It being my birthday I only stayed at QCon for the morning. This was a shame in a way as this day had some of the most interesting talks of the three days. It also ended up being one of my busiest as a student helper (although I did not get the chance to use the video camera again).
I got to run about and help with the Open Space Sessions being run by Diana Larsen - but sadly had no time to attend. I got to see some very interesting talks from Joseph Pelrine and Dave Thomas (although given the numbers of people I ended up sat on the floor!).
I also had a 'twitter moment' - as I was asked what my twitter id was just as the lift doors closed on my way out back to Brighton. I never had the chance to answer but I did get the chance to twitter it. Such is life.
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Notes from talks (hoping I have them right now):
Joseph Pelrine:
- (Sad to miss most of this talk - given he had props.)
- Every time you put a team together they will organise in a different way.
- Sensemaking involves Observation, Interpretations and Conclusion.
- People may not even be playing the same game, let alone speaking the same language.
- If you are doing Agile by the book you are not doing Agile.
- Humans don't like to deal with rules - they don't do best fit but first fit pattern matching followed by some subconscious post-rationalising.
- Process, Protocols, Ritual and Ceremonies can be both a reflection of culture and a buffer to human interaction.
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Dave Thomas:
- Novice - Needs to know when they are done. Experts use different language, they use metaphor and story. Using Drefus Model to look at programmers.
- You cannot treat people uniformly, different people have different needs. There is no such thing as a 6-pack of developers.
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