FaST Training Special Event - With Guest Facilitator Diana Larsen

This in-person two-day (or five-day) training event brings together three cream-of-the-crop facilitators. Diana Larsen, Per Beining, and Quinton Quartel will co-facilitate Understanding and Implementing FaST for the first and likely only time together in person for the USA. Take advantage of this opportunity!

The FaST class is a two-day event, so what is the five-day option about? You can create your own bundle by attending a three-day Open Space Conference - Agile Open Northwest in the same city and in the same week to make a total of five days of learning! Read more about About Agile Open Northwest below and why this would be a great idea to add to your experience.

Monday 18th March 9:00-20:00 + Tuesday 9:00-3:00

Includes breakfast (starting at 8 am), lunch, and light dinner on the Monday.

About the Workshop

Understanding and Implementing FaST two-day class covers FaST's what, why, and how - including how to start and common pitfalls to avoid. Some of the core topics covered will include:

• Fluid teaming, work, and leadership
• What does it take to be self-managed?
• How self-organization can solve dependency management woes
• Cross-team learning at scale
• Work Visualization tooling
• How FaST can lead your organization into new models of Management Innovation, e.g. Beyond Budgeting

While the class has a plan, emergence controls the flow. We allow the group's interests and needs to determine the content and pace for emergence and best learning. Each module has some theory, but the most important will be the activities where you will learn with your body and not just your mind. The class kicks off almost immediately with a simulation where you will experience FaST first-hand, and we plan to continue as we start with this mode of learning through doing throughout.

About FaST

Fluid Scaling Technology (FaST) is an Operating Model for business adaptability that brings together modern product management, management innovation, and psychology, standing on the shoulders of Agile methods that have gone before it. FaST combines these uniquely for emergence, responsiveness, innovation, collaboration, performance, efficiency, and effectiveness. FaST can be used as an agile method for single teams and a scaling method when challenges cross multiple teams. FaST is unique in many ways:

• Fluid teaming
• Self-management and self-organization beyond just lip service
• Complex Adaptive System theory into practice
• An agile method for product discovery and not just delivery (i.e. escaping the "Build Trap" of Feature Factories)
• Creates a network organizational structure rather than a collection of static teams

Who Should Attend and Why?

The class is primarily aimed at Leaders, Agilistas, and Product Managers. Still, it is of value to anyone involved in any creative endeavor that requires collaboration. FaST can be used on a small scale (think Scrum-sized team) or a large scale (think large multi-team effort). The class will discuss both ends of the scale.

There will be a class attendance certificate—the FaST Agile Nascent Certificate (FAN). You will join a burgeoning community that is ushering in the next phase of business agility.

About Agile Open Northwest (AONW)

FaST builds on Open Space Technology. So, attending a three-day Open Space Conference immediately after the two-day FaST class is a great addition—conveniently in the same city and the same week!

Agile Open Northwest (AONW) is THE ONE to go to if you have never attended an Open Space Conference. AONW is known to draw some of the best Agile thought leaders in the world, and you will hear cutting-edge topics on Agile and beyond. In fact, AONW was responsible for FaST's birth as it was the core inspiration and petri dish where the FaST concepts first came to life and grew year after year.

After sitting in the class and grasping FaST, you will see the similarities between FaST and Open Space. How self-organization, emergence and simple rules can create a complex adaptive system that allows for flow and innovation - that works at scale. Attending an Open Space event will be particularly helpful to any attendees of the class who have never experienced an Open Space event, and it is highly encouraged you attend. Imagine yourself in a week of learning, fun, and meeting the cream of the agile community's crop, regularly seen at this conference. 

If you intend to participate in AONW, please visit the AONW website and purchase your ticket (independently of buying a ticket for the FaST Class).

The Location

We have chosen a real treat for you regarding location, giving you an authentic taste of Portland and the Pacific Northwest. McMenamins Kennedy School is a quirky, fun, historic building and hotel. We highly recommend staying at the hotel if you are taking the class. The hotel is in a super quaint neighborhood of Portland. A short walk will give you the feel of this unique city in America, plus get you to some excellent places for dining. Bring your family, and they will be sure to have fun at the hotel with the cinema, heated pool, and many activities. This hotel is a real treat! The food matches the charm and ambiance of the whole experience - only 15 minutes from Portland International Airport.

And if you like beer, you are in for a treat, as the hotel is also a brewery known for its excellent beer.

About Portland Oregon

If you like wine, Oregon has some of the best wines in the world. Oregon is particularly known for Pinot Noir. And the food!!! Portland is also known for its outstanding cuisine and dining.

Your Facilitators

Diana Larsen - Diana will bring her wealth of knowledge in agility, enhancing this two-day class with wisdom from Leading Without Blame and map examples of how FaST can increase your organization's capabilities of adaptability and resilience.

Quinton Quartel - Quinton is the founder of FaST. You will get FaST "from the horse's mouth" in this class, plus real-world stories and examples.

Per Beining—Per is best known for his YouTube video of Scrum by the Book, which made him a celebrity in Agile. He ran Europe's first FaST experiment and is Europe's first FaST Trainer. Per brings years of agile knowledge, facilitation skills, and even more years of humor and passion to ensure you will remember this workshop for years to come.

Your Facilitators