Scrum Ceremony Puzzle

This is a “game” I played as a kick-off activity with a new team. Thought I would share in case someone might find it useful 🙂

The basic idea is to match the correct Purpose, Outcome(s) and Output(s) to each Scrum ceremony.

Preparation:

• Print out the Ceremony Boards (each team will need its own set)
• Prepare the Ceremony Cards (each team will need its own set)

Game Play:

• Place the cards on the boards in the correct spaces
• The cards are colour coded as a Purpose/Outcome/Output to help

How we played it:

• I divided my participants into two teams and made a bit of a competition of it.
• Both teams started in opposite corners of the room and ran to a table in the middle to try solve the puzzle.
• When a team thought they had solved it, they would signal and both teams went back to their respective corners (think “Survivor style).
• I would then check the solve against my solution. If the team had solved the puzzle correctly, then they were the winners. If the solution was not correct, both teams could return to their tables to continue working on the puzzle.

Feel free to try out the game and give me feedback!

Resources:

• Ceremony Board
• Ceremony Cards
• Solution