Fluid Scaling Technology: When you want to go FAST!
summary
Adapts Open Space rules to engineering: a 40–50 person Collective at Premera Blue Cross runs two-day iterations with a 30-minute FAST meeting and five WIP slots, lets people self-select work on a visible board, and emphasizes pairing/mobbing (mobs daily in experiments), T-shaped hires, a rotating team steward role and a market facilitator. Outcomes show sustained higher quality and rapid delivery—about two bugs in production over the final two years—and an estimated feasible scale up toward ~150 people.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 2:44Open Space Technology
- 7:45FAST "Rules" (Standards)
- 9:20Roles in the Collective
- 16:42How did we get so FAST?
- 27:04Team Agreements
- 30:25Positive Aspects
- 34:28Negative Aspects
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