Sprint Planning Simulation: The Outback Survival Scenario
Your team is stranded in the outback after a gyrocopter crash!
You have a limited number of salvaged items:
- Stainless steel water bottle
- 5m x 5m clear plastic sheet
- Folding knife
- Signal mirror
- Compass
- Heavy-duty trash bags
- Waterproof matches
- First-aid kit
- 25m nylon cord
- Aluminum foil
- Flint
- Emergency blanket
- Small hatchet
- Whistle
- Fishing hooks & line
Product Goal
Your Product Goal is to survive and reach civilization. You have one Sprint (simulated by this activity) to gather resources and make a plan.
1. Why
Define a Sprint Goal, e.g. "Secure a water source and establish a temporary shelter."
2. What
Select the items (Product Backlog Items) you will focus on for the Sprint.
3. How
Create a rough plan (Sprint Backlog) for how you will use those items to achieve the Sprint Goal.
Gallery Walk & Sticky Note Feedback
Post all of your team Sprint Backlog materials on the wall
Walk around the room and review the other teams' Sprint Backlogs.
Using sticky notes, provide constructive feedback - one positive comment and one suggestion for improvement - on at least two other teams' plans.