Making Pamphlets: Kanban Game

This is a game to understand some of the mechanics of Kanban such as balancing the work-in-progress, resource allocation, and waste management. Each team has to create its own Kanban board as they see fit and improve it as the game develops.

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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. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Mr Happy Face

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