DUO Portfolio Game

On November 27 and 28, I went to the XP Days Benelux conference. This blog post is a short recap of all the things I learned.

In this second post, I’m sharing my notes and reflections from the session “DUO Portfolio Game” by Jan-Willem Zijlstra, Jeroen Smit, and Willem Kleinenberg. The session introduced a game they developed to spark conversations about culture, collaboration, and ways of working. Through several rounds, participants experienced firsthand how different strategies for distributing work across teams can shape flow, ownership, and alignment.

The goal of the session was clear: explore how teams might organize and collaborate more effectively, and discover what happens when you shift constraints, responsibilities, or communication paths.