Experiential Intro to Agile: First session of the day at Agile Open Northern California

By Hillary Johnson

We're just finishing up with Chris' first session at Agile Open Northern California, an experiential introduction to Agile. Chris led a group of 16 through two simulation exercises, then teased out the basics of Agile during the debriefs. Below is graphic facilitator Elizabeth McClellan's capture of the first exercise, where participants drew and folded paper party invitations--first using a wasteful batch and cue process, next using a more agile, incremental approach:

And here are the group's "aha" moments following the exercise...