Pizza Game

What is the Pizza Game?

The Pizza Game is an interactive team activity designed to explore and understand workflow concepts through the universally relatable example of a pizza shop operation. This template helps teams grasp the fundamentals of Definition of Workflow by providing a hands-on experience where participants design, analyze, and refine process flows.

What Will This Help You to Achieve?

By engaging with this template, teams can achieve a deeper understanding of how work moves through systems, identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, and develop strategies for delivering value more effectively and predictably. The practical application of workflow concepts in a familiar context makes abstract principles concrete and actionable for any industry.

Who Might Benefit From Playing the Pizza Game?

This template is valuable for anyone interested in improving processes - including educators, healthcare professionals, manufacturing teams, service industry managers, retail operators, and office administrators, as well as those in technology and software development. It's particularly helpful for organizations looking to improve their efficiency, teams struggling with delivery predictability, or groups new to process improvement methodologies.

How Do I Get Started?

To use the template, gather your team for a collaborative session, follow the guided instructions to map out the pizza shop workflow, identify improvement opportunities, and then reflect on how similar principles apply to your own work environment. The activity progresses from understanding basic workflow concepts to practical application, resulting in actionable insights that can be applied to processes in any field or industry.