Some great news, after the success of last years pilot mentoring program SESA has decided to run it again!

Stay tuned to SESA Website, LinkedIn and member email updates to find out more soon!

2020 Mentoring Program Recap

Last year, the focus of our SE community mentoring program was a 4-week networking opportunity. Many Early Career members were keen to meet and ask questions about SE with people outside of their org chart, and we found that a few “Ask an Expert” sessions before starting the mentoring helped them break the ice, identified areas of growth and support, and also helped everyone find the ‘right’ mentor-mentee pair/group.

The “Ask an Expert” sessions were held on 4:30-5:30 on Wednesday afternoons. We allowed flexibility but encouraged mentors and mentees to commit to attending at least 3 sessions.

The 2020 sessions included:

• Session 1: System Engineering Domains

• • introduction by John Nasr, SESA President
  • mentors grouped by industry/domain

• Session 2: System Engineering Life Cycle

• • introduction by Helen Williams, SESA Chief Value Officer – TBC
  • mentors grouped by expertise in INCOSE Technical Competencies

• Session 3: Systems Thinking in SE

• • introduction by Grace Kennedy, University of Wollongong
  • mentors grouped by expertise in INCOSE Core/Management Competencies

• Session 4: Finding a Mentor

• • introduction by Dr Richard Hodge
  • “speed dating” session for participants

• Optional additional session: Mentoring tips and tricks

• • facilitated by Teeshal Bal, Metro Trains Melbourne
  • 45 minute mentor focused session, followed by 15 minute mentor-mentee session and networking

After the 4 sessions, we matched people, with the intention that there would be a commitment between mentor pairs from September through to early December. We know that there are some mentor pairs out there that are still continuing their mentor relationship today, almost a year later!