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Xteam case pdf#
Xteam case full#

Place groups by 4 with the game poster on the table along with the exact number of pieces of Lego in each colour. The game takes about 20 – 30 minutes to play.

Xteam case pdf#

Facilitator instructionsĭownload the poster and print it on A3 paper, 1 for each teamįree download of the X team silos game poster in PDF here >ĭownload the facilitators instruction guide to facilitate the gameĭownload the X-team Facilitators Instructions Note how many stories were done, how many turns were missed and how much work had been put in unfinished stories. Then wait for instructions for the next phase.

When a story is completed, the round which it was completed on is noted on the board.Īfter 5 rounds, the game ends. If a player can’t place a brick, that is noted as a missed turn on the board. Order of players are: yellow, white, red, blue. To complete a story, bricks are to be placed in the order as shown in the story. A game consists of 5 rounds (an iteration). Begin the round by marking it on the poster. Each round, every player, in turn, takes a brick and places it as shown in any of the stories. On the board there are three user stories in priority order.

Place the game poster on the table, one for each team.

If fewer than 4 players, a player can handle more than one stack.

Each player gets a stack of at least 12 bricks.

Divide the Lego bricks in 4 stacks, based on colour.

This game tries to convey the consequences of holding on to your primary expertise and role only. However, it is not enough to put together a group of differently skilled persons, usually experts on their area, and expect them to deliver as a team.

Xteam case full#

Those are signs of silos and a team not working at full potential.Ĭross-functional teams are teams with different areas of expertise that covers enough to create a product and put it into production. Sometimes you hear during stand up phrases like “there’s nothing on the board for me” or “the story is blocked until she comes back”. X-team Facilitators Instructions as PDF > This post was first published on the Crisp blog when Mia Kolmodin was a Crisp consultant.Ĭollected downloads from this post – updated June 2017 Play the game to kick-start your change and create collaboration. This Lego game illuminates the difference when members allow themselves to take on tasks outside their expertise, being so called T-shaped.

Sometimes team members hold on to their expertise too much and the team does not perform to its potential. Cross functional teams are complete in expertise but not necessarily collaborative.