About
The Game
What the heck is ScrumTale?
What is ScrumTale?
ScrumTale is designed to teach the Scrum framework. It improves learning experience by simulating Agile product delivery while experiencing all Agile principles. This game is a perfect aid to practice all the elements of the Scrum framework: roles, events and artifacts.The players simulate Scrum teams writing a crime story simultaneously using Google Docs. Collaborative story writing is very similar to software production: you need to be creative and act as a team to deliver a product. You will also experience challenges with integration, quality and tools that are present during software development without the need of having a technical background. You can observe the mechanics of the Scrum during the stormy process of story writing.
The Gameplay
The workshop participants will be split into two teams and each person will be assigned with a Scrum role: Developer, Scrum Master, Product Owner or Chief Product Owner. The goal for each team will be to write the greatest crime tale ever using the Scrum framework. The product delivery will be split into three sprints. Within each sprint, the players will practice Scrum events: sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective.The product of the game is a Book. The Book consists of two Tales that are written by the Development Teams. Each Tale describes a different murder but all of them are linked together, both by the Detective’s character and by the common style.
The
Benefits
How will your organisation benefit from using ScrumTale simulation game
Practice
Scrum Framework
This game is a perfect aid to practice all the elements of the Scrum framework: roles, events and artifacts. ScrumTale takes you on an amazing trip where you will:
- Understand how each Scrum role contributes to the product development
- Observe how development processes and communication is reflected in the final product
- Experience continuous improvement process
- Practice Scrum scaling elements
Experience Iterative
Product Development
The product delivery will be split into three sprints, after which the teams will present the outcomes of their work, reflect on how the work was going along and plan the next sprint. ScrumTale helps you to practice Agile approach to product development:
- Customer collaboration
- Inspect & adapt
- Incremental delivery
- User Stories and Story mapping
- Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
- Value Driven Delivery
Build High Performing Teams
Playing ScrumTale with a team is a great team-building exercise. You will experience:
- Self-organization under time pressure
- Emergent leadership
- Team building phases: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing
- Experimenting with XP techniques like: pair programming or refactoring
Watch
ScrumTale in action
Take a look at one of our workshops and listen the game authors and some of our customers sharing their experiences with SctumTale
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Choose your option
There are 3 different options to use ScrumTale - pick one that suits your needs!
ScrumTale Box
1 ScrumTale Box for non-commercial, internal trainings purpose
Includes step-by-step facilitation guide
Serves from 5 up to 17 people
One or two Scrum Teams in paralel
Access to online materials and game extensions
Unlimited workshop goals
This Non-Commercial License is dedicated for internal company trainers, Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches . Buy this license and start using ScrumTale for internal trainings in your company.
Personal Commercial ScrumTale License
Personal license for commercial and non-commercial trainings for a single person
with 1 ScrumTale Box
All benefits included in ScrumTale Box and ...
- New learning experience for your customers
- Better results from your trainings and happy customers
- Better sales due to powerful training content
- New earnings for your company from team building workshops
- 5h of online/phone support
This Personal Commercial License is dedicated for a single trainer who wants to enrich Agile trainings or use ScrumTale as a team building workshop.
Corporate Commercial ScrumTale License
For commercial and non-commercial trainings led by all trainers in Your company.
Multiple ScrumTale Boxes.
All benefits included in Personal Commercial ScrumTale License and ...
- One License for all your company trainers
- Individual support
License dedicated for large training companies who want to use ScrumTale to leverage company trainings or as a separate workshop.
What's in
The Box
ScrumTale game box includes all the necessary elements to run the workshop up to 17 people - two scrum teams simultaneously!
Game Boards
In the box you will find two game boards which unfold to 888mm x 500mm.
Event Cards
The Event Cards will guide you through the game, explaining each and every step of the game and Scrum framework.
DoD Cards
Definition of Done sets a common understanding of what criteria need to be met for the Stories and the Plots.
Author’s notes
The map of all story characters and events will be a scaffolding for your story.
User Story cards
25 User Story cards describe story plots that need to be implemented in the book.
Role Cards
These cards describe roles and responsibilities in ScrumTale: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Chief Produc Owner and Development Team.
Facilitation Guide
In the box you will find a step-by-step guide of how to setup the game and facilitate it. You will be able to access online materials after registering you game. Postit notes and markers are also included.
Come to our
Workshops
Come to our facilitation workshop or request a ScrumTale session for your team
Certified Facilitator Training
- Led by experienced ScrumTale Trainer
- Scrum experience required
- Get to know facilitation techniques
- Access to online materials and extensions
- Certification
- Discount for the Game Box
Come to one of our open workshops and learn from a professional trainer how to become Certified ScrumTale Facilitator to make the best use of the game.
Order a facilitated workshop for your team
- Closed session
- Experienced ScrumTale facilitator
- All needed materials provided
- Can be preceded with Agile & Scrum introduction
- Offsite or onsite event
- Multiple teams in parallel
- Adjusted to your Team needs
Seat back and enjoy the game while experienced ScrumTale trainer facilitates the workshop for your team.
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Upcoming Events
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Oct
Agile By Example conference
Agile By Example is 10th best Agile conference in the world. This year, you will have an opportunity to play ScrumTale on the dojo day. Get a ticket here
Nov
Agile Testing Days conference
ScrumTale will be presented during Europe's greaTEST Agile Software Testing festival in Potsdam. Reserve you ticket
Nov
ScrumTale Facilitator's workshop
Join this full day workshop led by one of the game authors and become Certified ScrumTale Facilitator! Read more & reserve you ticket!
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