Word Exercise

Background

Each person will be given twelve (12) letters: A, A, E, G, I, I, M, N, N, O, P, T.

Objectives

Construct as many long words as possible;
Win every round;
Discuss how this fits into product management.

Steps

Set Up

Form teams of five or six people.
One person will be the judge.
If indecisive as to who should be the judge, choose the person with the most sophisticated watch.
Download the instructions for word exercise.
Carefully read the instructions for word exercise.
Ask the instructor for the secret strategy card.

Play The Game

As the instructions for word exercise indicates, you will play three rounds.
At the end of each round, judges collect the letters that made up the word formed by each player.
The judge is to identify the winner in each group who created the longest word.
If more than one person created the word with the most letter, they are all declared winners.

Find The Winner

After three rounds have been played, the winner of the group will be the person who has won the most rounds.
Those that won two or more rounds will share their winning strategy with the class.

Report Findings

The instructor will conduct a short debriefing session.
To begin the debriefing session, download this document.

If you have trouble opening the document, contact me.

Congratulations! Product management can be fun.

Bravo!

© 2008 John Michael Pierobon

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