Prerequisites
1 - Have a mindset congruent with FAST values and principles
1 - Have a mindset congruent with FAST values and principles
- Believe in the power of self-organization and Open Space Technology
- Trust that your developers are skilled, caring and will do the right thing
2 - Stop Doing What Doesn't Work
2 - Stop Doing What Doesn't Work
- Stop viewing and treating developers as fungible assets
- Stop micromanaging
3 - Willingness to experiment
3 - Willingness to experiment
- Don't start FAST on a project with a critical deadline
- Join the FAST Community and read about what experiments others have tried to gain insight on any experiments you are thinking of starting
- Get a FAST consultant to help you out if you are nervous. (Go to Contact Us and someone will get back to you with a recommended consulting firm/agent.)
4 - Facilities and personnel requirements
4 - Facilities and personnel requirements
- Co-locate the entire dev team that is on the product
- Seed your FAST tribe with a small core team of Code Crafters
- Have dedicated office space that will support a large meeting every iteration boundary for the tribe and have smaller collaboration rooms/areas for the swarms (5-20 devs). See facilities.
Now find out about the Roles.
Now find out about the Roles.