Turn things upside down and take a look from a different perspective by asking:
What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
What is the What Can Possibly Go Wrong? all about?
There's an old-English saying that fore-warned is forearmed - and that is where the Visual Agile Coach took its inspiration from for this workshop.
Being warned or cautioned about something before it happens is a great way to prepare and get ready for the real event.
Give yourself the best chance of success with the "What Can Possibly Go Wrong" workshop, use to identify:
Potential failures
Challenges
Risks
before they happen and turn impeding disaster and terrible ideas into opportunities for creative solutions and success.
"What Can Possibly Go Wrong" purposefully creates pressure, adversity and a pinch of desperation because these emotions can bring out the best in us.
When our backs are against the wall we need to be creative, resourceful and a little more brilliant.
Combine exercises for comprehensive results or use them individually.
When to use the WCPGW?
Starting a new iteration, project, or assignment
Ideating a new product, service, or strategy
Constructing a Team Roadmap
Launching an Agile Release Train or change programme
Planning for change management, risks, and issues
Visual Agile Coaching Tips
Begin with clear goals and objectives to ground the exercises.
Consider crazy ideas - some may hide game-changing potential
Ask What Can Possibly Go Wrong? because sometimes the counterintuitive is the way. The contrarian is the visionary
Each of these four exercises has a serious purpose, it’s just that a serious purpose can be serious fun too!
The Individual Tools
This tool and many more are available in the Visual Agile Coach Playbook available from online bookshops and at Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Visual-Agile-Coach-Playbook-communication/dp/1780176619
