Can you defeatMr. James ,
the Evil Stakeholder?
J.J. Elroy James is a Tough Guy™. After a hostile take-over and “elimination” of the board he now has complete control of leading multinational Ehold.
He has hired you and your team to build his amazing new corporate website. He expects you to work Agile or anyway you like, as long as your deliver. And if you deliver he has promised to cover you in gold.
But if you don't deliver, there will be “grave” consequences...
Use your Agile skills to make the stakeholder play nice!
You play as a team against randomly drawn James cards. You can combat his insane requests with your Agile Response cards in one of two ways:
Improve morale and collaboration in your team by together deciding on the best comeback to James.Perfect for a retrospective.
Play against each other and use the Agile Factors on your card to be the one to overpower James.Perfect for a team outing.
The game ends when all of James' insanity has been managed by your team. Now you've learned that stakeholder management is not a solo quest for your PO, but a collaborative effort for the entire team. And it can even be fun !
Let's get started!Autonomy
You know you can make these decisions, and you're empowered to make them!
Purpose
This is why you're here! You know where we're going and what we're gonna do there!
Skills
You've trained long and hard for this, and you're the ones that make the magic happen!
Flow
Without disturbances or context-switching you'll race to the finish in record time!
Empiricism
We don't do guesses. We measure, we know, we build and we measure again. Science!
Enjoyment
Building these features with these people? It's the gift that keeps on giving!
Frequently Asked Questions
“Mr. James - The Evil Stakeholder” is a collaborative game for Scrum teams want to explore stakeholder management in more detail. It can be played in two ways:
As a collaborative game in which the team together discuss the Agile Factors and determine the best response. This game style is perfect to empower teams, helping them become more autonomous and accountable.
As a competitive game whereby everyone throws their Agile Response cards to win over the rest, like in “Cards Against Humanity”. This game style is perfect for team building, and is a lot of fun on Friday drinks.
In either case, the game can help teams that are influenced or bypassed by overbearing stakeholders to take more control over their situation and work together to reclaim Autonomy, Purpose and Flow.