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Welcome to the December 2018 Newsletter
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By Michael Sinnott, Director of Agile Welcome to the December 2018 WST newsletter and all the very best for the holiday seasons ahead. Time flies and we find ourselves about to enter the last year of the second decade of the 21st century! So catching your attention as the year edges out and 2019 looms... this WST newsletter may not … Read more. |
Work Smarter Together 2019 (WST ’19), Thursday, 14 March is an exciting UCD-wide event dedicated to celebrating our creativity, innovation and collaboration, and this year’s theme is "Our people, shaping a better future". In this way, WST’19 is focusing on voice and empowerment - having a voice, being heard, having ways to engage, being empowered - looking to how we …
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By Michael Sinnott, UCD Agile In November 2018 UCD Agile launched three new training sessions and began teaching an enhanced version of the established Yellow training. Lots of feedback and thinking went into these developments and they address opportunities and gaps in Agile’s skills development space. This article gives you a flavour – contact agile@ucd.ie, or one of the team, … Read more. |
By Michael Sinnott, UCD Agile What happens after training with UCD Agile – is the training used, what is used in what way, what helps and what impedes? We use our annual October survey to find out and below is some of what we learned in October 2018. We asked five questions: Have you been using some of what you … Read more. |
By Olga Murdoch, UCD Agile We had a wonderful turnout of over 70 people at our October WST event 'The Stories Behind University-wide Initiatives' which took place on Tuesday 30 October in the Moore Auditorium. Thank you to each of our presenters for all the work they put in. For those that couldn't make it down, here is a recap … Read more. |
By Sabine Harrison, School of Agriculture and Food Science I am a food and nutrition technologist in the School of Agriculture and Food Science. Having completed my Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training in industry some years ago, I originally contacted UCD Agile about one year ago regarding a possible project for Green Belt Training aimed at introducing a new … Read more. |
By Jeremy Britton and Amy McDonald, Unified Support Model Phase 1 of the rollout of the Unified Support Model (USM) began in October 2018. Since then we have made great progress, working with the first four offices in Law, Arts & Humanities, Social Science and Engineering & Architecture to shape and define the rollout. First off, for those unfamiliar with the USM, at … Read more. |
By Maureen Quinn, President's Office The UCD PA Network is planning a programme of events and training to enhance our respective areas for 2019. More details will be revealed in January 2019. In the meantime, if you are in a PA-role or a role which has some PA-related activities, do please consider joining us. Queries can be directed to Maureen Quinn or … Read more. |
By Jimmy Muldoon, Chair, UCD Technical Development Network The UCD Technical Development Network in association with the UK group HEaTED is running a Network Meeting for Third Level technical staff, on the topic "Technical Careers - Making a Successful Journey" on Wednesday 12 December 2018. This session will explore ways in which the technical work force here can access professional development opportunities. Information on the … Read more. |
By Claire Nolan, School of Information and Communication Studies The Community of Practice for School Managers commenced meeting during the 2018/19 Autumn semester. Initial meetings have covered both operational and strategic issues, and the group are now working towards several long term projects to develop resources and training. It is therefore creating for itself a forum of professional socialisation, as … Read more. |
By Olga Murdoch, UCD Agile The first information session for potential WST 2019 participants was on Tuesday 11 December. There was great energy and enthusiasm in the room that has made us even more excited about the event in March. The second information session will take place on Wednesday 9th January at 11am in UCD Agile. Everyone is welcome but … Read more. |
By Olga Murdoch, UCD Agile If you learned about the new suite of training we have on offer, you are probably wondering how you can sign up! We are delighted to announce there are now seven training courses available for booking through InfoHub. Here are the dates so you can check your calendar: For everyone: Lean Yellow Belt training - … Read more. |
By Olga Murdoch, Agile Lead. What is a PICK chart used for? A previous post was about using affinity brainstorming to get ideas from a group of people. A PICK chart is used to organise that information in a meaningful way so it is easier to act on. PICK stands for 'possible', 'implement', 'challenge', 'kill' and this specific tool is … Read more. |
By Olga Murdoch, Agile Lead. What is the A3 used for? In Lean, the A3 (yes, named after a piece of paper larger than A4) report gives you both a problem solving process and a tool for effectively communicating improvement. Here is a handy template for you to use. Why should someone use it? The A3 template is structured in … Read more. |
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