Brainstorming a list of topics for a Scrum/Agile lunch-N-learn session.
- Pair Programming - simulation using Tangrams & Face Drawing
 - Practices for Daily Standup - review and discuss: It's Not Just Standing Up: Patterns for Daily Standup Meetings
 - Slicing Stories – resources to slice vertical stories of value
 - Story Writing techniques: w/ Q & A based upon participants real stories
 - Estimation techniques: Affinity Estimation; T-shirt sizing -> converting to numbers; Planning Poker (the rule book)
 - Team building tools: Infinite Loops; Helium Stick; Warp Speed; Pair Drawing, etc.
 - Pair Programming - an introduction via puzzel solving
 - Definition of Done/Ready exercise
 - Release Planning How to derive duration with a complicated backlog
 - Agile Library Initiation Bring books, make the rules, get funding, 1,2,3, GO!
 - Management 3.0 Book Club - join a group reading the best Agile book written.
 - Making Visual Information Radiators - define Radiator/Cooler; elements of a Scrum board
 - Aspects of an effective Product Backlog
 - Agile Portfolio Planning - tools and techniques; estimation, cost of delay, prioritization, deciding what NOT to do
 - The principle of TDD via LEGO building; anyone can learn the power of test first development
 - Does you development rest on a SOLID foundation - an overview of the SOLID principles
 - Collaboration Games to understand the customer; 12 Innovation Games; Other resources
 - User Story Maps technique to achieve higher level understanding of the backlog
 - Launching a Team; what’s required, best practices, examples and techniques
 - Team Practices: a collection of quick tools to increase team work and collaboration
 - Learn Backlog Prioritization techniques: Cost of Delay, Perceived ROI, Delivery Order, Gut Feeling, Loudest Yeller
 - Agile Planning - paradigm changes in planning, the planning flame, release planning, road maps, etc.
 

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