COBIT Games Rotterdam Train the Trainer

serious work at the cobit game board
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Winner: Stadium Team
Score: 245 points

The COBIT Games were played as part of a Train the Trainer Session in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. 13 trainers from Europe and the Middle East participated in the course with the intent to become trainers for delivery of the Games.

Four teams with 3 or 4 people played the Games. The Games had a bit of a rough start on day 1 particularly because the room was not very large and the air conditioning was not working. At the of the first building round a capacity of 6 or 7 was achieved anyways. Not good enough though as 10 was required. The participants were struggling with setting up the internal governance structures within their teams and between the teams.

In day 2 of the Games the four teams made up for it though and completed their goals in time and budget. Only in round 4 of the Games decision making was very effective and streamlined. The assignment that was used after the third round of the Game helped in focusing on the right areas.

Once more the city was ready in time for staging the Olympic Games. Good work teams!

Steering Committee and VAL IT group

Gary Hardy - the cobit games master
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Saturday the 2nd of June the COBIT Steering Committee and the VAL IT Group played a mini version of the COBIT Games. Operating at the strategic level for COBIT this team had to prove themselves worthy of mastering CONCORDIA.

The mini game is a shorter 3-round version of the COBIT Games that can be played in 4 hours. Two rounds were played to get an insight into the game dynamics. In the first round of the game the experts beat the clock and the system. Everyone completed their assignment well ahead of time: something that had never happened before. Next to that all teams scored a full house and earned 120 points for the round.

Typically only 100 points are given in the first round, but this group conducted not just one but almost three full Steering Committee Sessions to seek alignment between teams. That must be the experience in this domain. . . .

The second round is where the chaos started. There was a slight disconnect between the Steering Committee, the Project Managers and the Developers. This resulted in an intense second round of the Games that took a little longer than planned for... This to make up for ending ahead of time in Round 1.

The round ended with a self assessment where Gary Hardy ensured that the assessments were reasonably in line with performance.

COBIT Games Trailer

Version 2.0 of the COBIT Games will be launched in July!!

Version 2.0 of the COBIT Games is ready for release in July.

A number of distinct upgrades to the COBIT Games have been made to the COBIT Games to increase the learning experience of the Games. Version 2.0 of the COBIT Games includes the following changes:

1. Version 4.1 of COBIT integrated: The new COBIT Games includes the most recent version of COBIT
2. Strategic Planning: The first round of the COBIT Games has changed significantly. Learners now have to analyze the Olympic Bid and come up with a defined list of projects that directly map to the requirements dictated in the bid. Can the learners align their projects well to the business goals?
   
3. Reducing complexity: The COBIT domains PO/AI/DS/ME are introduced in phases and not at once, thereby reducing the complexity of the Games. Learners will first learn to plan for and build their projects and only later will manage the operations of the hotels, media facilities, stadiums and transportation infrastructure
4. Linking with the COBIT Foundation Course: The 4 rounds of the COBIT Games are very tightly linked to the different sessions of the Foundation Course. This ensures that learners will directly apply learned knowledge in the rounds of the Games
5. Student materials: Every student receives a comprehensive student workbook that is used in the Games. The handbook explains all the rules and actions that learners have to take in the Game rounds.
6. Updated COBIT dashboard: the COBIT dashboard is upgraded and helps learners better to manage the performance and progress during the Games.
   
7. Trailer: the COBIT Games trailer has been completed and will be made availalble on the COBITgames.com website soon.