We are happy to announce that we, as bumbleflies, were allowed to translate the current FaST-Guide from English into German.

Fluid Scaling Technology combines Open Space Technology and Open Allocation into a lightweight, easy to understand and easy to master, scalable method for organizing people around work. The Open Space format can be used in many situations. You can use it standalone, for example, to solve complex, potentially conflicting problems with a diverse group, or embedded in larger models, such as Open Space Agility or Open Space Beta.

FaST-Agile is an example of embedding and interacting Open Space in a specific context. Fluid Scaling Technology combines Open Space Technology and Open Allocation into a lightweight, easy to understand and easy to master, scalable method for organizing people around work.

FaST-Agile is particularly suitable for software development, product development and agile working on a large scale. Furthermore, FaST can be applied to many complex, collaborative projects and is not exclusively limited to the field of software development. It describes

6 values

Autonomy
Shared purpose
Mastery
Technical Excellence
Collaboration
Self-Organization

5 Principles

Do the right thing
Be a mentor and a mentee
Be a T-shaped person - a generalizing specialist
Emergent design and emergent architecture
Law of mobility (The freedom to change teams whenever it makes sense)

7 pillars

Self-Organizing Systems (including natural order and emergence)
Open Space Technology
Open Allocation
Theory Y Governance
Agility/Adaptability
Lean Startup/Experimentation
Self-Management