Agile – Page 2 – Moss and Lichens

I like the simplicity of the Coin flip game to explain the advantages of Batch size reduction in Agile projects.

You can play it in person and online. I came across the game in the “Agile Spiele und Simulationen” book.

We played it like this. We got 10 coins. We had 4 glasses placed on a table. We had the players flip the coins, move it to the second glass opposite, walk over, and start again till they reached the fourth glass. By the end of the game, people had gone around the table multiple times. The discussion after moving around 10, 5 and 1 batches were interesting.

We noticed three advantages namely:

Faster feedback loop
Improved risk management
Flexibility and Adaptability

What is your batch size on your Agile projects?

Here are some links about the Coin flip game and Batch size reduction:

Batch, Agile and Value: Aglie games – the coin game | Blog | johnLeighton.me.uk | Agile, Delivery Lead, Scrum Master

Online variant with Agile Coach: Principl e s-Coin-Flip-Game.jpg (1065×938) (wp.com)

Interesting article with nice illustrations: Understanding Lean product development: Batch Size, Work in Process (WIP) & Risk | by William Belk | The Agile Weekly | Medium

Breakfast & Speak

Breakfast & Speak was to meet and talk about things Agile and we did. Stefan (Stefan Dirnstorfer | LinkedIn) and I met at Bar Centrale from 7:30 to 9am. I love the Pistachhio cream croissants. Check them out (Bar Centrale – Münchners beliebteste italienische Bar (bar-centrale.com))

Two things we discussed

Kural – Love, Deceit and Virtue (Kural Series – Ranjith Venkatesh | Speaker Shine)
Testing – How visual test automation with Testup( Testup – User Acceptance Testing-as-a-Service and No-Code Test Robot) improves Developer productivity and adds Business value!

The Kural Series is about my commentary on Thirukural couplets related to speech and audience especially with a Public speaking (my passion) angle. It was interesting to hear how Stefan explained the love and deceit concept with his input. Does love exist without deceit? Does one submit oneself to self-deceit to then deceive loved ones? (heavy hitting philosophical discussions fueled by oat milk cappuchinos).

The Testing discussion was interesting as we discussed various aspects of testing

why testing coverage alone cannot be the answer to quality needs
why we need to identify the value adding features to be tested to find that ROI on testing
what is the pain point that forces companies to seriously consider testing

Interested in checking out how Testup can help you with your testing needs?