XP Game - Introduction
Dec 04, 2014
Tiago Andrade e Silva
• CTO @ Fullsix Portugal / Backlog
• Maste in Eng. Informática (pré bolonha)
• Post. Grad. in Gestão de Empresas Tecnológicas
• Scrum Trainer
http://scrumpt.com
• Basics
• XP Game - Rules
• Next session: Play the game
Agenda
Waterfall
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Sprints
Story Points
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Story Points
“Story Points are units of relative size used in estimating
software requirements as an alternative to units of time”
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Wikipedia
Story Points
“How long ?”
Vs
“How Big ?”
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Velocity
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• Basics
• XP Game - Rules
• Next session: Play the game
Agenda
XP Game
The game simulates:
• Estimating user stories
• Planning sprints
• Implementing stories
• Restrospective
• Measure velocity
• Teamwork
• Motivation
• Competition
• …
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XP Game- Sprints
• Each sprint:
• Customer delivers new stories
• Developers estimate stories
• Client team (the same) gives priorities (plan)
• Dev Team implements and Coach Validates
• Retrospective
• Game: 3 sprints
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XP Game
• Played in teams:
• 4 to 6 members per team
• Team will have Dev and client roles
• Goal: Maximize delivered Business Value
• Team with highest Business Value delivered wins.
• Bonus for ending early: 500 points.
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XPGame
• Each sprint: “3 minutes”
• Only counts “working time”
• Bonus and penalties (+ 50%, - 50%)
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XPGame - Coach
• Prepares User Stories to be implemented
• Validates work
• Controls Time
• Cannot execute
• Can help in estimation and planning
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How it works
PLAYING:
• Sprint
• Estimate (Team assumes dev role)
• Plan (Team assumes client role)
• Implement (Team assumes dev role)
• No multitasking – one story at a time.
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PRIZE
Arc
Mouse
• Basics
• XP Game - Rules
• Next session: Play the game
Agenda
• Time: 15:35
• Room: B003
PLAYING THE XP GAME
Team Registration
Team name ?
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Session: S17 Silva