FAST is a proprietary product developed by Gary Rush. FAST is the most comprehensive facilitated workshop technique available. It is an approach to information gathering where group workshops replace individual interviews. FAST fully integrates methodologies with communication and group dynamics to derive consensus-based information.

FAST expands the concept of "JAD" to support:

•      strategic planning
•      business process re-engineering
•      analysis and design using any methodology
•      business issues requiring group decision making

FAST enables using facilitated workshops in any information gathering activity.  Using FAST results in:

•      20% to 40% reduction in effort required to gather information
•      Enhanced communication between all parties involved
•      Fewer mistakes and changes down the road
•      More complete, consensus-based information

The essence of FAST is our:

• Extensive 700 page reference manual that covers all aspects of facilitated workshops including: history, facilitator skills, group dynamics, workshop agendas, workshop preparation, project planning, and visual aids.  Six-day FAST Session Leader Workshop to train new facilitators that has frequently been called "boot camp" for facilitators. This workshop produces some of the finest facilitators in the world.
• Two-day Advanced Facilitator Workshop that enables experienced facilitators to expand their abilities and continue to grow as facilitators.

 
• Commitment to continually updating our technique through new releases of our manual every 2 years, new books such as our Data Modeling Made Easy and Facilitated Business Engineering, as well as our periodic newsletter.