Prelude is an online game that aims to accelerate trust within virtual teams through a series of modules completed over 3-6 hours. The game guides teams through self-assessments, group activities, and reflective exercises to strengthen communication, appreciation of diverse skills, and effective collaboration. It assesses team dynamics and provides analytics on balancing skills to meet project goals.

1. HOW TO PLAY PRELUDE
“Our staff found Prelude fun, engaging and stimulating. Prelude is a trust accelerator. It
revealed assets in some of our team previously hidden.”
PRELUDE is an interactive online game for virtual teams that accelerates trust:
• Teams are guided step by step by a trained facilitator.
• Any number of individuals and teams can play.
• Four sequential activity modules, synchronous and asynchronous.
• Combines psychometrics and creative process.
• Scheduled to suit team’s calendar. Each activity is 30 – 60 minutes dependent on team size.
Total time 3-6 hours. May be played on any platform i.e. Lync, Hangouts, Skype, WebEx, etc.
BENEFITS
• Strengthened Emotional Intelligence
• Improved Communication
• Better Appreciation of Diverse Assets
• More Effective Collaboration
• Positive Team Mental Model
• Increased Well Being
FEATURES
• 5 development tools in one game
• 20 virtual team best practices
Module 1 iStar: This is an online self-assessment. Players
generate a profile of strengths, capacities, and
communication style in the form of an iStar Badge. The
elements – air, fire, water, & earth – are used as metaphors.
Module 2 iTag: Players use their iStar
profile to create a powerful symbol of self,
called an iTag. These are shared in the team’s
gallery. Uses PowerPoint.
Module 3 weTag: Players are grouped into
four teams – air, fire, water, & earth – based
on their iStar to co-create a new weTag. This
involves negotiation, compromise, consensus, creative thinking. Uses
PowerPoint Online.
Module 4 allTag: The four teams face a final creative challenge. This
requires intra- and inter-team discourse, critical thinking, strategy,
communication, collaboration, and consensus. The allTag is a symbolic team
portrait and visual marker of experience. Uses PowerPoint Online.
STARSMART JOURNAL
Reflective and practical exercises throughout game
TEAM ALIGNMENT PLAN & ANALYTICS
Team Alignment Plan correlates team soft skills to pending project goals, deliverables, tasks, and
schedules. iStar Analytics identifies whether team has the optimal balance of personalities, skills &
capacitites and how to bridge the gap.
Alexey Pikulev CSM/CSPO/CSP IS A BUSINESS AGILITY COACH, A LICENSED MANAGEMENT 3.0 TRAINER,
AND A CERTIFIED PRELUDE VIRTUAL GAME FACILITATOR/TRAINER.
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