The Human Element
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Who Are We?
The Human Element's Full Stack Autonomy (FSA) Method for building strong Engineering Culture combines TDD, DevOps, and a unique brand of Agile/Scrum that puts metrics aside and centers us humans, and the work we do alongside each other. Offering Scrum Alliance professional certificaions, in-depth multi-day workshops, and pilot implementation engagements, we will ensure your teams have all they need to adopt the FSA method, transform into engineering powerhouses, and become natural-born citizens of Collaboration Nation!
Explore below to learn more about the core principles of the FSA Method, and find out if our unique approach to cultivating Engineering Culture is right for your business!
Flat Org Structure
Fewer EM's, and a higher SWE:EM ratio means a forced focus on coaching peak levels of autonomy into the fingers hitting the keyboard.
Single Product Backlogs
Borrowing from queuing theory, many teams pulling from one list of items creates a simpler delivery cadence than many teams pulling from many lists. Forget dependency management, this is dependency obliteration.
Small, Cross-Functional Feature Teams
Each scrum team has exactly the skills it needs to develop against the FULL stack. Absolutely no specialization at the team level.
A Questioning Culture
Question EVERYTHING, no matter how small the matter. There is no such thing as a stupid question.
TDD Comes First
The first task before forming any engineering team must be the buildout of a robust, intuitive and fool-proof TDD automation pipeline. SWEs will then enter an environment in which quality is organically the first thing they think about when beginning their problem solving phases.
You Build it, You Run It DevOps
There is no full stack autonomy without accountability over all aspects of the product, without caring about how it shows up for its users with stability at scale.
Embedded SRE
Collaboration Nation!
Each team member is there to lift up the next. Scrum team boundaries exist solely to help create focus within sprint cycles. Bonds must be built ACROSS scrum teams to found Collaboration Nation - where a team of teams as large as 40 SWEs can cross collaborate against the highest priority work in the single product backlog.
Obnoxious Levels of Clarity
Unbreakable Product | Engineering Partnership
Product organizations must maintain a singular focus in nurturing the relationship with engineering. This means placing trust in them to own the How and the When, while giving them the necessary time and space to deeply understand the What and the Why.
Forget the Metrics
Measure teams by the change they bring, not the velocity they achieve. Simple as that.
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