Comments on Doc On Dev: Lost in Translation - An Agile Game

I was just made aware of a game by James Shore fro...

2010-12-18T16:39:47.838-05:00

I was just made aware of a game by James Shore from 2005 called "Offing the Off-Site Customer".

http://jamesshore.com/Presentations/OffingTheOffsiteCustomer.html

The game James put together has a lot more detail and is remarkably similar to "Lost in Translation". Make sure you take a look at his as well.

ah, so that's what this game is called! I use...

2010-12-18T15:35:26.336-05:00

ah, so that's what this game is called! I use images that are random geometric shapes with lines connecting them. I usually only do this game in pairs as well. The customer and developer.

In the 60 or so times I've done this game, 2 results come to mind. Once during the first round, the 'developer' drew the picture exactly like the written requirements which looked exactly like the picture.

In a second instance there were 12 people in the class and all 6 groups did WORSE during the 2nd part where they collaborate together. I was a bit stunned. Of course this was a large, process heavy and political company so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised!

Very nice. Simple. Clean. How about adding one m...

2010-12-15T08:18:41.045-05:00

Very nice. Simple. Clean.
How about adding one more rule to the second round (or you could make a third round if you have the time).
At the 4, 8, and 12 minute marks, the analyst and developer are allowed to show their "drawing in work" to the product owner for 15 secs. of feedback.

Nice one, gotta try it in the next project. Thank...

2010-12-12T17:00:56.671-05:00

Nice one, gotta try it in the next project.
Thanks for sharing it.

This is really good. Already sharing it with colle...

2010-12-10T11:06:42.753-05:00

This is really good. Already sharing it with colleagues. Thanks!

Awesome!

2010-12-09T06:07:56.144-05:00

Awesome!