This game is used in Agile/Scrum trainings. I have used it in a US Culture Training with US-Bound IT professionals to demonstrate communication expectations in a US office.

1. Card Making Game:
Process, Estimation, Clear
Communication
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2. Card Making Game
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Purposes of this game:
1.Process estimation
2.Identifying problem areas
3.Delivering consistent, quality product
4.Importance of asking questions

3. Card Making Game
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• Groups of 5
• Identify team name
• Rounds for competition
• You can’t ask any questions to the facilitator

4. Greeting Card Game
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Station 1: Fold in half
Station 2: Write a message on the front –
(Holiday Greeting)
Station 3: Write inside: “From: Team Name”
Station 4: Quality Check, consistency in steps,
sign name on the back.
5th person- time keeper and “supervisor”

5. Greeting Card Game - 1
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Station 1: Fold in half
Station 2: Write a message on
the front – (Holiday Greeting)
Station 3: Write inside: “From:
Team Name”
Station 4: Quality Check,
consistency in steps, sign name
on the back.
5th person- time keeper and
“supervisor”
Round 1:
•Teams make total 5 cards.
•Each station must finish all 5 cards
before delivering to the next
station.
•No team member can help
another team member. You can
only do your own job.
•5th person has to report the total
time.

6. Debrief
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1. What is the team’s time?
2. What went well/didn’t go well?

7. Greeting Card Game - 2
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Station 1: Fold in half
Station 2: Write a message on
the front – (Holiday Greeting)
Station 3: Write inside: “From:
Team Name”
Station 4: Quality Check,
consistency in steps, sign name
on the back.
5th person- time keeper and
“supervisor”

8. Debrief
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1. Did the team’s time improve?
2. What went well/didn’t go well?

9. Greeting Card Game - 3
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Station 1: Fold in half
Station 2: Write a message on
the front – (Holiday Greeting)
Station 3: Write inside: “From:
Team Name”
Station 4: Quality Check,
consistency in steps, sign name
on the back.
5th person- time keeper and
“supervisor”

10. Debrief
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1. Did the team’s time improve?
2. What went well/didn’t go well?

11. Greeting Card Game
Teams will decide how to form
stations. (1 min to form strategy)
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All tasks must be done:
Folding
Holiday Greeting
From: Team Name
Quality Control/Signature

12. Debrief
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1. Where you able to fill the estimate in the
time?
2. What went well/didn’t go well?

13. Debrief
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1. How close was your deliverable to your
estimate?
2. Did you over promise? How can you avoid
over promising and underdelivering?
3. Where was your bottleneck?
4. When is the best time to communicate
problems/lateness to the client?
5. How can you communicate lateness?

14. Wrapping Up!
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15. Thank You!
Jennifer Kumar
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