Lean dice gameMaterials: Obtain 10-15 multisided dice per group of 5-7 people. Transparent dice and ones with un-inked numbers can help make the exercise more challenging (and realistic). You can get these at any store that specializes in board games.

Setup: We are building an application, and each die represents one feature (or User Story) that our customer values. We’ll compare several different ways to perform this work, including a waterfall delivery method, continuous flow/Kanban, and Scrum.

Time limit: 2 minutes per round

Roles: ScrumMaster: Ensure rules are followed, add up points Product Owner: Accept delivery to confirm receipt of points Team: Each person on the team will turn the dice in a certain way to represent a

specialized activity, such as analysis, design, development and testing.Define an activity for each participant except for the ScrumMaster and Product Owner.For instance: Analysis would be performed by turning a die and placing it on the table such that the

number 1 is facing up. Design would be performed by turning a die and placing it on the table such that the

number 2 is facing up. Development would be performed by turning a die and placing it on the table such that

the number 3 is facing up. And so on, ending with the Product Owner, who turns the dice one more time to accept

them.

Feature Scoring: Teams get 1 point for every die that has been completed (proceeded through all of the defined activities by turning the dice through each number). For instance, if you defined five activities (e.g. Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment), the die would have to be turned to 1, then 2, 3, 4 and 5 sequentially; when it reaches 5, it is Done and gets the point.You can also choose to give more points by die complexity (e.g. 1 point for 4-6 sides, 2 points for 7-9 sides, 3 points for anything more complex). This makes the Product Owner role more meaningful and challenging.Release Scoring: 10 points for every complete set of one die shape (e.g. all of the cubes, or all of the tetrahedrons). You can also use similarly colored dice to represent Releases.