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Workshop Exercises: Discuss

Three Little Pigs

Reflect on stability and risk with the help of a childhood fable

Illustration of Three Little Pigs
Run a Three Little Pigs play

Alternative plays: Premortem

Follow-up plays: Premortem, Start / Stop / Continue

Timing: Discovery

Origin: Steve Wells

Prep time
5 minutes

Run time
1-2 hours

Group size
4-10

Why: Encourage team members to think creatively and collaboratively as they identify areas of improvement

When: Use at the end of a project or sprint to reflect on performance, collaboration, and results

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Instructions for running this play

  1. Paint three columns on a board
    1. House of straw: Weak or could fall apart. High risk.
    2. House of sticks: Somewhat rigid. Medium risk.
    3. House of bricks: Immovable. Low risk.
  2. Set the stage. Explain the story of the Three Little Pigs if participants aren’t familiar.
  3. Let participants do Silent Storming on separate sticky notes Timboxed to 3 minutes for the first column: House of straw.
    What aspects of your project, team, or work are ‘house of straw’, meaning it’s weak or could fall apart easily?
  4. Let participants Playback their answers one by one and do Affinity Mapping as they go along, placing their sticky notes on the board.
  5. Repeat step 3-4 for the last two columns
  6. De-brief with a group-wide discussion on what you have learned.
  7. Plan next steps with Start / Stop / Continue and prioritize using Dot Voting.
Reserve a Workshop Pattern card deck

This workshop exercise is part of the Workshop Patterns printed card deck.

A collection of workshop exercises that will help you ditch dull meetings and facilitate with confidence. It will help you master the design process and have more productive time with your team. The card deck will be ready for purchase in the end of 2025 and is now undergoing rigorous testing.

Reserve your deck!

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