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The Agile Self-Assessment Game is there to help you to increase your agility and deliver more value. Agile self-assessment help organizations and teams to assess how agile they are and decide what to do next to become more agile. Teams can play the Agile Self-assessment Game to reflect and agree on the next steps in their agile journey.
A new version of the Agile Self-assessment Game has been released. The texts on cards are improved and new playing suggestions and experience stories have been added.
Many agile transformations fail: organizations struggle to implement agile practices and don't get sufficient benefits. This is often because they plan the transformation and then try to execute the plan. Becoming agile is a journey: You can plan it, but you need a different planning approach, focus on value, and use a better map.
Stop the Line is a retrospective exercise that can be used to learn from problems and prevent them from happening in the future. It's a great exercise when you need to improve the quality of your products or services.
The Business Agility Expansion Pack is an extension of the Agile Self-Assessment Game. It contains images for cards with statements and playing instructions covering Business Agility principles and practices.
I've been interviewed on InfoQ about the release of my new book What Drives Quality. Book is available on Amazon, Leanpub, my webshop, and major bookstores.
I'm giving the workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean in Paris on November 28. Ticket sale is ongoing, book your seat now!
I’m developing a Kanban Expansion Pack for the Agile Self-Assessment Game. Currently, I'm looking for reviewers to improve the cards. Can you help me?
Organisaties kunnen maar in beperkte mate veranderingen aan. Sommige van de organisaties waarmee ik werk zijn zeer flexibel; ze passen zich continu aan aan nieuwe omstandigheden. In andere organisaties gaat verandering moeizaam gaat. Je gaat je dan afvragen hoe dat komt en hoeveel verandering een organisatie aan kan en wat je kunt doen om maximaal te veranderen en de organisatie niet te overladen.
Users expect apps to function correctly and do what they expect them to do. Apps should be easy to use, fast, and reliable. This article provides useful suggestions if you want to build high-quality apps.
My highly popular Agile Self-assessment Game is now also available in Polish. The basic agile game and the DevOps and Scrum expansion packs have been translated by Kamil Wójcik from English to Polish.