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Agile methods like Scrum and XP involve repetitive meetings and actions that can become routine and lose freshness, challenge and novelty. How do we put “heart” into agile processes? How can team members inject variety or even whimsy into what they do every day? What are effective ways to “punctuate” agile routines? And what exactly is “Haiku-Driven Development (HDD)”? In this workshop, we’ll review actual experiences with teams practicing XP and Scrum, and provide examples of how teams avoided having agile processes become more albatross than aid.

A Japanese band would like to sing a song about Agile at the banquet party. The song is called “Dear XP” and quite well-known in Japanese XP and Agile communities.

Watch this 3-minute movie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpw8h4OGNxg

I realized for the first time the true strength of human collaboration. Two chairs next to each other but one computer together watching flowing clouds and the source code

XP Dear XP On the wall we remember the task cards the team strugled with in the summer days

Are We Done Yet?

We will play a team game that will enforce that a User Story is not done until it meets the acceptance criteria. If the User Story is not done, you do not earn the points. Teams often want “partial credit” or to say the User Story is complete and carry the defects over. We will then have a retrospective of what we learned.

We had lots of fun at Agile 2007 and look forward to Agile 2008

How Real Options can help in running your project. Real Options is a decision-making process based on Financial Option Theory and Applied Psychology that can be used to manage risk.

The main challenge of this session is changing people’s mindset and behavior. We found a rational decision-making process based on maths and logic, rather than emotion and intuition. This session demonstrates that Real Options are at the heart of most Agile practices and principles, and are what drives Toyota.

After this session making decisions will never be the same again.

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This fun, energetic, and interactive session will explore techniques for accelerating the adoption and understanding of Agile principles through experiential learning . The audience will participate in games and exercises that will illustrate how to target unique learning Vectors (Physical, Emotional, and Impressional) to maximize understanding. This session is for anyone looking to learn new and powerful techniques to convey and reinforce the concepts and principles behind Agile. All participants will leave with a complete toolkit containing descriptions of all the games and exercises.
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Overview

playground |ˈplāˌground| noun
a place where a particular group of people choose to enjoy themselves :

• the mountains are a playground for hang gliders.
• this session is a playground for Agile teachers and learners.

This fun, energetic, and interactive session will explore the concept of experiential learning and how it accelerates the adoption and understanding of Agile principles. The audience will participate in games and exercises that will illustrate how to target unique learning Vectors (Physical, Emotional, and Impressional) to maximize understanding.

I am going to attend this session because;

• I want to have fun.
• I am an instructor and I want to learn new and powerful techniques to convey and reinforce the concepts and priniples behind Agile.
• I am a coach or Scrummaster and I need efficient and effective tools to help teams become confident and capable at applying Agile practices as quickly as possible.
• I am a lead on my team and I need a toolset to change the way my team works together
• I am new to Agile and I want to learn the principles behind Agile in a fun and interactive way.

All participants will leave with a complete set of all the games and exercises.