FAST Agile
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Fast Agile is a lightweight and natural scaling model focusing on self-organization and empowerment of teams, with an emphasis on dynamic team formation and intrinsic motivation. It draws inspiration from nature, utilizing simple rules to create networks of cohesive, loosely coupled groups that deliver software through micro-iterations. The model has been successfully implemented at Premera Blue Cross, highlighting its scalability and positive feedback from employees.
FAST Agile
- 1. FAST Agile SUBTITLE A simple, lightweight & natural scaling model RON QUARTEL – PAIGE WATSON
- 2. Introductions RON QUARTEL PAIGE WATSON FAST AGILE
- 3. Another agile scaling framework? How did that happen? FAST AGILE
- 4. Exercise! A FAST AGILE TASTER FAST AGILE
- 6. FAST Agile Overview FAST AGILE SCALING TECHNOLOGY FAST AGILE
- 7. The next evolution in agile is building networks and not just teams FAST AGILE
- 8. Command and Control – Traditional Org FAST AGILE
- 9. Agile Development – Command of Teams FAST AGILE
- 10. Team of Teams – Network Based – FAST Agile FAST AGILE
- 11. FAST AGILE
- 12. Conway’s Law and Reverse Engineering Conway’s Law FAST AGILE
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- 14. FAST facilitates people into highly cohesive groups that are loosely coupled These groups create software that is: highly cohesive and loosely coupled. FAST AGILE
- 15. Complex Adaptive Systems AND SIMPLE RULES FAST AGILE
- 16. FAST looked to nature for inspiration on mass organization Complexity Emerges from Simple Rules… FAST AGILE
- 17. Basic models of flocking behavior are controlled by three simple rules: 1 Separation - avoid crowding neighbors 2 Alignment - steer towards average heading of neighbors 3 Cohesion - steer towards average position of neighbors With these three simple rules, the flock moves in an extremely realistic way, creating complex motion and interaction that would be extremely hard to create otherwise. FAST AGILE
- 18. FAST (Simple) Rules: •Do the right thing •Be a team player •Be a coach and be coachable •Strive for excellence in your craft FAST AGILE
- 19. Doing the right thing and Self-Organization TRUST, EMPOWERMENT AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION FAST AGILE
- 20. Treat People Like Adults – and they will act like them As adults we ship on time all the time. Lets start treating people like adults and stop with the command and control. Trust people to do the right thing – and they will do the right thing… FAST AGILE
- 21. The secret to high performance and satisfaction - at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves - Daniel Pink FAST AGILE
- 22. Colocation A PREREQUISITE TO HIGH PERFORMANCE A PRE-REQUISITE FOR FAST AGILE FAST AGILE
- 23. Dynamic Team Formation FAST AGILE
- 24. Feature Teams vs Component Teams Why not be both? FAST is breaking an agile taboo… In FAST – teams form around work – the opposite of Scrum which has team pull work. FAST AGILE
- 26. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale. FAST AGILE
- 27. Summary • All work is Just in Time (JIT) • System is designed to limited Work in Progress (WIP) • Micro iterations deliver value in short feedback cycles • Emergent Design and Architecture • Cross Functional tribe can meet any demand • Intrinsic motivation is the driving force (and the only way work gets done) • Encouraged to be Specializing generalists + Code Crafters • FAST is Scalable (tribes of ~150 – multiple tribes) • Self-organization is the core foundation (and based around Open Space Technology) FAST AGILE
- 28. FAST Agile Vision: Untethering the Human Spirit within the workplace
- 29. Untethering the human spirit… FAST AGILE
- 30. Case Study – FAST Agile at FAST AGILE
- 31. Premera Blue Cross Health Insurance • More than 2 million customers primarily in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington • More than 3,600 employees • A network of thousands of physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers FAST AGILE
- 32. Premera’s Values (Notice compatibility with FAST) • Identify with the Customer • Act with Urgency • Be Excellent • Challenge Convention • Do the Right Thing • Work Together FAST AGILE
- 33. FAST Agile Values at Premera • Dynamic Assembly (non-static teams) • Empowered Execution (self-organizing and managing) • Shared Consciousness • Natural Leadership • SecDevOps Culture (Code Craftsmanship, DevOps, XP processes) FAST AGILE
- 35. People Love It! “I never want to work any other way” Paige Watson FAST AGILE
- 36. What has worked well • Two day iterations (with one slack / research / meeting day) – Preferred to one week iterations • People want to work together in one large tribe (instead of several small) • FAST Scales from small scrum sized teams to larger tribes (largest currently is ~30) • One tribe can work with multiple stakeholders and backlogs • Investing in craftsmanship (Giving teams time to practice – Kata Culture) • Investing in training – Code Retreats, Fred George OO Bootcamp, Woody Zuill • Creating pairing and Mob Programming environments • Representing a story map in VSTS (online backlog tool) • Physical marketplace • Being Co-located and in the same area FAST AGILE
- 37. What we learned (and still need to get better at) • Onboarding existing is harder than taking on new outside employees (esp craftsmanship) • Need a lot of repeat communication and training on Agile, Story breakdown, FAST, XP • Delivering value vs delivering stories (chunking) – moving off corporate scrum mindset • Show and tell of working software – need more • Transparency & stories rolling over (addressed with story breakdown training) • Working from home is a challenge • Work different hours and 4x10’s is a challenge • Come up with Safety Mechanisms and Decision Making Protocols (self-organization get’s harder with more people) • Having everyone sit in the same area helped and encouraged a tribal mindset FAST AGILE
- 38. Safety a Prerequisite – Yes! FAST AGILE
- 39. Kata Nation - Creating a Craftsmanship Culture http://katanation.com FAST AGILE
- 40. Why is craftsmanship and XP practices so important? Unique ability of XP developers to work with each other – instant productivity FAST AGILE
- 42. FAST Pre-requisites • Co-location • Safety mechanisms (How do you resolve conflict? How are decisions made?) • Prepared to invest in Code Craftsmanship • Prepared to become Specializing generalists • Physical space for FAST meeting (a.k.a. Marketplace) FAST AGILE
- 43. Find out more • Web – http://fast-agile.com • Twitter - @OpenSpaceAgile • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fastagile • Email – info@fast-agile.com FAST AGILE
- 44. FAST Agile is a system for organic collaboration on creative endeavors from the small scale to the large.