Event and Story Cards

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Pick up at the end of day Pick up at the end of day
9 10
11 12
13 14
Did you remember to pull to replenish
to WIP limits, and update the Day Ready
on any new stories?
Have the CFD and Control Chart Good luck!

Trackers updated their charts?
Don't forget about the

Fixed Delivery Date stories!
Hold a quick retrospective. A serious defect has been raised on

What's working well? the first Standard story in the Test column.
What could be improved? Put a pink "Blocked" sticky on the first
Standard story in Test. No further testing
Do all of the stories in the Ready column can be done on this story until the defect
have their Day Ready field updated? has been resolved. The dots on the sticky
represent development work (blue dice
count for double face value). Once
Financial Analyst: this is the end of a resolved, any leftover development work
billing cycle, remember to do may be spent in the Development column.
your financial summary. Other stories may pass the blocked story.
Alison, the CEO, has hired a new

Test Manager, named Carlos.
How are the roles working out -
Carlos sets a new policy, that from now on:
Project Manager, Financial Analyst,
1. Only Testers may do testing work (neither
Chart Trackers? Designers nor Developers may assist), and
2. Testers are not to work on anything
Change roles if anyone is having difficulty. but testing.
Remember that story F1 Alison has told us to respect Carlos'

position, and follow his policy.
is due by end of day 15
Trackers annotate your charts
to indicate this event.
15 16
17 18
19 20
Carlos believes that his Testers are not as Hold a quick retrospective.
focused on their work as they should be. Notice that the Ready queue is never fully
He requires that each Tester do their best, depleted. Ask your facilitator to update the
follow the testing process he has defined, and Ready queue WIP limit to 3. Do not remove
aim to roll at least a 5 on their die every day. existing stories from the queue, just
He will be monitoring individual performance. honor the new WIP limit from now on.
What impact do you predict this will
Carlos hasn’t heard of quality guru, have on cycle time?
W. Edwards Deming, have you?
Trackers annotate your charts.
There is nothing to do for this event, but look Financial Analyst: this is the end of a billing
up Deming later if you don’t know about him. cycle, remember to do your financial summary.
Ernie from BigCo has asked that we urgently tailor

Alison notices that testing has become a
our product for his intranet. He has some OpEx
budget that he has to spend before the end of the bottleneck. She tells Carlos to drop his
financial year, which is three days from now. If we policy, and collaborate when necessary. Carlos
have the work completed by close of business on refuses and starts yelling about being
day 21, he will pay us $5,000. If we don't have it undermined and having to work with lazy staff.
completed by then, he will pay nothing.
There is an Expedite story at the back of the deck

Alison fires him on the spot, and hires an
of Standard stories. Put it in the Expedite lane at additional Tester in his place.
Design Doing. This lane can exceed WIP limits. Carlos’ policy is revoked.
Expedite items do not have to wait in queues.
Ask for another orange die.
Financial Analyst: this is the end of a billing
Trackers annotate your charts.
cycle, remember to do your financial summary.
Analyse your charts. Can you see the

If we have finished all three Intangible
impact of the following changes: stories, the quality of our product has
improved significantly. It is now faster to
- Carlos' policy came into effect at the
develop on, and we are finding fewer defects.
end of day 13. Reduce the Dev work by 2 and the
- At the end of day 17 Carlos' policy Test work by 1 on all remaining stories.
was revoked and a new Tester hired.
- The WIP limit on the Ready queue was If we have not completed the Intangible
stories yet, we may apply this reduction
reduced from 6 to 3 at the end of
once we have completed them.
day 15.
Event Card Ready (3)
Pick up at the end of day
21
Clear Tote Bag:
Event cards, sorted: Day 9 - 21
Story cards, cleaned and sorted: Contents
F1-2, I1-3,S1-30, E1
Pink Blocker stickies Green Sleeve:
6 cloths
Game board
Dry-erase markers:
CFD Chart
3 Black 1 Green
Control Chart
2 Brown 1 Red
Financial Summaries
1 Purple 1 Blue
Daily Steps
1 Orange
3 Instruction Sheets
Dice:
2 Red Return to Facilitator:
3 Blue
1 Orange die
2 Orange (return
Ready WIP limit update
one to facilitator)
1. Standup Meeting
PM facilitate: 2. Play Board
Briefly review board and
decide strategy for the day. Team: Declare dice, reduce work,
pull stories, update Day Ready,
Day Deployed, Cycle Time.
6. Event Card
PM: Pick up end of day Event Card,
read aloud, action if necessary,
and place card at back of deck.
Daily 3. Sanity Check
Steps
PM, check that:
• WIP limits are honored
• Day Ready is updated on any
new stories
• Day Deployed and Cycle Time are
(The Project Manager's Guide) updated on any deployed stories.
5. Day Complete /
Financial Summary
Financial Analyst: Tick off day
as complete.
4. Track Charts
If end of a billing cycle, complete
financial summary, gather Trackers: Complete charts -
deployed stories and set aside. Cumulative Flow Diagram,
Notify facilitator of gross profit. Control Chart.
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We made it! This is the end of the game.
Control Chart Tracker: track an approximate
3-point moving average line through the
data points for Standard stories on
your chart to show any trends over time.
Financial Analyst: please complete
your final financial summary.
Project Manager: divide the story cards among
the team, wipe clean, and sort into order.
(Have a sheet of paper under the cards
when wiping clean to avoid leaving a mess.)
Keep the charts for discussion.
Put the remaining items away in the bags provided.
S1 (Test) Subs: 11 S2 (Test) Subs: 12 S3 (Test) Subs: 11
Design Design Design
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
Day Deployed Day Ready Cycle Time Day Deployed Day Ready Cycle Time Day Deployed Day Ready Cycle Time
- 1 = - 1 = - 1 =
S4 (Dev Done) Subs: 10 S5 (Dev Done) Subs: 13 S6 (Dev Doing) Subs: 11
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- 2 = - 2 = - 3 =
S7 (Dev Doing) Subs: 12 S8 (Design Done) Subs: 10 S9 (Design Doing) Subs: 12
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- 3 = - 3 = - 4 =
S10 (Design Doing) Subs: 11 S11 (Ready) Subs: 13 S12 (Ready) Subs: 10
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- 4 = - 5 = - 6 =
S13 (Ready) Subs: 10 S14 (Ready) Subs: 10 S15 (Ready) Subs: 7
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- 6 = - 7 = - 8 =
S16 Subs: 6 S17 Subs: 7 S18 Subs: 7
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- = - = - =
consulting coaching training tools consulting coaching training tools consulting coaching training tools
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- = - = - =
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- = - = - =
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- = - = - =
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- = - = - =
E1 by
Special job
day 21 Cash: $5,000 F1 Sec. Audit
Due day: 15 Fine:$2,200 F2 Trade show
Due day: 20 Subs: 25
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- 18 = - = - =
I1 Database Upgrade
(Dev Doing) I2 Refactor
(Ready)
core subsystem
I3 Document legacy code
Dev Dev Dev
Test Test Test
- 3 = - 8 = - =

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Pick up at the end of day Pick up at the end of day

Have the CFD and Control Chart Good luck!

Don't forget about the

Hold a quick retrospective. A serious defect has been raised on

Alison, the CEO, has hired a new

Remember that story F1 Alison has told us to respect Carlos'

Ernie from BigCo has asked that we urgently tailor

There is an Expedite story at the back of the deck

Analyse your charts. Can you see the

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