Serious.Games

The library

173 serious games broken down: objectives, step-by-step walkthrough and debrief guide for each.

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1,2,3 Go!

A dynamic game to improve responsiveness and coordination.

5 min 5–20 Beginner
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2 Truths And 1 Lie / Fact Or Fiction

Get to know your colleagues better with a fun and revealing game.

10 min 4–20 Beginner
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4Ls – Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For

Structured retrospective for effective continuous improvement.

60 min 3–12 Beginner
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5 Whys (Root Cause Retrospective)

Explore the root causes of a problem using the 5 Whys method.

45 min 3–8 Intermediate
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Discovering Cognitive Biases

Explore and understand cognitive biases through an interactive card game.

45 min 4–12 Beginner
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Affinity Mapping

Organise your ideas by themes to reveal hidden insights.

45 min 3–15 Beginner
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Agile Burger Quiz

A competitive quiz to revise agility while having fun!

20 min 4 Beginner
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Agile Fluency Diagnostic

Assess your team's agile maturity across four key areas.

120 min 4–12 Advanced
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Agile Smells !!

Identify and rectify poor agile practices with humour and introspection.

18 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Agile Taboo!

Discover agility by guessing terms without forbidden words!

50 min 4–30 Beginner
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Agile Topics Cards

Explore agility with the Agile Topics cards for rich and inspiring exchanges.

45 min 4–20 Beginner
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Animagile

Explore managerial dynamics through Animagile.

50 min 4–12 Beginner
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Appreciative Inquiry

Amplify your team's strengths for positive change.

120 min 6–50 Intermediate
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Architects & Builders / Artists & Specifiers #2

Communicate effectively to replicate a hidden construction.

40 min 6–30 Intermediate
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Artists & Specifiers

Communication and creativity to create a unique drawing.

40 min 4–6 Intermediate
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Assumption Mapping

Identify and prioritise project assumptions effectively.

90 min 4–10 Intermediate
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Team Metrics Dashboard Workshop

Co-create a metrics dashboard for your team.

90 min 4–10 Intermediate
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Visual Management Workshop

Optimise visibility and collaboration with an effective visual board.

90 min 3–10 Intermediate
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Psychological Safety Workshop

Enhance psychological safety for a more effective team.

90 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Impediment Removal Workshop

Eliminate obstacles to boost your team's efficiency.

90 min 4–15 Intermediate
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To the Board!

Explore visual management through a collaborative and creative game.

90 min 4–30 Beginner
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Ball Point Game

Optimise your team workflow through the Ball Point Game.

15–20 min 6–20 Beginner
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Breaking the Chain!

A game to illustrate communication and collective understanding.

2 min 4–10 Beginner
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Celebrity Prioritization

Decide together the order of evacuation for celebrities in crisis.

2 min 4–20 Intermediate
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Circles & Soup

Identify what you can control to act effectively.

60 min 4–12 Intermediate
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Non-Violent Communication (NVC)

Enhance your team interactions through Non-Violent Communication.

90 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Communication Race

Enhance your team communication through a collaborative journey.

20 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Cover Story

Project yourself into the future with your project on the cover of a magazine!

60 min 4–20 Beginner
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Craft Challenges

Develop collaboration and creativity with engaging challenges.

70–90 min 6–30 Beginner
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Crazy 8s (Design Sprint)

Generate 8 ideas in 8 minutes to boost your creativity!

20 min 3–10 Beginner
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Crowdfunding Workshop

Prioritise the features that matter through a collaborative approach.

90 min 5–15 Beginner
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Customer Interview Workshop

Learn to conduct user interviews to validate your product hypotheses.

60 min 2–6 Intermediate
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Cynefin Framework (Sense-Making)

Classify your problems to make better decisions with the Cynefin Framework.

90 min 4–20 Advanced
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Daily Scrum From Hell

Explore the pitfalls of the Daily Scrum with humour and introspection.

15 min 6–12 Intermediate
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Debriefing Kards

Debrief effectively with Kards in collective intelligence.

10 min 4–20 Beginner
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Definition of Done Workshop

Co-construct a Definition of Done to ensure the quality of Scrum deliverables.

60 min 3–12 Beginner
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Delegation Poker

Clarify delegation levels and enhance your team's autonomy.

60 min 4–12 Beginner
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Tomorrow's Headline!

Identify and prioritise the key features of your product to maximise its value.

90 min 5–15 Beginner
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DevOps Game

Simulate DevOps collaboration to enhance communication and efficiency.

90 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Ishikawa Diagram (Fishbone Diagram)

Identify the root causes of a problem with the Ishikawa diagram.

60 min 4–12 Intermediate
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Divergency Poker

Evaluate and align your team's perceptions with Divergency Poker!

60 min 5–15 Beginner
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Dod Kards

Clarify your Definition of Done with Dod Kards.

