Category Archives: Discovery

Games designed to gain new insights into people, markets, and other topics of interest.

Product Box

Players start with a blank box (it can be a a cereal box covered with plain paper), and a set  of markers. The object of the game is to summarize the traits of a product or service,  such as what … Continue reading

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Knowsy

Knowsy is a simple game that tests how well the players know each other. One of the players picks a topic, such as movies, and then secretly arranges, in order of his or her preference, the items presented (to continue … Continue reading

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Prune The Product Tree

Prune The Product Tree depicts product features as leaves or fruit on a tree. Players move features closer to the trunk if they are more important, or towards the outer branches if they are more peripheral. Players also cluster features … Continue reading

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Buy A Feature

Buy A Feature takes work items — planned features in a software product, projects on which a team might work, etc. — and presents them as a list of items available for purchase. The cost of the items represents their actual cost, the … Continue reading

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