the marshmallow challenge - support slides by romain trocherie
DESCRIPTION
A Marshmallow Challenge was played at Altran Belgium on 2013/11/14. If you're looking for support slides to play the game too, to foster agility, creativity, innovation and collaboration, well feel free to check this presentation and download it! :)TRANSCRIPT
THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE
Are you an agile team player?
@ Altran Belux – 14/11/2013
MARSHMALLOW?
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
• You will play a fun and instructive game. This is no boring presentation!
• Conducted by thousands of people in the world, at all levels
• The objective is to make surprising lessons emerge
AGENDA
• Rules (10’)• The game (18’)• Results (5’)• Review
THE KIT
THE RULES
• Team up to 4, mixes are great! • Build the tallest freestanding structure• The entire marshmallow must be on
top• Use as much or as little of the kit• Break up the spaghetti, string or tape• You have 18 minutes, good luck!
e.ggtimer.com/18minutes
LET’S PLAY!
THE RULES
• Team up to 4, mixes are great! • Build the tallest freestanding structure• The entire marshmallow must be on
top• Use as much or as little of the kit• Break up the spaghetti, string or tape• You have 18 minutes, good luck!
e.ggtimer.com/18minutes
TIME OUT!
RESULTS
• Who won the game?• Which structures stood?• Which ones fell?
Feel free to take a shot of your work!
LESSONS LEARNED
• What could we have done better?• What did we succeeded in?
LESSONS LEARNED
• How agile was this game?
• Kids do better than business students
• Prototyping matters• The marshallow is a metaphor of
hidden assumptions of a project
REVIEW AND RETROSPECTIVEQuestions and suggestions are welcome!
THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!Any marshmallow left?
Find and download this presentation onour Agile Sharepoint site
Let’s continue the discussion!
REFERENCES• Marshmallow Challenge:
marshmallowchallenge.com
• TED Talk: bit.ly/9Rs8wm
• More agile games: www.tastycupcakes.org
• Remaining marshmallows?bit.ly/i40vWS