25 min 4–12 Beginner
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Dor Kards

Build your Definition of Done together with DoD Kards.

20 min 4–12 Beginner
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DORA Metrics Introduction

Kickstart your DevOps journey with DORA metrics.

90 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Dot Voting

Effectively prioritise your ideas with dot voting.

15 min 3–30 Beginner
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EBM Workshop (Evidence-Based Management)

Measure product value with EBM for informed decisions.

180 min 5–20 Advanced
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Egg Drop Challenge

Design a structure to protect an egg from a 2-metre drop!

50 min 4–30 Intermediate
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Empathy Map

Develop empathy to better understand your users.

45 min 4–12 Beginner
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Onward with Agile

Test and deepen your agile knowledge as a team!

5 min 5–20 Intermediate
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Event Storming

Model your business domain with Event Storming for optimal alignment.

180 min 6–20 Advanced
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Example Mapping (BDD)

Clarify your user stories with rules and concrete examples.

30 min 3–6 Intermediate
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Face Wall

Create a collective identity wall at the start of the seminar.

10 min 5–30 Beginner
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Fast Codev

Solve a problem together in record time!

60 min 4–10 Beginner
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360° Feedback

Enhance your personal development through constructive feedback.

90 min 4–12 Intermediate
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FeedForward (Marshall Goldsmith)

Transform feedback into future suggestions for constructive dialogue.

45 min 4–20 Beginner
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Flow Metrics Workshop

Optimise your workflow with concrete data.

120 min 3–10 Intermediate
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Force Field Analysis (Retrospective)

Analyse the forces of change to move forward more effectively.

60 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Futurospective

Project your team into an ideal future to plan concrete actions.

75 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Gemba Walk

Improve your team by observing the reality on the ground.

60 min 2–6 Intermediate
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Guess What I Am

Guess your secret identity through questions from other participants.

5 min 5–20 Beginner
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Hack The Code

Decode the message together: cooperation is the key to success!

10 min 4–20 Beginner
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Hot Air Balloon (Retrospective)

Discover what lifts or lowers your team with the hot air balloon metaphor.

60 min 4–15 Beginner
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How Might We (HMW) – How Could We

Transform challenges into creative opportunities with HMW.

60 min 4–15 Beginner
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Hypothesis-Driven Development

Transform your ideas into testable hypotheses for effective innovation.

90 min 4–10 Intermediate
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Impact Mapping

Link your business objectives to concrete and testable impacts.

90 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Improvement Kata (Toyota)

Apply scientific thinking for continuous improvement.

90 min 2–8 Advanced
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Introduction to Systems Thinking

Explore the complexity of systems for sustainable solutions.

120 min 4–20 Advanced
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Jeopardy

Stimulate continuous improvement with a reverse question-and-answer game.

45 min 6–20 Beginner
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Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) Workshop

Explore the deep motivations of your users for relevant product innovation.

90 min 4–12 Intermediate
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Kaizen Game

Discover continuous improvement with the Kaizen Game.

60 min 4–30 Intermediate
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KALM – Keep, Add, Less, More

Adjust the intensity of your actions for continuous improvement.

60 min 3–12 Beginner
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Kanban Bootstrap

Optimise your workflow with Kanban Bootstrap!

90 min 4–12 Intermediate
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Kanban Pizza Game

Discover Kanban by making paper pizzas.

60–90 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Kanbanzine

Learn Kanban by creating a collaborative magazine.

60 min 6–20 Beginner
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Kudo Wall / Recognition Wall

Express your gratitude and strengthen team engagement with the Recognition Wall.

20 min 3–20 Beginner
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The Devil's Advocate

Explore difficult choices as a team with empathy and critical reflection.

45 min 4–20 Beginner
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The Crevasse

A cooperative game to strengthen trust and communication.

20 min 4–20 Beginner
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The Expectations Matrix

Clarify expectations to enhance collaboration and reduce tensions.

60 min 4–20 Beginner
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The Agile Meadow

Two teams, a common goal despite divergent instructions.

10 min 4–12 Beginner
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The Constellation Game

Strengthen team bonds by exploring affinities.

5 min 5–20 Beginner
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The Agile Maze

Navigate the maze to enhance cooperation and innovation.

40 min 4–12 Intermediate
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The Best from the Worst

Transform the worst ideas into creative solutions.

45 min 5–15 Beginner
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The Mood Wall

Visualise and understand the evolution of the group's emotions in real-time.

10 min 5–50 Beginner
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The Agile Museum

Explore the challenges of traditional projects through an immersive role-playing game.

10 min 4 Beginner
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The Human Knot

Develop team cohesion by untangling the Human Knot together.

10 min 12–20 Beginner
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The Secret Number

A silent ranking game to enhance team collaboration.

5 min 5–15 Beginner
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The Japanese Step

A movement and strategy game to promote cooperation.

