I had an opportunity to attend Playcamp with the acknowledged industry agile practitioners. We had the diversified experts who are the show-stoppers in the field of managing projects, acting as a product owner, scrum master, agile die hearted practitioners, consultants and coaches.
This was my first playcamp, since I turned out to be the agile practitioner, my excitement was nevertheless than an individual who look forward to mingle and blend in the areas of expertise that agile talks about. The day kicked off with meeting the knowledgeable heads and throughout the day the sessions kept us captivated. We shared ideas, suggestions, even had hands on activity on various topics. Well, you must be knowing how these play camps are but what I am going to talk, is the essence of the play camp. Indeed, you heard it right: The Playcamp Swag.
What is this playcamp swag? We all know these playcamps are organized “to explore creative ideas around playing, facilitating, planning, designing and using serious games and collaborative play in the industry.” But why it stands to be a great activity? It stands so, because it triggers you to indulge. Hearing, sensing, feeling, listening, talking, etc. is what get you to indulge in playcamp.
Swag of playcamp is the actual collaboration. Collaboration of different personas, different thought process, different patterns to explore and very much the individuals who come with their own perspective, but leave with a magnitude of dimensions and explorations. These play camps help you to hear what one has stored and captured in their journey, every bit of information is sliced and represents a unique use case.
Playcamp in a traditional way can be linked to your childhood memories. Do you remember those small groups where kids showcase, what they have and then tell a self-made story, each one of them would bring a zing to what they know or have and share their independent thoughts. Well, these playcamps are same of the nature where each one of us share our experiences, get to know more than what we know and take pride in moving things and measuring with the success factor. With the dynamic and spontaneous feel, the playcamp result in accumulating knowledge and empowering each one of us to build a better understanding and a sharing world.