Who is Tim Woods …… and how do I eliminate him?
By Olga Murdoch, Agile Lead. What is the tool used for? TIMWOODS is waste – it is an acronym that provides us with a framework for finding all the wasteful steps in our processes...
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Start of Year Planning 2017/18 – Information Sessions
By Caroline McTeigue, Support & Training Officer in Administrative Services, UCD Registry. As part of the preparations for each academic year, UCD Registry host two information sessions during the summer that are aimed at...
Re-live WST 2017 through the eyes of an artist
By Kim Lacey, Agile Administrator. WST 2017 celebrated the creativity, innovation and collaboration within UCD and what better way to re-live and capture the essence of the day than through a graphic capture. On...
Register now for the WST CoP summer school on 18 July
The WST Summer School will take place in the afternoon on 18 July. The workshops and creative sessions will be an opportunity not only to build skills and knowledge but will also be a...
Welcome to the first WST CoP Newsletter
By Michael Sinnott, Director of Agile. Hello and welcome to our first Work Smarter Together Community of Practice Newsletter – WSTCoPNL (pronounced whist-capall) for short … but not for long as we need to...
If you need to understand what is causing a problem, then a Fishbone diagram is for you!
By Olga Murdoch, Agile Lead. What is the tool used for? A fishbone diagram is used when you want to find out what is causing a problem that you are experiencing. It is most...
WST Communities of Practice – Survey
Help us, help you build Communities of Practice (CoP) As announced at the CoP launch event on 03 May, UCD Agile are sponsoring the WST CoP. Along with the WST Planning Group, we aim to...
More than a one day event….WST CoP launches on 03 May
The Vox Pop captured all that was exciting about WST 2017 – a celebration of the creativity, collaboration and innovation which takes place across the campus every day. But worry not, Work Smarter Together is ‘more...
WST CoP Launch Event – May 3 2017
As promised in the last words at the close of WST 2017, Work Smarter Together will be ‘more than just a one day event’. At 3.30pm on May 3 we are launching the Work Smarter...
Congratulations to the first Green Belt Graduates!
Congratulations to Agile’s first ever Green Belts graduates! On 7 April 2017 Prof Mark Rogers presented Liam Cleere, Marian O’Connor, Michael Sinnott and Olga Murdoch with their QQI Green Belt certificates marking their successful...
Posters Uploaded
As promised the posters from WST are now available. For those of you who didn’t get the chance to make it to WST 2017...
New gallery and updated programme pages for WST 2017
We are still recovering from WST 2017 here in Agile. The survey has been sent to all attendees and will stay open until March 30. If you have not yet told us what you...
WST 2017 in words and pictures
WST 2017 was a great event with more happening than any one person could possibly hope to experience directly. We will use this page, over the coming couple of weeks, to post the pictures,...
WST 2017 has begun!
WST 2017 starts today at 1.30pm – the first of the pre-event workshops. 110 people have signed up across the seven workshops – covering Lean, creative problem solving, unconscious bias, EDI-aware policy development, universal...
Friday March 10 – four days to go
Folks, only four days to go to WST 2017. I even feel like showing the hysteria of an exclamation mark or two. Only four days!! Our great wall clock has ticked down over the...
It is March 3 – only 11 days to go…
11 days to go. Registration closes today. So far, over 330 people registered for the day itself, with over 100 to the pre-event workshops on the 14th, so we are nearing capacity and time...
Announcing the UCD Community Choir
UCD Community Choir We are delighted to announce that the UCD Community Choir will be performing during the lunch break at Work Smarter Together. The choir will be performing from 1.20pm so be sure to...