Collaborative workshop and The letter to Santa Claus: Act4

Posted by jc-Qualitystreet on 2011/11/20

Or gaming & agile mindset at Home 🙂

Christmas is coming and for the fourth year we’ve prepared during a great collaborative workshop with kids, our letter to Santa Claus (or technically speaking, our prioritized Backlog for Santa Claus)

Some constraints…

• Santa Claus is very busy
• His sledge is not expandable
• The deadlines are tight
• The delivery date cannot be moved
• And unfortunately a additional one this year, two sites for the delivery… that’s life… 🙁

The workshop

We didn’t have to make a long opening: the kids are already familiar with the process, they’re ready and impatient to start…

They know they cannot have everything (lessons learned from the past…)  and that being good (or not) has an impact on Santa Claus’s motivation to deliver what they wish…So they’re aware of the necessity to set priorities for their Christmas backlog !

Step 1: Needs analysis, Brainstorming and data collection
Passionate reading for weeks, intensive research from several sources… confrontation with friends at school were a fantastic preparation for our « collaborative workshop » at Home

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Step 2: Backlog Initialization

• Images are cut
• One image is placed by sticky note(pink ones for my daughter; orange notes for my son). The main backlogs are initiated

Step 3: Backlog Prioritization
Notes are laid either on the ground or on the table (their preference this year). Kids make their prioritization effort and rank them in order of preference. They place on the top toys they want most, the most important to them…

Step 4: Backlog Customization
Since last year, the backlog customization has become a crucial step…

Step 5 : Backlog display and printed version
Go to the room for an optimal visibility & accessibility.

Print a version in a Letter format and send it to Santa Claud…

Results

Once again, we really had a great time… 🙂