Using Serious Games as a Management Tool in Transitioning to Agile Practices
Agile project management has grown widely in the last decade. Serious games can help manage challenges transitioning from traditional/waterfall projects to agile projects. Serious games are designed for specific purposes other than pure entertainment and incorporate elements of games into non-game activities. In the session, we present a method for using serious games that include objective setting, gameplay, and debriefing. We present three types of games: 1) a board game for differences between the project types, 2) agile games for specific practices, and 3) innovation games for collaborating with customers to understand their needs, requirements, and priorities. The session would be of interest to project managers, sponsors, business analysts, and product owners.
SPEAKER BIO – Gloria J. Miller has more than 20 years of project leadership experience and provides consulting for managing complex projects and realizing organizational change. She has authored studies, articles and books on intelligence systems and implementation methodologies, including ‘Going Agile Project Management Practices–3rd Edition’. Gloria has a doctorate and a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor of science in computer science, and she is a Certified Scrum Master® (CSM®), a Project Management Professional (PMP®), and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®). Gloria is the founder and managing consultant of maxmetrics, an international consultancy company.