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Map Flap

Map Flap is an excellent exercise to begin a Lean Value Stream mapping initiative. It highlights the need for understanding the value stream and the often disparate perspectives people bring to this mapping exercise.

October 27th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: All Games, Lean | Leave a comment

Theory of Constraints Dice Game

The Theory of Constraints Dice Game is an interactive game illustrating the concepts of constraints behind Eli Goldratt’s the Goal

June 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: All Games, Lean, Product Development, Project Management, Requirements | Leave a comment

We’re Having a Party

We’re Having a Party is an interactive game illustrating the advantages of single piece flow over batch flow through a process.
By taking a smaller set of requirements all the way to completion, you get something to the customer faster. Conversely, if all the requirements are processed at the same time, changes later in the cycle become more costly.
Single piece flow is often faster then batch and queue. This is due to the fact that each cross-functional participant can take ownership of a module all the way to completion, reducing overall task-switching and hand-offs.

June 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: All Games, Lean, Project Management | 2 comments

Mr Happy Face

Mr. Happy Face is an interactive game illustrating the efficiencies of pull vs. push, Kanban and single piece flow.

June 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: All Games, Lean, Project Management | One comment