Welcome to the May 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to Week 11 in the Big Brother House… sorry, my bedroom… rather, my home office… eh, my remote working facility. We are in the ‘new normal’ now, though what an unfamiliar, unpredictable and...
Author: UCD Agile
Using Mural and the LDJ for workshopping in the ‘new normal’
By Michael Sinnott, UCD Agile We are always looking for good tools to use to help working in the ‘new normal’ and this piece is about a way of working together – the Lightning...
Mark your calendar for Work Smarter Together Summer School in July 2020
By Bernadeta Kieromin, UCD Agile Join us for a great opportunity to network and learn new skills at the Work Smarter Together virtual Summer School events via Zoom. There will be a mixture of...
UCD Purl Jam pandemic crafting
By Niamh Nestor, School of Veterinary Medicine & Catriona Keane, Student Advisers At UCD Purl Jam, we really wanted to keep our craft meet-ups going during the lockdown, and they continue to be a...
WST’s newest Smart Cards you must see
By Bernadeta Kieromin, UCD Agile We are truly inspired by how our UCD colleagues come together (virtually) to embrace the new normal. Take a moment to check out the Work Smarter Together Smart Cards...
Upcoming online training opportunities
UCD Agile offers remote training in Lean Six Sigma to all UCD employees. Lean methodology is a practical approach to improving processes, reducing waste and boosting customer satisfaction. UCD staff can book a place on...
Online training now available
UCD Agile are now offering Lean training online to expand our support while working at distance. Last week, we ran our very first online Yellow Belt training and participants were really pleased with the...
What is the climate impact of international education?
By Caroline Mangan, UCD Global The intersection between climate change and international education is becoming an increasingly important area of discussion. Indeed, the UCD Strategy 2020-2024 Rising to the Future identifies sustainability as its first...
Have you seen UCD Smart Cards yet?
By Bernadeta Kieromin, UCD Agile We all know good ideas come along all the time in all shapes and sizes and help people solve problems in daily work. A Work Smarter Together Smart Card...
Introduction to Change Management
By Michael Sinnott, UCD Agile At a higher education conference last summer I came across a change management framework developed by a group called Prosci (https://www.prosci.com/). Prosci stood out because so many of the...
Working Remotely – How do we do it?
By Olga Murdoch, UCD Agile Working remotely is new to most of us and it is fair to say we are all still finding our feet. Over the past few days, I spoke to...
Latest News from Community of Practice for School Managers
By Claire Nolan, School of Information and Communication Studies The Community of Practice for School Managers is continuing to contact each other, to discuss the developing challenges in the unique circumstances UCD now finds...
URMAN CoP Update
By Aidan McElwaine, UCD Research URMAN (UCD Research Managers and Administrators Network) is a Community of Practice which was established in UCD in 2013. Our objectives include providing a forum to share knowledge and best...
Welcome to the March 2020 Newsletter
What times we live in! In March last year four hundred colleagues gathered at Work Smarter Together 2019, our biennial showcase and celebration of the dedication and commitment that is a core strength of...
Green Belt Awardees 2020
By Bernadeta Kieromin, UCD Agile Becoming a Green Belt (GB) is an opportunity to gain valuable tools and experience to successfully lead and complete improvement projects. Last year we had 10 very impressive projects...
Presentations from WST February Event
By Bernadeta Kieromin, UCD Agile Work Smarter Together February events always focus on UCD community projects and stories and this year event, was no exception. We met in Moore Auditorium in O’Brien Centre for...
USM Continuation Common Process Review
By Amy McDonald, UCD Agile On October 22 2019, as part of the Unified Support Model (USM) rollout, we ran an Rapid Improvement Event focused on the implementation of the Continuation & Readmission Policy....
PRINCE2 Project Management
By Jeremy Britton, UCD Agile Project Management is a term very much in the zeitgeist right now. Whether you hold the title of Project Manager or not, there is a growing expectation on people...
WST February 20 2020 post-event wrap up and feedback
Post-event wrap up Thank you to our UCD colleagues who shared their time and experiences with us #UCDWST February 20 2020 event. For those who didn’t get a chance to attend the event, here...
Photos from WST February 20 2020
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