Pat’s Point of View

Another day, another eight sessions! There were some good discussions today, both in and out of the sessions.

I received a heap of feedback on my presentation, all positive. The use of collaboration in web design and information architecture struck a chord with the audience and it was universally acknowledged as best practice. Almost as equally the topic of mentoring was intriguing to most people I talked to.

Some of the comments thrown my way, and discussions which ensued, included:

“Very open and honest”

“How much of the mentor’s time is taken up?”

“Just how much longer did the project take?”

“I liked that it was specific, not just theory”

“Delays between sessions could be beneficial, gets them to get on with it”

“I realised I’ve been doing that for ages but I didn’t know it!”

“What is the long-term future of UX teams within government agencies?”

“How sustainable is it? Have the mentorees become mentors and champions of UCD?”

“How do you get clients to go along with it [mentoring]?”

“How comfortable was the team with collaboration?”

“It’s unusual that the organisation would want to build up the skills of the team”

“Yeah but the problem is that once you train them up, they will leave and get an IA job”

I’ll roll these ideas into the next time I present on this topic, or indeed the next round of mentoring I do.

(Thanks to JJ for the photo.)

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