This Tuesday, September 22nd, we managed to achieve what seems to me to be quite a feat. The school of product ownership conference¹ took place, it was a success, and the innovation in the approach caught many people’s attention. Among these innovations linked to health constraints: a walk with quizzes in the morning for two and a half hours. The idea seems new to many, but it’s not so much. I had proposed it to Claude during the raid agile. And I think it emerged slowly from our walks with conversations back in the agile open sud days (2010? 2011? 2012?). In any case, it was a success this week, both physiologically and psychologically :)

More articles, words, about this day:

• Marion’s article
• Nils’ article
• Short post/photos from Souki
• Short post/photos from Dragos
• Short post/photos from Marion

The Quizzes

For those who ask me: here are the quizzes. 16 questions, 12 questions, 8 questions (the duration of journeys between parks became shorter, and the last walk will not be debriefed as we arrive at cité fertile, so the quiz questions become very open).

We will discuss the answers soon (I made the questions the week before the conference, perhaps a bit quickly…).

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

The Operating Method

I’m sharing the notes for all the POs, UXs, SMs from benext who accompanied the groups of 10 to 12 people.

During the walk

You explain the rules: in pairs or trios (they don’t normally change during the walk, you distribute the questions by tearing off the staple). We read a QUIZ card and discuss it. They exchange questions during the walk. Knowing that at the different places where we stop, we’ll debrief each QUIZ with the whole group. We pass the cards during the walk to try to have discussed all the quiz cards. Roughly 3 minutes per card.

At the parks

You manage to make a circle (think distance), and 30 minutes of debrief on the questions. You can distribute the new quiz at the end and off we go again.

Special Thanks

• to Aurélie Rolland who did all the design for the product school, the school of po, this year.
• to Marion Lecerf who organized and led with an iron fist the communication and all the preparation of the venue (and who found the venue!).
• to Souki Khamsyvoravong who was able to give energy throughout, that counts, and who initiated the routes with the troublemaker below:
• to Maxime Lecoq who concocted the right routes, and who was there when needed.
• to Dragos Dreptate who knows how to whisper in the ear of major international speakers.

and bonus for Yoann Galand who handles sound and video on D-day.