I have the enviable responsibility of moderating a panel discussion at the upcoming Scribe User Group Conference. Join me and three of the most experienced and creative Scribe Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) in the community - Correna Sergent of Tribridge, Jason Griffith of Aspect Software, and Pierre Hulsebus of EHTC - as we kick off the second day of the event.
Like me, you've been to a lot of conferences and sat through many panel discussions. Often these panels can be entertaining, but I usually measure their value to me by the number of new and actionable ideas I gain. A good session is usually reflected by the circled and underlined notes that I've taken.
We'll be stretching the definition of "panel" in this session. We're taking the best parts of a panel (enabling a dynamic interaction between experts and the audience) and jettisoning the bad parts (listening to people, who are sitting in much more comfortable chairs than anyone else, talk endlessly on a variety of self-serving topics).
Each of the panelists will present a specific and particularly challenging customer project. They will review what the customer's requirements were and will show how they designed a Scribe solution to meet those requirements. They will drill down on a few of the thorniest issues they've had to deal with and show you how they configured Scribe to address it. You can expect to see some really creative and well designed step control, source queries, publishers, etc. in this session. There is nothing like real life to drive deep and informative discussion.
While each of the panelists is presenting, we'll be asking questions along the way. Members of the audience can ask questions of the panelists too. This should keep the session lively and focused on the things the audience really wants to know.
We're zeroing in on the best customer projects for the session. So far the nominees involve some really interesting scenarios including integrating customers, orders and invoices between a single CRM deployment with multiple companies in a single ERP deployment, integrating CRM to ERP along with 2 to 3 other line of business applications, calling external processes within a Scribe job, and optimizing for high volume data needs. I am certain the ones that Correna, Jason, and Pierre choose will be quite compelling.
I am really excited to moderate this panel and look forward to seeing you at the conference.
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