{"id":2437,"date":"2015-04-29T08:24:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookforwardconsulting.com\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:36:50","slug":"have-you-lost-hope-with-scrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescrumacademy.com\/es\/2015\/04\/29\/have-you-lost-hope-with-scrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Lost Hope with Scrum?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sunrise\"<\/a>Then you need to play Fearless Journey, a game to restore your hope. \u00a0In my last post<\/a>, I introduced the game Fearless Journey and shared how the objective of Fearless Journey is to discover a new reality that is transformational in nature. \u00a0Normally, we\u00a0focus on the little problems that distract us or desire resolution of something tactical. \u00a0Rarely do engage in deep thinking on how to\u00a0completely alters our\u00a0present condition. \u00a0Fearless Journey is one powerful, collaborative technique to help us do that.<\/p>\n

The objective of Fearless Journey is to work with the other players to eliminate (or reduce the impact) as many of the obstacles between “Now” and their future reality using the patterns printed on the playing cards. \u00a0Players will take turns sharing how they think one (or more) of the patterns in their hand might\u00a0be useful to resolve the impediments on their journey. \u00a0Play continues until the players are excited to start applying their ideas back at work or time runs out. \u00a0It is not important that all the obstacles have been discussed (or even addressed) since one goal of Fearless Journey is to help people see that they can move to action even if some obstacles remain.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that the game mechanics presented below are a departure from the mechanics from the original game. \u00a0For the original game mechanics, refer to the Fearless Journey site. \u00a0So what are the mechanics of the game play (as defined by Carlton)?<\/p>\n

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  1. Define a timebox of how long players want to discuss their impediments. \u00a0IME, thirty minutes feels about right, but players may take as long as they want.<\/li>\n
  2. Next, deal out all the cards to players [ed.<\/strong> this is a key adaption from me<\/em>]. \u00a0It is not important that everyone has the same number of cards. \u00a0Give everyone about a minute to scan their cards and pull out a few that look interesting.<\/li>\n
  3. Once one person is ready, they pull a card from their hand, read the text, lay it on top of one of the impediments and explain in a specific way why they think the pattern they selected might\u00a0help. \u00a0The goal is to have a short dialogue about the pattern and explore some of the specifics around some ideas that might possibly work to resolve the obstacle.<\/li>\n
  4. When the conversation comes to a lull, another player may offer an additional pattern from their hand if they feel they can make the original play better by saying, “I think this might help”. \u00a0The new player will then explain why they feel their pattern\u00a0might work. \u00a0Once there is a pause, the\u00a0original player says “Thank you” to person making a new contribution.<\/li>\n
  5. After the “Thank you” has been given and received, all the players will have\u00a0short dialogue about how the new pattern might help and they will\u00a0expand upon the original concept\u00a0in order\u00a0come up with some new ideas that might possibly work to resolve the obstacle.<\/li>\n
  6. When the conversation among all the players is complete, players will vote using the Decider\\Resolution protocol<\/a> to evaluate how well the pattern(s) works to resolve the impediment. \u00a0Thumbs up means, “I agree that the proposed solution might work”. \u00a0Thumbs sideways means, “Good enough for now”. \u00a0Finally, thumbs down means, “I do not think this solution will work”. \u00a0Use the Resolution protocol to investigate if the people voting “no” can make the proposal better. \u00a0If not, move on to another impediment on the journey.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Essentially, that is how the game is played – successive rounds of dialogue followed by successive rounds of thumb voting using the Decider\\Resolution protocols until the time has expired and\\or the players are ready to get to work. \u00a0The power of the game is that it gives the players a whole range of new ideas to try, even for problems that are outside of their control. \u00a0Additionally, the players realize that the best solutions come about by working with other people. Both of these elements begin to restore hope and remove some of the loneliness associated with being change agents.<\/p>\n

    Here are some additional tips I have picked up while facilitating this game.<\/p>\n