LEGO Scrum Event

Students of the master's program TMO (Technology Management and Optimization) gathered on February 24, 2023 in the rooms of the LearningLab of the University Didactics. What attracted the students to RWU on a Friday afternoon during the semester break? Perhaps it was the prospect of playing with Lego bricks while trying out the design elements of Scrum? This is exactly what took place.

As part of a training course on the agile method SCRUM, which originally comes from computer science, people were busy building and tinkering. The goal was to build a Lego city with a church, houses, kindergarten, traffic lights, a park and even a gondola that flows over the city stream. Professor Dr. Frank Ermark, together with members of the didactics team, designed and organized the event.

Although their own Lego past was a long time ago, the students quickly knew how to approach their goal of the Lego city in an efficient and structured way, using appropriate Scrum elements. In two teams, the building materials were organized and each construction step was planned in the respective group. The two Scrum Masters discussed the construction steps with their teams and estimated the time required. In several construction rounds (sprints), each team constantly obtained new orders from the product owner, who also examined and approved the respective products in the so-called "sprint review". A Lego city was created, which was reluctantly dismantled at the end, because it also contained childhood memories.

The university didactics department will continue to offer this event as a micro credential (mini module) in the future. Anyone who would like to practice new skills in a playful way is cordially invited and can contact the didactics team at: spend@rwu.de.

Those who generally enjoy testing methods that promise innovative material are cordially invited to the Design Thinking Workshop. This workshop starts on March 8. Further information and the possibility to register can be found in the LSF.