Category Archives: Gamification

Gamifying Scrum – it’s not enough just to stick a tatty burndown chart on the wall

As I am currently carrying out an Agile Coach role in Germany, I have been trying to discipline myself to spending regular time improving my German. Being a language enthusiast anyway, I have plenty of books and audio to learn … Continue reading

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How to Use Gamification for an Agile Transformation

This post is from techwell.com by Sameh Zeid. In a recent LinkedIn poll, the failure to change organizational culture was voted as the prime cause of preventing an agile transformation. This brings to my mind Jurgen Appelo who wrote in his book How … Continue reading

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Gamification in Software Development and Agile

This post is from agileforest.com by Renee Troughton. When people think of the term ‘gamer’ it engenders ideas of pasty white teenagers living their days in a zombie like state in the basement of their parents house spending over forty hours … Continue reading

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Street Fighter Game – Built using Agile and Scrum

This post is from agilescout.com This may be a very revealing post for me… because my favorite video game of all time is Street Fighter IV. I absolutely love zombies (agile zombies?) and Street Fighter. In an interview with 1UP, … Continue reading

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Monsters Built Using Kanban

This post is from agilescout.com by Stephanie Kaiser. I am not a big Facebook fan (although Zuckerberg is very Agile). Nor am I a big online gaming fan (though Warcraft seems like tons of fun). What I am interested in are … Continue reading

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Gamification – Making Work a Game

This post is from agilescout.com by Jane McGonigal’s. Gamification stands in contrast to what people call serious games. Serious games are activities or games that are outside of normal work. These games can help you with estimation (Planning Poker), road maps (Prune … Continue reading

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