Business Value Game - a workshop on XP2009

May 2, 2009 by Artem Marchenko

If you want to be a successful software development company, you have to make sure you work on the stories that bring most value to the customer. Ideally you have an on-site customer that can tell you which story can bring most value. What do you do if you don't have luxury of having the on-site customer? Or how does on-site customer decide what is of the biggest importance to him? How does your company prioritize epics, stories and projects?

On XP2009 conference I will be running a game devoted to making participants feel the business value origins and flow. Players will form software development companies, prioritize their customers requests by business value and feel for themselves how different strategies help to earn money and maintain healthy relationship with the customers. This game has been run on several conferences and it always brings a lot of fun.

Register for XP2009 if you haven’t done so yet, come to this workshop and learn where the business value comes from.

On a related note: I can run this game alone, but it is way easier with one or two assistants. Unfortunately my partner didn’t manage to get his XP2009 trip approved so I am looking for assistant. If you know me (Artem Marchenko) and don’t mind having fun while assisting with the game, shoot me an email or send a message via the contact form. Assistantship is going to be very easy and need just 30 mins of preparation – you will need to clarify the rules and I’ll be there for more serious issues

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