Warm Up Exercise - Sprint Draw & Guess

Warmup Exercise - Sprint Draw & Guess

A fun 10 minute warmup. I don't know the source of this, so am happy to be corrected.

Ingredients:

• X index cards per team member, where X is the total number of people within the dev team
• Sharpies or pens
• A pair of phones to use as countdown timers

'Method:' Give each person index cards and a sharpie/pen Each person should write 1 to X in the top left corner of the index cards, front to back If team size is even, each person has 1 minute to draw (without using words) how they felt the previous sprint went If team size is odd, each person has 30 seconds to write down in words how they felt about the previous sprint On completion, place the card at the back of the stack and pass it to the right The next person, looking only at the last card at the back, attempts to interpret it If they see a drawing, attempt to write down what it represents If they see text, draw it Facilitator should keep time - 1 min for drawing and 30 seconds for writing Everyone should be doing the same thing Keep going around until you write or draw on the last card Once complete, lay them all out in order Enjoy comparing the interpretations Leave the index cards out during the rest of the retrospective, as a visual aid to whatever activity you have planned Alternatively, if the activity planned requires index cards, just flip them over and reuse

Sounds silly, but is rather great in lightening the mood.