APM recognition of student success awards 2009
Well I best start off by saying that I didn’t win though I did end up really enjoying the evening. My presentation worked out quite well as a 20min piece and I was very pleased with the response to my visuals. I think what probably let me down was my presentation style. It was not quite as polished as I would like, however, as they say practice makes perfect. I really enjoy presenting things and am very keen on doing a bit more work on this aspect. And what of the other two candidates? Well the quality of both the other presentations was very high and both were very interesting subjects. The eventual winner, Elizabeth Hutchison, delivered a really effective presentation which really impressed the judges.
The whole event was well organised by the APM committee and the choice of venue was excellent. What I most enjoyed about the evening was the feedback from people about my ideas. It seems that managers from other industries were able to grasp the context of what I was saying which is very heartening considering the importance of convincing people of the benefits of doing agile.
Thanks to everyone who has wished me well for this event. Once again my special thanks to the agileScotlanders for making this research possible and to Napier University for giving me this opportunity in the first place.
The slides I used in the presentation are here.