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 ScrumTale

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Choose your option

ScrumTale Box

^€349

1 ScrumTale Box and access to Game Extensions

Includes step-by-step facilitation guide

Serves from 5 up to 17 people

One or two Scrum Teams in parallel

Access to online materials and game extensions

Unlimited workshop goals

Language extension packs available in: German, Polish, Czech, Italian.

ScrumTale Online Edition

^€149

ScrumTale Online Edition and access to Game Extensions

Easy template integration with your Miro board
The same game setup and number of participants like in the Box version
Already integrated with game extensions

Read more about Scrumtale Online Edition

Commercial Licenses

^{from €}549

Non-Commercial License is our default license dedicated for internal company trainings, community events or educational and NGOs purposes. You are not allowed to conduct paid training under this license.

Personal Commercial License is dedicated for a single trainer and allow for using ScrumTale for commercial trainings.

Corporate Commercial License is dedicated for large training agencies. This license covers all trainers in the company. Contact us to request individual conditions and quote.

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 and Trainings

We offer a few event options for various groups of our customers.
Find out one which suits your needs.

Facilitation Training

^€49

Sign-up and feel comfortable running your first workshop

This 2h online session hosted by the game authors is a great opportunity to get a deeper understanding of ScrumTale.

Understand an unique value of this simulation

Learn to facilitate a ScrumTale workshop

Complementary Scrum training materials are included

Includes a Q&A session

Become Professional ScrumTale Trainer

Dedicated to trainers and consultants

Start using ScrumTale and make your Scrum trainings super powerful. Became Professional ScrumTale Trainer and join our trainers community.

Full day event
Learn facilitation tips&tricks from game authors
ScrumTale Box included
Complementary Scrum training materials included
Trainer profile publication (for commercial license holders)

Order a dedicated Training

Designed for teams, product people and managers

Experience Scrum and Agile product development. Go beyond Scrum and use this simulation for team building, team kick-off or to teach iterative product development techniques.

Closed session
Experienced ScrumTale facilitator
All needed materials provided
Offsite or onsite event
Adjusted to your learning goals, team experience level and audience

Read more about our Scrum training and see our trainers around the globe.

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Recurring Event

Facilitating ScrumTale Online Edition

Recurring Online Session

Workshop dedicated for trainers who want feel comfortable to run the first ScrumTale similation. More details and registration here.

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Testimonials

Listen to what our clients say

ScrumTale is an awsome game to realy quickly start to understand how Scrum works and its benefits.
Brad Arnst
Disruptor, Buildit@wiprodigital
Best Scrum game that I have an ability to play: Fun, Real, Engageing. Highly Recomended.
Certified Scrum Master
Buildit@wiprodigial
A brilliant way to bring Scrum concepts and values to life.
James Reeve
Agile Coach, Designit
Great workshops! I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to learn to work at Scrum and share knowledge!!
Magdalena Ciesielska, PhD
Most of the Scrum workshops focuses on showing Scrum events – we build Lego city, we have 3 minutes for planning, 7 minutes for sprint, 3 minutes for review and so on. ScrumTale is different. ScrumTale is focused on showing Scrum as the framework for creating innovative products by whole team. The team has the unique opportunity to improve cooperation skills, communication mechanism and integration. Learning and final product of the workshop are amazing!
Staszek Matczak
www.trzeciakawa.pl
Of the games that simulate SCRUM, this one is unique. Writing a book together is almost like writing code. We can get to know and practice multiple aspects of team work organized by SCRUM. The game is a perfect complement to a training for those who start their adventure with Agile and SCRUM as well as for those who are already experienced and wanting to reach a higher level, practice scalability challenges, difficult customer relation or teach a new team how to work more efficiently.
Mariusz Opaliński
Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Asseco Data Systems