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The Tadpole Technique
Breaking things down with an interactive approach
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Hello and Welcome!
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Just who am I?
CHRIS LI
• 16+ years in the IT Services industry in
the DC, Maryland and Virginia area
• Provides agile training and coaching for
individuals and organizations
@RealChrisLi
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Wait, did you say Tadpole?
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What is it?
Facilitate discussion
Focus conversations
Visualize ideas
Generate takeaways
An exercise that a group of people can use a simple mechanic to break an idea down into smaller parts. It can help teams:
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Why is it useful?
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Where is it used?
10 participants!
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What’s needed?
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Step #1 – Talk about the topic
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Step #2 – Write a few words
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Step #3 – Build the wall
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Step #4 – Build a pile
(Name) (Name)
“What did
you mean
by this?”
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What it looks like
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Exercise Setup – Yard Sale
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Yard Sale Part 1 – [2 mins]
Exercise Instructions:
• Someone at your table volunteers to be the moderator for this exercise.
• Write what things need to be done to host a yard sale on sticky notes.
• Each sticky should have one to two words at maximum.
• After participants finish, the moderator will use space to spread out the
sticky notes RANDOMLY.
• Note: the yard sale is this weekend at YOUR house!
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Yard Sale Part 2 – [10 mins]
LARGER piles to
the left
SMALLER piles
to the right
Exercise Instructions:
• The moderator chooses one of the ideas randomly and asks the author
what they meant when they created that note.
• The moderator works with the group to find similar sticky notes.
• If there are stickies that can be grouped, create a pile.
• Name the pile after the group has gathered all related notes.
• The moderator then selects a new sticky to start another pile.
(Name) (Name)
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Things to avoid
1. Forgetting to ask “what did you mean?”
2. Vocal participants driving the conversation
3. Building multiple piles at once
4. Everyone touching the board
5. Moving on without naming your current pile
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Facilitation Tips
1. Find a strong moderator for the exercise
2. Always ask for clarification
3. Focus on your current pile
4. Have the group name the piles
5. Engage all participants in conversation
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Different levels of thinking
Gather shoes from bedroom
Gather shoes from garage
Gather shoes from basement Gather shoes
from closet
Gather items
Gather shoes from guest room
Gather sweaters from bedroom
Gather sweaters from closet
Do these cards belong together?
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Understand by talking
Price Items Price Items
Words might match, but meaning does not!
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Creating a Product Backlog
+
Name
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Decomposing items
Break things down through focused talks!
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Graphic Credits: AGILExicon™
• One or more slides in this presentation
contain items from the Visual AGILExicon™, which is a trademark of
Innolution, LLC and Kenneth S. Rubin.
• The Visual AGILExicon is used and
described in the book: Essential
Scrum: A practical Guide to the
Most Popular Agile Process.
• You can learn more about the Visual
AGILExicon and permitted uses at:
http://innolution.com/resources/val-
home-page
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Questions?