get your productivity game on!!

Get Your Productivity Game On!!by Brian Sjoberg (@onek2go) &

Fadi Stephan (@FadiStephan)

@ExcellaCo @onek2go @FadiStephan

• Agile/Lean Coach at Excella

• Focus on Org. Transformation

• DC Scrum User Group

Introduction

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Name Game

BRIANCredit – Henrik Kniberg for Sharing!!

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1 Name

4 Names

How Long to Write a Name?

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What Factors Influence Time?

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Environment

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Tools

Scrum Gathering Attendee

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Take off name tags

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SaaS Company

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SaaS Motto

Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

Developer

Customer

NOAH

ERICDIANE

JESS

CustomerDeveloper

00:06

NOAH6 3

DeliveryTime

NOAH2

Deliver

1Order

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

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ERIC

JESS

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

N

D

ERIC

JESS

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

D

ERIC

JESSN E

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

D

ERIC

JESSN E

J

NOAH

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Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

JD

ERIC

JESSN EO

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

JESDIA

ERIC

JESSNOAH ERI

00:06

6

Tabulate ResultsJESS

ERIC

NOAH

DIANE

6

20 12

15

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SaaS Policy

Never keep customer waitingStart early = Finish early

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Name Game

Tabulate ResultsJESS

ERIC

NOAH

DIANE

6

15 9

12

Average Name Completion Time

Complete All Names Time

10 s15 s

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Wow! What Happened?

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SaaS Company

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SaaS Company

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• Remember to rotate developers

You’re FiredYou’reFired!!

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Git Er Done Company

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Git Er Done Policy

Limit WIP (Work In Progress)Customer Limit =1 Customer at a Time

CustomerDeveloper0

RequestLog Start Time

11

2Deliver NOAH

1

3Delivery TimeProject Length

NOAH61

5

Submit Order

00:06

NOAH

DIANE

Limit WIP(Work in Progress)

Customer Limit = 1 Customer at a Time

1

ERIC

JESS

NOAH

DIANE

Limit WIP(Work in Progress)

Customer Limit = 1 Customer at a Time

ERIC

JESS

1

NOAH

NOAH

DIANE

Limit WIP(Work in Progress)

Customer Limit = 1 Customer at a Time00:06

NOAH1

6

ERIC

JESS

Tabulate ResultsNOAH

61

5

DIANE166

10ERIC

2216

6

JESS2822

6

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Name Game

Average Name Completion Time

Complete All Names Time

Tabulate Results

7 s28 s

NOAH61

5

DIANE166

10ERIC

2216

6

JESS2822

6

Change this to similar to WoW slide

THAT’S AMAZING!

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Environment

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Tools

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Multitasking Picture

Debrief

Round 1NOAHDIANEERICJESS

10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s

LEON

NOAHDIANEERICJESS

10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s

LEON

Round 2

ABCDE

AB

CD

E

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Team Working 4 Projects

Project AProject BProject C

Project D

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

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Program D

Org/Div Working Programs

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Program A

Program B

Program C

Prio

rity

Q5 Q6

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Team Working ProjectsJAN FEB MAR APR

Project A

Project B

Project C

Project D

Prio

rity

MAY JUN

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Team Working User Stories

User Story A

User Story B

User Story C

User Story D

Prio

rity

Day 2 Day 4 Day 6 Day 8 Day 10

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Individual Working Tasks

Task A

Task B

Task C

Task D

Prio

rity

9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM

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YOUR BRAIN … MULTITASKING

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YOUR BRAIN … ON ONE TASK

Contact InfoBrian.Sjoberg@Excella.com301.404.0765@onek2gowww.anagilemind.net

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• Henrik Kniberg’s Facilitation Guide for Name Game– https://

www.crisp.se/gratis-material-och-guider/multitasking-name-game

• How Multitasking Affects the Way You Think by Clifford Nass– https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHJMIOwKjE

References

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• Test Your Focus– http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/0

7/technology/20100607-distraction-filtering-demo.html?_r=0

References

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