unFIX EFFECTIVE Series

What is a starter kit?

A starter kit is a flexible template created for a specific target audience meant to be adopted and adapted to fit a particular context. A starter kit is to a pattern library what one specific LEGO set is compared to a box of random LEGO blocks. An unFIX starter kit is one possible configuration of unFIX patterns. Adopting a starter kit (implementing it as-is) should be the first step. It is expected (and the fun only really begins) when people adapt it to their needs and desires.

What is unFIX EFFECTIVE?

EFFECTIVE is one of the first series of unFIX starter kits specifically designed by Javier Camarasa García for the banking, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries. Looking at the trends, the teams in these industries normally have members with various skills, availability, geographical locations, and/or onsite vs. remote working situations.

While other approaches expect team members to be fully dedicated and collocated, EFFECTIVE recognizes that in many business environments, such constraints are unrealistic. There is a need for an approach that respects a broader variety of ways of working.

What is different about unFIX EFFECTIVE?

Compared to other approaches, EFFECTIVE has unique characteristics:

• Adapts to the specific context of your organisation;

• Starts with a set of pilots that validate the benefits before scaling;

• Applicable to the entire organization, not only software development;

• Distinguishes between exploration and exploitation portfolios;

• Scalable to any number of organizational levels;

• Treats dynamic reteaming as a competitive advantage.

• Explores how AI might transform our ways of working.