From our research, we now know that there are four classes of Agile instruments : frameworks, methods, design canvases and Agile games [1].
Design canvases and Agile games can be more or less joyful.
Some are joyful by design, other less, maybe because they are outputs of a mere gamification of a management practice or because they are outputs of a direct digitalization of physical games.
To help nurturing your thinking, please contemplate these cases
- the set of playing cards Planning Poker® [2], and an App where key performances indicators (KPI) can be polled by Agile team members ;
- the canvas of the BMC [3] and the canvas of the Agile game Speed Boat [4].
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Two kinds of instruments for KPI collaborative management |
[1] A taxonomy for Agile games : proof of concept
[2] Invented by James Grenning, franchised by Mountain Goat Software, USA.
[3] "Business Model Canvas" graphic, created Yves Pigneur and Alexander Osterwalder, franchised by Strategyzer, Schweiz.
[4] Created by Luke Hohmann, franchised by Conteneo, USA.