We'll Fix It Next Sprint Dependencies Block Progress Work Added Mid-Sprint Everything Is a Priority Scope Changes Mid-Sprint No Shared Definition of Done Too Much Work in Progress No Backlog Refinement Sprint Review Becomes a Status Meeting Stories Carry Over Every Sprint Work Starts Before It Is Ready Sprint Goal Is Just a List of Stories Team Overcommits Daily Scrum Becomes a Status Meeting Ineffective Scrum Ceremonies Scrum Master Becomes Jira Administrator Requirements Lack Clarity / Missing Acceptance Criteria Stories Are Too Large Velocity Used as a Performance Metric Stakeholders Bypass the Product Owner Retro Action Items Are Forgotten Product Owner Unavailable Unplanned Work Derails the Sprint Blockers Are Not Actively Managed We'll Fix It Next Sprint Dependencies Block Progress Work Added Mid-Sprint Everything Is a Priority Scope Changes Mid-Sprint No Shared Definition of Done Too Much Work in Progress No Backlog Refinement Sprint Review Becomes a Status Meeting Stories Carry Over Every Sprint Work Starts Before It Is Ready Sprint Goal Is Just a List of Stories Team Overcommits Daily Scrum Becomes a Status Meeting Ineffective Scrum Ceremonies Scrum Master Becomes Jira Administrator Requirements Lack Clarity / Missing Acceptance Criteria Stories Are Too Large Velocity Used as a Performance Metric Stakeholders Bypass the Product Owner Retro Action Items Are Forgotten Product Owner Unavailable Unplanned Work Derails the Sprint Blockers Are Not Actively Managed
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
G-We'll Fix It Next Sprint
O-Dependencies Block Progress
I-Work Added Mid-Sprint
B-Everything Is a Priority
I- Scope Changes Mid-Sprint
B-No Shared Definition of Done
N-Too Much Work in Progress
I-No Backlog Refinement
I-Sprint Review Becomes a Status Meeting
I-Stories Carry Over Every Sprint
O-Work Starts Before It Is Ready
N-Sprint Goal Is Just a List of Stories
G-Team Overcommits
G-Daily Scrum Becomes a Status Meeting
G-Ineffective Scrum Ceremonies
B-Scrum Master Becomes Jira Administrator
O-Requirements Lack Clarity / Missing Acceptance Criteria
O-Stories Are Too Large
B-Velocity Used as a Performance Metric
N-Stakeholders Bypass the Product Owner
N-Retro Action Items Are Forgotten
G-Product Owner Unavailable
B-Unplanned Work Derails the Sprint
O-Blockers Are Not Actively Managed