Paper taco truck 08

paper taco truck 08
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A little cut out. For the kids!

Project Management resources

People say "Karen, you are a project manager. How can I learn more about the fascinating world of planning, scheduling and controlling?"

To those curious folks, here is a list of my favorite resources right now:

Books

Flannes & Levin, Essential People Skills for Project Managers

Meredith & Mantel, Project Management: A Managerial Approach


Websites

General project management:

Project Management Institute

Methodologies:

W. Edwards Deming Institute

Introduction to Six Sigma from GE

Ken Schwaber's SCRUM site Control Chaos

Introduction to eXtreme Programming

Lean.org

Groups & Organizations for women in project management/business/technology:

Women in Technology International

Women in Project Management Special Interest Group (SIG)

Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology

Have you seen this cat?

have you seen this cat?
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Space Tiger Awesomeness

Microsoft Women in Gaming Luncheon at GDC 2009

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Microsoft Women in Gaming Luncheon at the W Hotel on Wednesday. It was the first annual luncheon celebrating and honoring women in the video game industry. This is a quick summary of the proceedings.

After lots and lots of talking with the many attendees in the lobby, we moved into the dining room. Very early on in the program, Fiona and I made the "official announcement" about GameMentorOnline, which was awesome. What an amazing crowd to be talking about mentoring with -- attendees responded well, and I spoke with several people at the end of the program about signing up as mentors! Hooray!

Lunch was tasty -- a beet and goat cheese salad was served to start, followed by roasted chicken with potatoes. An excellent chocolate mousse cake, served with coffee, completed the meal. The W Hotel definitely provided delicious food and a pleasant atmosphere for the luncheon.

The best part of the event was the award ceremony to recognize the contributions of women in the art, design, programming, and production areas of the industry. The complete list of winners can be found in this Edge Online article. I was excited and proud to see my colleague Robin Hunicke amongst the honorees; she is so great -- no number of accolades can truly measure her awesomeness.

In summary, it was a great event. Karen Randhawa and the entire team at Microsoft put on an excellent event, and deserve BIG kudos for the successful luncheon!