: Obtain group clarity around prioritization of projects, initiatives or features
Initiative Benefit
Shuffle
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Objective: Prioritize & converge upon an agreed solution
Topic
Item 1
Item 2
Item 4
Item 3
Item 5
Elicitation & Collaboration
Objective: Quickly diagnose a group's level of understanding of the steps in a process
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Elicitation & Collaboration
Objective: Obtain constructive Feedback
Topic: XYZ
Elicitation & Collaboration
Objective: Examine aspects of a situation or develop next steps
Start Stop Continue…
Things to
STOP
Things to
Continue
Things to Start
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WHAT ALTITUDE?
Satellite
Airplane
Ground
Goal of Facilitator: Draw out knowledge
A facilitator uses different skills to keep a discussion moving
Facilitators have three main responsibilities:
Make sure everyone has a chance to express their ideas
Keep the discussion moving to produce a product
Maintain a safe and respectful environment
In a group that is being facilitated well:
Each group member is treated as an expert
Each group member’s input is equal
A well-facilitated group creates a wonderful flow of ideas
Facilitator of Games: Responsibilities
State the name
Provide background information
State the objective
Provide all materials needed
Describe the procedures clearly
Provide handouts
Practice, Practice, Practice
Have a backup ready
Discuss and document team experiences and results
Discuss next steps
Game 1
Force Field
Analysis
Evaluate the forces
that affect change
Game 2
Product Box
Identify features of a
product
Game 3
Post The Path
Understanding the
steps of a process
CONVERSATION
Useable
PARTICIPATION
Game 1
Force Field
Analysis
Evaluate the forces
that affect change
Game 2
Product Box
Identify features of a
product
Game 3
Post The Path
Understanding the
steps of a process
References Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo (2010) Gamestorming: A
Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers and Changemakers. Sebastopol,
CA: O’Reilly Media.
Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo (2019) Gamestorming: A
Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers and Changemakers. Retrieved from
https://gamestorming.com/
Luke Hohmann (2018) Innovation Games. Retrieved from
https://www.innovationgames.com/
International Institute of Business Analysis. (2015) BABOK: A Guide to the
Business Analysis Body of Knowledge v3.0. Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
Author
Elizabeth Larson and Richard Larson (2017) CBAP Certification Study Guide
v 3.0. Minneapolis, MN: Watermark Learning Publications
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