Day 4 and Final SEPG 2005 Thoughts
The Thursday before last was the last day of the conference. It was a choice of various half-day tutorials. For me, the first portion was about requirements development, primarily based on the Microsoft Press book "Software Requirements." Interesting and valuable refresher, but no earth-shattering insights there, at least for me.
The second one was a total blast - "Special Intelligence from the Women in Black". Four highly experienced and tremendously entertaining women, that have become known as the "Women in Black" in this circle, gave a ton of tips and tricks on how to succeed in project management and process improvement. They are my idols now. Lots of good nuggets to share from that. I even got a spy toy - an invisible ink pen with decoding marker, and my very own women in black sunglasses.
Overall I thought the SEPG was great. It was great to be around so many other project managers, think strictly about project management without any details, and to see the real successes out there with formal frameworks and good project managers in general. It was a great exposure to other parts of the software industry for me. The keynotes that I made it to were worthwhile and interesting. And the food was pretty good, too!
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