50 min 6–20 Beginner
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The Agile Name

Discover the challenges of multitasking with The Agile Name.

30 min 4–12 Beginner
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The Chinese Strategist

Stimulate strategic thinking with the 36 Chinese stratagems.

45 min 4–12 Beginner
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Lean Coffee

A structured and participatory format for productive and inclusive discussions.

30–60 min 3–15 Beginner
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Lean Coffee (Retrospective)

An agile retrospective without an agenda where participants choose the topics.

60 min 4–15 Beginner
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Lean Inception

Align your team on a clear and shared product vision in one week.

2400 min 6–15 Advanced
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Lean UX Canvas

Align your team on the key assumptions of a product with the Lean UX Canvas.

120 min 4–10 Intermediate
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Lego4Devops

Discover DevOps in a playful way with Lego4DevOps!

50 min 4–30 Beginner
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Lego4Scrum

Learn Scrum by building a city with LEGO, sprint after sprint.

60–120 min 5–25 Intermediate
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Lego4Scrum

Experience Scrum by building together with Lego.

120 min 4–30 Beginner
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The 6 Thinking Hats

Explore multiple perspectives with the 6 Thinking Hats.

30 min 4–20 Beginner
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Agile Chairs

An immersive game to explore intercultural challenges and collaboration.

10 min 6–20 Beginner
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The Non-Musical Chairs

Enhance cooperation with a game of chairs without music.

4 min 5–20 Beginner
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The Derdians

A serious game to explore intercultural challenges through bridge building.

60 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Personas

Create personas to better understand your users and adapt your product.

6 min 4–12 Beginner
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Lost In Transformation

Explore the keys to a successful organisational transformation.

90–120 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Mad / Sad / Glad

Express your emotions to strengthen team cohesion.

45 min 3–12 Beginner
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Marshmallow Challenge

Build the tallest tower with spaghetti and a marshmallow!

60 min 4–20 Beginner
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Marshmallow Challenge

Build the tallest structure with spaghetti and a marshmallow in 18 minutes.

18–30 min 4–30 Beginner
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Impact / Effort Matrix

Prioritise your actions for maximum impact with minimal effort.

45 min 3–12 Beginner
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Now How Wow Matrix

Prioritise your ideas based on their originality and feasibility.

30 min 4–12 Beginner
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Merge!

Merge ideas to stimulate creativity and collective innovation.

4 min 4–12 Beginner
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Mob Programming (Introduction)

Maximum collaboration to solve complex problems as a team.

120 min 3–8 Intermediate
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Kano Model

Prioritise features based on their impact on user satisfaction.

90 min 4–15 Intermediate
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MoSCoW Prioritization

Effectively prioritise your tasks for optimal alignment.

60 min 4–15 Beginner
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Moving Motivators

Explore your motivations to enhance team engagement and energy.

60 min 4–15 Beginner
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Niko-Niko / Energy Barometer

Evaluate your team's mood at a glance with emojis.

5 min 3–20 Beginner
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Obeya Room Setup

Create an Obeya room for optimal visibility of team performance.

180 min 5–20 Advanced
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OKR Workshop

Co-create inspiring and measurable objectives with OKRs.

120 min 4–20 Intermediate
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Open Space Technology (OST)

Create your own agenda for maximum collaboration and creativity.

240 min 20–500 Advanced
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ORID (Structured Facilitation)

Debrief in a structured way for deeper learning.

30 min 3–20 Intermediate
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Penny Game

Understand Lean flow by manipulating coins.

20–30 min 4–12 Beginner
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Lost in the Desert

Simulate a survival situation to align visions and improve collaboration.

40 min 4–12 Intermediate
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PI Planning (Introduction SAFe)

Synchronise your agile teams towards a common goal over 8-12 weeks.

480 min 20–150 Advanced
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Picture Novel

Create a collaborative visual story with a photo novel.

50 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Lean Pitch / Save Our Conference Call

Create innovative solutions to improve your conference calls!

40 min 5–30 Intermediate
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Pizzas Kanban Game

Learn Kanban by making pizzas!

60 min 6–20 Beginner
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Planning Poker

Estimate complexity as a team to foster alignment and collaboration.

30–60 min 3–10 Beginner
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Pre-Mortem (Failure Anticipation)

Anticipate potential failures to strengthen your project from the outset.

60 min 4–15 Beginner
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Prime Directive – Norm Kerth

Create a framework of trust for constructive retrospectives.

10 min 3–20 Beginner
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Product Box

Transform your ideas into tangible products with Product Box.

60 min 4–12 Beginner
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Product Vision Board

Clarify and align your team's product vision.

90 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Proto-Persona

Create user proto-personas as a team for quick alignment.

60 min 4–12 Beginner
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Release Planning Canvas

Plan your release by unifying objectives and risks on a collaborative canvas.

