#VisualizeIT: Sketch the Tech

• Do you miss the whiteboard in your office?
• Do you wish you could draw well enough to quickly share a complex idea?
• Do you work on a big, complicated system that's hard to explain to new teammates?

Let's bust a myth: Drawing does not always mean fine art.
In fact, an effective drawing doesn't even have to be "good" or "pretty."
Architects, Engineers and Doctors have used basic drawing skills for centuries to work out problems and communicate the complicated.

Learn how software engineers and the folks working with them can do the same!

This 1-hour, interactive talk we’ll look at ways to sketch out a system and learn how to use drawing as a tool for communicating with remote teammates even if we are not artists.

Speaker Bio:
Marlena Compton initially learned how to “sketch out” software using IBM’s Rational Rose, System Architect and “The UML” on computers running Windows 2000. After spending 17 years building software at companies such as IBM and Atlassian, Marlena is an expert at communicating highly technical concepts and processes with a quick, hand-drawn sketch. At IBM, she created digital drawings and diagrams for the IBM Garage to communicate their agile process and development work to a global audience. The question, "What does the Garage do?" was often met with the answer, "Look at Marlena's sketches!" Marlena currently runs her own creative tech shop, Appear Works, where she organizes the Let's Sketch Tech! community and teaches workshops that bring the arts to tech.

This event is part of the larger #VisualizeIT series. To attend other sessions or view past recordings, please visit: https://aka.ms/Dev.TO_VisualizeIT