The Human Factor in Software Engineering

And I am back from CreaRE. We had an inspiring workshop where we could hear about different techniques to design games and to creatively elicit requirements, their advantages and disadvantages. And we also practiced one of them, live in the group. My favourite citation was: "Everything is better than brainstorming." Yes, very true! My own experiences and the related scientific publications all show that brainstorming is out. There are other simple methods which you can do without preparation, needing no specific material and which are more effective.
We will write a longer report about the workshop and publish it in a journal.

Finally, the course was a presentation course given by a theatre actror. So, half of the content was the normal presentation stuff. What I liked most was the part about voice. To see how slight differences in how lips or teeth are moved make a difference in the sound of the voice and the effect of what is said. Unfortunately, the group was quite large. Therefore, we could not get too much individuel feedback. But I am highly motivated to do the exercises learned. I have already started, although it is a bit difficult when spending so much time in public. Others are not so much interested in my lala and ptk, and even the grimaces of the lip training might look scaring. :-) Lalala, ptk, lalala, ptk...