As I write this, acceptance letters for Agile2010 proposals are still being distributed. For those of you unaware of the schedule, James Newkirk has published it on the official site:

• March 3rd – March 26th Review Submissions and Choose Sessions
• March 29th – April 11th Notifications will be sent to all submitters. The sessions that have been selected the speakers must confirm that they will present the session at the conference when notified.
• April 12th Program Session Selection completed
• Week of April 26 Program Content will be scheduled with specific times and rooms
• May 3 Program Published to web-site

As for what goes on behind the scenes, this was my first rodeo as a Stage Reviewer for the annual Agile Conference. I felt that our Stage Producer & Stage Reviewers collaborated rather well by going through each and every proposal. I personally decided to use the pomodoro technique, and spent a good portion of my time reading the reviews of my peers. We all come from different walks of life, and I learned a great deal from their unique perspectives.

Of course not all of us agreed upon each and every review, but we took time to listen to each opinion before arriving at a consensus.

In the end I felt that we selected a very strong line up of proposals for our stage.

Granted this is my limited perspective of reviewing one stage, so if you’d like different perspectives on how the Agile2010 sausage is made I highly recommend checking out the other posts from Cory Foy & Mitch Lacey.

Good luck!