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Runbooks, throughput and what breaks on the floor.
11 articles
An evening rehearsal against the real network, in the real room, finds the problems while they are still cheap to fix.
Adoption is decided before the event by two things: what the app is for, and how hard it is to get into.
Ambient light, viewing distance, ceiling height and load-in window. Answer those and the choice makes itself.
Venue networks fail at the worst possible moment. What has to keep working, what can degrade, and how to tell the difference before show day.
A registration queue is a throughput problem, not a staffing problem. Three inputs decide it, and only one of them is worth spending money on first.
Separated children, lost delegates and medical incidents all need the same thing: a documented protocol somebody owns.
Delegates forgive a late start. They do not forgive standing at a desk with nobody to ask. Here is how to size it.
Power, uplink, riser access and load-in windows. Four answers you need before signing, and what the wrong answer costs you later.
Hall doors have a flow rate. Most access-control problems are people-per-minute problems wearing a technology costume.
Every rule of thumb about delegate arrivals is wrong for your event. The timestamps you already own are not.
Thermal printers slow down as they warm up. If you sized your desk on the first-hour rate, the second hour will surprise you.
