Dr. Deming designed his 'red bead game' to help people understand how the overall system (for example, the organization) has a greater impact on a person's ability to do their job than individual skill.

In this session, attendees will experience Deming's Red Bead Game. Using the game, we will see how systemic affects play the greatest role in an individual or team's ability to deliver their work. From there, we will explore systems thinking, understanding the non-linearity of cause and effect in software delivery.

Leave this session with a better way of explaining how the things around you make your work more difficult to get done, ideas on how to address it, and of course with experience of playing the wonderful red bead game.