# Target FlashBuilds

DevFeed: [Target FlashBuilds](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/target-flashbuilds-20402.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://target.github.io/devops/target-flashbuilds>)

Author: Target Brands, Inc

Published: 2014-11-10T06:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Target](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/target.md>)

Topics: [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [flashbuilds](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flashbuilds.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [scrum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scrum.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

Target describes FlashBuilds, one-day sessions combining two agile sprints, needed participants, and facilitation to address difficult business and delivery problems. The approach aims to improve delivery speed, collaboration, communication, and organizational learning, although some sessions may not produce a finished product.

## Source excerpt

At a couple of recent conferences around DevOps (MSP DevOps Days and DevOps Enterprise Summit), Heather Mickman and Ross Clanton from Target explained some high level concepts and actions we're taking to break our mold of working on complex problems. When presented with an opportunity to work differently and challenge our normal delivery of IT assets - from plan to decommission - what would that look like? First, we asked some questions: What can we do to address the barriers within our organization; can we remove that impact on our ability to get things done? What can we do to remove time spent moving from meeting to meeting, often recapping the same discussions that you had in your last meeting 2 weeks ago? What process barriers exist that can be included in the delivery and built as part of the 'service'? And then we asked ... What if we could alleviate all of these problems (and more) all at the same time, all while you build team morale and actually have fun (gasp!) building stuff? What if? Two simple words that can: spark amazing conversations; generate innovation and excitement; challenge the status quo; break through to show how DevOps philosophies break through - even with the big horses. A ton of this post is simply about getting stuff done (GSD) but also to get into some specifics around how we approached fixing a business problem in some new ways - at least for us. So let's embark on some early details around Target's journey to challenge the traditional approaches to get stuff done and take control of the 'how' ... to redefine our working philosophies, principles, and minimize the impact radius of our efforts while still going deep with the teams and persons engaged. Any endeavor such as this has to have a name ... We affectionately call this process FlashBuilds! What is a FlashBuild?! Glad you asked! FlashBuild: A one-day session that includes 2 agile sprints, all the smart people that you need to build stuff, a facilitator, and a whole lot of positive focus