Before FAST
This was missing entirely, causing chaos in what work got done first.
Hint: Without this, teams didn’t know what to work on first
What is prioritization?
This framework helped us transform how we work.
Hint: A framework with an acronym
What is FAST?
This daily meeting helps teams frequently discuss progress and blockers.
Hint: Happens every day
What is the Daily Huddle?
This role is responsible for maximizing product value and managing the backlog.
Hint: Owns the “what” and “why”
What is a Product Owner?
Sharing progress across teams helps reduce this common Agile problem: teams working in isolated groups.
Hint: Think of structures that keep things separated on a farm.
What are silos?
200+ PBIs and bugs that were not well-sliced and often represented full projects.
Hint: Active Work items
How many In Progress backlog items did we have?
What was our WIP?
1 week
Hint: Iteration
How long is one Value Cycle?
This ceremony is where the team reflects on how to improve next Value Cycle.
Hint: Happens bi-weekly
What is Inspect and Adapt?
These individuals ensure the collective follows agreed processes, clears impediments, and act as guardians of effective collaboration.
Hint: FAST term for the person assigned to your PBIs
Who are team stewards/Managers?
Claims BI uses this tool to increase transparency by making team priorities and progress visible in one place.
Hint: Tool the team uses to track work items
What is Azure DevOps?
This metric averaged over 50 days.
Hint: A measure of delivery speed
What was the Claims BI Cycle Time?
It’s a small, thin piece of functionality that goes up & down the technology stack.
Hint: Make work smaller
What is a vertical slice?
This event is used to decide what work will be taken into the upcoming Value Cycle.
Hint: Happens on Mondays
What is Prioritization Roundtable?
An autonomous, empowered, self-organized, self-managed group of people gathered around a common purpose capable of product discovery and delivery of business goals.
Hint: A term for entire team
What is the Collective?
Instead of dividing work by technical layers, this approach groups it into small features that can be designed, built, tested, and delivered.
Hint: make work smaller
What is vertical slicing?
This was previously fragmented, with work coming from multiple sources, before being centralized through the Product Owner.
Hint: Too many entry points for work
What was the Claims BI ingestion process?
This metric improved to ~14 days.
Hint: A measure of delivery speed
What is the current Cycle time?
This ceremony often supports transparency by showing completed work to stakeholders.
Hint: Happens weekly and involves all stakeholders
What is Demo and Review?
A Cross-functional team responsible for executing and delivering work.
Hint: Team that delivers the actual value
What is a Delivery team?
This strategy helps teams manage work visually using columns such as “To Do,” “In Progress,” and “Done.”
Hint: Visual workflow system
What is Kanban?
Before FAST, deciding what to work on next often depended on this instead of strategy.
Hint: Who influenced work priorities prior to the new ways of working
Who is the loudest customer? Who is reaching out frequently?
This barrier was significantly reduced as teams began sharing information openly and collaborating instead of working in isolation.
Hint: Thinking only of functional deliverables.
What are silos
This event involves presentation of priorities to the Collective.
Hint: Happens every week
What is Marketplace?
They actively promote better ways of working, influence adoption, and serve as advocates to embrace and sustain change.
Hint: They assist the BSA/Agile Delivery Owner during Inspect and Adapt
Who are Change Champions?
Choose from the following:
Option 1 or
Option 2
Option 1: Gain 500
Option 2: Loose 500