Status

The SE Curriculum Committee has voted to discontinue the TPM. These materials are of historical (dis)interest only.

TPM Presentation

The git repository for my TPM presentation is at:

https://github.com/patricklam/tpm

You can also download the presentation in PDF format.

Rules

• Evaluation form.
• Electrical and Computer Engineering TPM page. (This page contains a lot of resources on TPMs, and a couple of example talks.)
• Software Engineering rules for the TPM.

Resources

I don't like slideware. However, the TPM requirements do include the use of slideware. Here are some resources for you to consider. Although some of the suggestions may not apply to the rigid TPM format, I encourage you to experiment with more useful and creative presentation formats in your later careers.

• Garr Reynolds's presentation tips and his Presentation Zen blog.
• Jobs vs. Gates, again on Presentation Zen.
• Manual for the Beamer TeX presentation package, by Till Tantau. I recommend Chapter 5, "Guidelines for Creating Presentations."
• An original way to use slides: Larry Lessig on free culture.
• Thread about "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint", a pamphlet by Edward Tufte.
• Thread "PowerPoint Does Rocket Science—and Better Techniques for Technical Reports.
• Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation, by Peter Norvig.