Recently I’ve been fortunate enough to be a reviewer for a couple of conferences: Agile2011 and the Seattle Scrum Gathering. It was an eye opening experience for someone like me who has been on the submitting side of the process to see and participate in how the reviews actually get made. As a rookie reviewer, I wanted to share some of my experiences with the review process in the hope that others may learn from it. I do want to emphasize that overall, it was a wonderful expe

I just got through my first experience as a reviewer for a couple of conferences and I feel like I learned a lot in the process. I made a lot of mistakes, some of which felt silly and others I still feel a bit bad about. You see I have been submitting proposals to conferences myself for a couple of years, and I know how heartbreaking it can be to get your proposal turned down for a conference. Especially when you know your material is really great. So, it was both revealing a