How did the technology prototyping workshop go for you?
I thought the technology workshop was pretty cool. I feel some of the concepts resembled closely measures we already have in place. However, I still found it useful and thought it was cool to hear about the methods in a slightly different context. My favorite thing I took away was probably the agile method. I really liked that this process could forever be repeated.
How did the interviewing workshop go for you?
I found the interviewing workshop to be pretty useful. I liked getting feedback from other people in the class especially upper E-levels who have a bit more knowledge on these projects and the best methods and procedures to follow. I also really liked giving feedback. Some of the conversations I had seemed really valuable and it seemed like both parties learned something and really gained more insight from the conversation. This really made me feel like I had something valuable to contribute. I hope it felt the same for my fellow classmates.
Dress Rehearsals! How did this go for you and your team? What traction do you guys need to make before pitch day?
Dress rehearsals went great! It was relaxed but still allowed us to practice in a more professional manner. We got some really good feedback on our pitch deck and how we could make it better too. Before pitch day the majority of the traction we still need to make is within the food and also perfecting our pitch deck. Overall feel pretty prepared for the real pitch and hopefully, we will be able to deliver on an awesome event!
Hey Gabe, glad to hear that dress rehearsals gave you and your team some useful feedback! And I agree that the Agile Methodology was useful to learn about. From my understanding, that process is used very commonly in design teams. Interestingly, agile project management follows the same five processes, to me the difference is in context – it just seems more intrapreneurial and client-focused. I was interested in this because my father was a project manager for 2+ decades so I have heard “agile” floating around before and was therefore interested in how the process discussed by Adam overlaps with agile project management. In essence, they follow the same framework but in different contexts.
Hey Gabe,
I definitely agree the interview workshop was great especially talking with upper E levels. They had a lot of great input and even though we have covered interviewing a bit in this class already, it was still a great refresher, and they gave some great tips.