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What are the benefits and challenges of using the speed car game to measure team velocity and satisfaction?

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If you work in an agile environment, you know how important it is to measure your team's progress and satisfaction. One way to do that is to use the speed car game, a sprint retrospective game that helps you visualize and discuss your team's velocity and happiness. But what are the benefits and challenges of using this game? In this article, we'll explore how the speed car game works, what it can reveal about your team, and what you need to consider before playing it.

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Jawahar Prabhu Y , PSM?

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Andre Molero

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1 How the game works

The speed car game is a simple and fun way to collect feedback from your team members. You need a whiteboard, some sticky notes, and some markers. Draw a road on the board, with a start line and a finish line. The start line represents the beginning of the sprint, and the finish line represents the end. Then, ask each team member to draw a car on a sticky note and place it on the road, according to how fast and happy they felt during the sprint. The closer the car is to the finish line, the faster the team member felt. The higher the car is on the road, the happier the team member felt. You can also add some obstacles or boosters on the road, to represent the challenges or opportunities that affected the team's performance.

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Jawahar Prabhu Y , PSM?

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The Speed Car Game is an engaging way to measure team velocity and satisfaction in Agile environments. ?? Game Setup: Team members visualize their project as a car. Obstacles and accelerators are identified that respectively hinder or help their progress. ?? Velocity Assessment: Obstacles represent factors slowing down the team, while accelerators are enablers that increase efficiency. ?? Feedback Collection: Each team member places items they believe affect velocity and satisfaction into either category. ?? Team Discussion: The session concludes with discussions on each point, promoting understanding and strategies for improvement.

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2 What the game reveals

The speed car game can help you identify and analyze the factors that influenced your team's velocity and satisfaction. By looking at the cars' positions, you can see how aligned your team members are, how they perceive their own and the team's performance, and how they cope with stress and change. You can also spot any outliers or patterns that need further investigation or action. For example, if most cars are close to the finish line but one is far behind, you can ask what caused the delay and how to prevent it in the future. If most cars are low on the road but one is high, you can ask what made that person happy and how to spread that positivity to others. The game also encourages your team to share their feelings and opinions, which can improve communication and trust.

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Jawahar Prabhu Y , PSM?

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The Speed Car Game offers insightful revelations about team dynamics in Agile environments. ?? Identify Accelerators: It highlights factors that positively impact the team’s velocity and satisfaction, revealing strengths to leverage. ?? Spot Obstacles: Identifies bottlenecks and challenges that hinder progress, providing focus areas for improvement. ?? Team Perspectives: Uncovers diverse viewpoints within the team, enhancing understanding and collaboration. ?? Trends and Patterns: Helps track changes over time, offering a visual representation of progress and recurrent issues.

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3 What to consider

The speed car game is not a perfect tool, and it has some limitations and challenges that you need to be aware of. First, the game is subjective and qualitative, which means that it depends on how your team members interpret and express their experiences. You may need to clarify the meaning of the road, the cars, and the obstacles, and avoid making assumptions or judgments based on the drawings. Second, the game is sensitive and personal, which means that it may expose some conflicts or issues that your team members are not comfortable discussing. You need to create a safe and respectful space for the game, and avoid forcing anyone to participate or share more than they want to. Third, the game is situational and contextual, which means that it may not reflect the overall or long-term state of your team. You need to use the game as a starting point for conversation and improvement, and not as a definitive measure of success or failure.

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4 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Andre Molero

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Sobre o ambiente é mais que fazer a analogia de jogo de carro para fazer velocidade. Em alguns momentos existe a infatiliza??o das dinamicas para podemos criar algo de valor.. Será esse mesmo o caminho?

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