Agile Scavenger Hunt
MIT is home to one of the world's oldest and largest scavenger hunts, the MIT Mystery Hunt. To honor this tradition, I propose running an Agile Scavenger Hunt - a team event where the clues, activities, and strategies related to Agile Principles.
The rules of the game are setup to encourage showing examples of Agile in action - delivery early and often, prioritize by Cost of Delay, face-to-face communications, collaboration, determine value to the customer, etc. We ran this event in Barcelona for a global team formation event - rules & clues attached. We would customize them for Cambridge/Boston.
Outline/Structure of the Workshop
1. Connection - pair and share about experience with team formation
2. Concepts - brief overview of the ways this game could be used - team formation, agile education, collaboration
3. Concrete Practice - the scavenger hunt
4. Conclusion - Prizes to the winning team, reflect on lessons learned and ways to localize for your teams.
The rules:
| If it doesn’t say you can’t, you can. |
| Teams cannot split up |
| The entire team (except photographer) must be in each photo |
| One bonus point will be awarded for each photo with the entire team (asking someone else to take the photo) |
| The role of photographer should on rotation |
| Each team will have a cash allowance of €30 per team |
| Taxis / cars are not permitted |
| Photoshop / digital manipulation is not permitted |
| Tip |
| It will be extremely difficult to complete all items within the time-frame. Teams should prioritise accordingly to deliver the highest possible value. Bonus points are awarded to teams arriving early. |
Sample things to collect (from our Barcelona event, we will modify this to be specific to Cambridge:
| Objects | Points | Max Points |
| Collect Business Cards from different small businesses. 2 points for any card, 5 points if it's made by Vistaprint | 2 per card 5 if VP card |
20 |
| A tacky souvenir that is not Caganer (5 points awarded for the tackiest - 1 point for other teams) | 1 | 5 |
| A caganer | 5 | 5 |
| A brochure | 2 each | 10 |
| A postcard | 2 each | 10 |
| A real eyeball (not human) | 10 | 10 |
| A real foot (not human) | 5 | 5 |
| Photographs | ||
| A Gaudi structure (0 points for Sagrada Familia, 5 points for others) | 5 each | 15 |
| A Lichtenstein sculpture | 5 | 5 |
| A Gehry sculpture | 5 | 5 |
| Betwixt 2 matching fountains | 5 | 5 |
| Giant wooden lobster | 5 | 5 |
| Chubby brass cat | 5 | 5 |
| The main gate for the 1888 World Fair | 5 | 5 |
| A 22m woman and bird | 5 | 5 |
| Someone wearing an FCB shirt | 2 | 2 |
| Someone on your team wearing an FCB shirt | 5 | 5 |
| Your entire team wearing FCB shirts | 10 | 10 |
| On 2 overlapping stars | 5 | 5 |
| Riddles (photograph) the team in front of these thing/places) | ||
| Italian for hire, at the very best He chased the sun into the west Seek him out high, looking grand and emotional Inspiring us to sell products that are truly promotional |
10 | 10 |
| Googling the terms may lead you astray A gaggle and gargoyle still live here today |
10 | 10 |
| A surprising arch in the wall allows you to pass to a literary jardin con la fuente, las escalaras y mas |
10 | 10 |
| Cold blooded but brightly hued I’m an animal whose appearance changes like my mood Take a picture of me, I’m forever all smiles Despite being made of all broken tiles. |
10 | 10 |
| Activities | ||
| Flamenco Flurry. Be at this address.. Between 10am and 10.30am. When you master some of the basic moves to the satisfaction of the maestro, you can leave. 5 bonus points for the best flamenco judged by maestro | 50 | 50 |
| Mojito Master. Be at this rooftop bar... between 11.30 and 12.00. Make a mojito to the maestro's satisfaction (and drink it) before you can leave. 5 bonus points for the best mojito judged by maestro | 30 | 30 |
| Dream Discovery. Ask a small business owner, what is their dream? Record the answer with business name, location and take a photo of the owner with the team. | 15 each | 45 |
| Finish Line - Venue for lunch, presentation and judging | ||
| Be ready to collate and present all of your items. | ||
| 1st Team to arrive | 50 | 50 |
| 2nd Team to arrive | 25 | 25 |
| 3rd Team to arrive | 10 | 10 |
| Arrival after 1pm | -50 | -50 |
Learning Outcome
- A great game for team formation
- How to build a game that illuminates agile principles
Target Audience
All attendees to the Agile Games conference
Links
https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Shcs5aqklE?feature=oembed
