Fast Feedback is a well-known term which was e.g. coined in Bruce Tulgan’s book with the same name. Usually it’s about “frequent, accurate, specific and timely, and FAST feedback” in evaluation of different topics e.g. performance evaluation. Fast Feedback means that we don’t want to wait for six to twelve months until we get results or answers on a specific question. Instead we keep participants in a constant feedback loop so they immediately exchange information once they receive it.
The intention behind this is, the later a lack of quality is identified the higher the costs to fix it. Continuously evaluate the quality of work artifacts and immediately take countermeasures or pull the plug as early as possible. Similar to Fail Fast.
Suitable methods to identify such situations are:
- Code reviews
- Architecture reviews
- Peer reviews
- Testing in early stages
See also Fail Fast.