120 min 5–20 Intermediate
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Sailboat Retrospective

Navigate towards continuous improvement with the Sailboat retrospective.

30–45 min 3–12 Beginner
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RICE Scoring

Prioritise your features with an objective and quantified method.

60 min 3–8 Intermediate
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Risk Storming

Anticipate and prioritise project risks through visual collaboration.

90 min 4–12 Intermediate
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Rose / Bud / Thorn

Explore successes, opportunities, and challenges with Rose / Bud / Thorn.

30 min 3–15 Beginner
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Scrum Health Check

Assess the health of your Scrum team for continuous improvement.

90 min 4–12 Intermediate
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Scrum Manger Rétro

Express the unspoken and stimulate creativity in retrospectives with Scrum Manger Rétro.

40 min 5–15 Beginner
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Secret Story

Explore hidden secrets to strengthen team cohesion.

15 min 5–20 Beginner
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SOS Titanic in Distress

Turn the lifeboat over to survive the disaster!

15 min 4–30 Intermediate
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Speed Boat

Identify the barriers and levers of your project with Speed Boat.

40 min 5–15 Beginner
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Split Poker

Break down your user stories for an efficient and smooth backlog.

45 min 4–15 Beginner
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Sprint Goal Canvas

Co-create a clear and motivating Sprint Goal as a team.

30 min 3–10 Beginner
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Sprint Review Canvas

Optimise your Sprint Review to encourage feedback and alignment.

60 min 4–20 Beginner
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Squad Health Check (Spotify)

Collectively assess your team's health across key dimensions.

60 min 4–12 Beginner
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Stack Race

Stack cubes as a team with strategy and communication.

3 min 6–20 Intermediate
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Starfish Retrospective

Explore the nuances of your team with the Starfish retrospective.

60 min 3–12 Beginner
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Start / Stop / Continue

Identify key actions for the team at a glance.

45 min 3–15 Beginner
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Story Mapping

Create a shared product vision and effectively prioritise your MVP.

120 min 4–20 Intermediate
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Story Slicing – Breaking Down User Stories

Break down your user stories for optimal workflow.

60 min 3–8 Intermediate
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T-Shirt Sizing

Effectively estimate your projects using the T-Shirt Sizing method.

45 min 3–12 Beginner
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Team Canvas

Align your team on its goals and values with the Team Canvas.

90 min 4–15 Beginner
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Team Charter

Co-create the team charter for effective collaboration.

120 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Team Estimation Game

Effectively estimate your backlog as a team.

60 min 3–10 Beginner
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Team Radar / Spider Web

Evaluate your team on key dimensions using the visual radar method.

60 min 4–15 Intermediate
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The Daily Scrum

Enhance your Daily Scrum for optimised team collaboration.

3 min 3–10 Beginner
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The Frog Factory

Learn Kanban by folding origami frogs!

120 min 4–20 Beginner
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The Helium Stick

A collaborative challenge that tests coordination and communication.

25 min 6–20 Beginner
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The Kanban Frog Factory

Learn Kanban by folding origami frogs.

60 min 4–10 Intermediate
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The Mood Lane

Explore the emotions of your team over time.

45 min 5–15 Beginner
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The Ultra Speed Ball

Pass the ball in record time with your team!

15 min 4–30 Intermediate
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Three Amigos (Refinement)

Clarify your user stories with the Three Amigos to avoid misunderstandings.

30 min 3–6 Beginner
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Retrospective Timeline

Visualise and understand the key events of your sprint through an interactive timeline.

75 min 4–15 Intermediate
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Turn The Tables

Identify the strengths and areas for improvement of your team.

30 min 5–20 Beginner
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Tweetospective

Reflect on the sprint in 280 characters or less!

11 min 5–20 Beginner
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User Journey Mapping

Map the user journey to enhance the experience.

120 min 4–12 Intermediate
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Value Stream Analysis Workshop

Optimise your flows to maximise added value and reduce waste.

120 min 4–12 Advanced
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Value Stream Mapping

Map and optimise your processes for maximum efficiency.

180 min 6–18 Advanced
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Values Advocacy

Defend agile values and explore their limits.

45 min 8–20 Intermediate
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Walk & Stop

Stimulate attention and responsiveness with reversed movements.

15 min 5–20 Beginner
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Walking Skeleton Workshop

Build a minimal skeleton to validate product integration from the outset.

120 min 4–10 Advanced
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What’S That Comic ?

A communication game to enhance collaboration without visual support.

25 min 4–12 Beginner
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Wildlife Sizing Poker

Estimate your tasks as a team for effective agile planning.

30 min 5–15 Beginner
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Working Agreements

Establish common working rules for effective collaboration.

60 min 3–12 Beginner
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World Café

Explore complex questions by collaborating around rotating tables.

120 min 12–100 Intermediate