Get Your Productivity Game On!!

by Brian Sjoberg (@onek2go) & Fadi Stephan (@FadiStephan)

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• 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?

Bartholomew

BartholomewTincapulot

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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 waiting

Start early = Finish early

Developer

Customer

NOAH

ERICDIANE

JESS

CustomerDeveloper

00:06

NOAH6

3DeliveryTime

NOAH2

Deliver

1Order

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waiting

Start early = Finish early

N

ERIC

JESS

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waiting

Start early = Finish early

N

D

ERIC

JESS

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waiting

Start early = Finish early

D

ERIC

JESSN E

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waiting

Start early = Finish early

D

ERIC

JESSN E

J

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waiting

Start early = Finish early

JD

ERIC

JESSN EO

NOAH

DIANE

Never keep customer waiting

Start early = Finish early

JESDIA

ERIC

JESSNOAH ERI

00:06

6

Tabulate Results

JESS

ERIC

NOAH

DIANE

6

20 12

15

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SaaS Policy

Never keep customer waiting

Start early = Finish early

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Name Game

Tabulate Results

JESS

ERIC

NOAH

DIANE

6

15 9

12

Average Name Completion TimeComplete 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

Request

Log 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 Results

NOAH61

5

DIANE166

10ERIC

2216

6

JESS2822

6

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Name Game

Average Name Completion TimeComplete All Names Time

Tabulate Results

7 s28 s

NOAH61

5

DIANE166

10ERIC

2216

6

JESS2822

6

Change this to similar to WoWslide

Bartholomew

BartholomewTincapulot

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Environment

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Tools

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Multitasking Picture

Debrief

Round 1NOAH

DIANE

ERIC

JESS

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 A

Project B

Project 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 Projects

JAN 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=MPHJMIO

wKjE

References

https://www.crisp.se/gratis-material-och-guider/multitasking-name-gamehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHJMIOwKjE

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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

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/07/technology/20100607-distraction-filtering-demo.html?_r=0

A Little Humor

Get Your Productivity Game On!!IntroductionSlide Number 5Slide Number 6Slide Number 7Name GameHow Long to Write a Name?What Factors Influence Time?Slide Number 12Slide Number 13EnvironmentToolsSlide Number 16Take off name tagsSaaS CompanySaaS MottoSlide Number 20Slide Number 21Slide Number 22Slide Number 23Slide Number 24Slide Number 25Slide Number 26Slide Number 27Slide Number 28Slide Number 29Slide Number 30Slide Number 31Slide Number 32Tabulate ResultsSaaS PolicyName GameTabulate ResultsWow! What Happened?SaaS CompanySaaS CompanyYou’re FiredGit Er Done CompanyGit Er Done PolicySlide Number 43Slide Number 44Slide Number 45Slide Number 46Tabulate ResultsName GameTabulate ResultsChange this to similar to WoW slideSlide Number 51Slide Number 52EnvironmentToolsMultitasking PictureDebriefSlide Number 57Slide Number 58Team Working 4 ProjectsOrg/Div Working ProgramsTeam Working ProjectsTeam Working User StoriesIndividual Working TasksSlide Number 65Slide Number 66Slide Number 67Contact InfoReferencesReferencesA Little HumorSlide Number 74