Silly Stories
Submitted by: Emilia Breton Lake
Focus: Relationship, Practices, Mindset
Number of Players:
2-20
Average Game Time:
5-40 minutes
Description:
A game that helps team members focus on each other, communicate, self-organize, and write good stories.
Instructions:
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Set the stage.
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The PO team takes a Customer Card, reads it aloud, and places it in the center of the table.
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In pairs the other players combine two Word Cards from their hands to create a user story for the customer in a 2 minute timebox.
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In clockwise order from the PO, teams share their user story. The PO can cut off any story that goes over 30 seconds or is not in user story format.
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After each team has shared a story, the PO picks the best story and awards the Customer Card to the team.
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After each team has been the PO once, the team with the most Customer Cards wins!
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Have each member share an experiment they will try in the refinement meeting based on what they learned in the game.