Following on from our fact-finding survey on the ‘Distributed Office’ where we looked at the ‘common tools for common tasks’ and identified the needs, gaps and challenges in working as part of a distributed team, we have created this space as a repository of information, practical guidance and tools to help support you and your team.
This resource is where we will share not just tools that can help you/your team do what they need to do in the Distributed Office, but also guidance on setting them up and how they should be used to get the most out of them.
Each post will identify what needs will be met, and how long each activity will take.
Distributed Office / Guest Post / Newsletter May 2022 / WST 2022
· by Aidan Curran · 10 May, 2022
Aidan Curran, Communications Officer – Enterprise Applications Group (EAG) The great Return to the Workplace will no doubt herald a renaissance in pre-pandemic collaborative innovation and productivity, such as the historic 2011 Paris Post-it Note Challenge....
Announcements / Distributed Office
· by UCD Agile · 3 Sep, 2021
We’re excited about our new set of Distributed Office (DO) training offerings, starting in October. This includes our new ‘DO: Lean’ series, along with the popular DO: Planning and Tracking. This training is open...
Announcements / Distributed Office
· by UCD Agile · 30 Mar, 2021
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our recent Distributed Office training survey! Over the past few months, we ran a series of Distributed Office (DO) offerings which originated from the...
· by UCD Agile · 24 Mar, 2021
The Unified Support Model Rollout team facilitated two workshops as part of Work Smarter Together’s “DO” Training series in December and January. DO: Ad Hoc Query Resolution focused on how best to contact those...
· by UCD Agile · 7 Jan, 2021
As we continue our journey in the ‘Distributed Office’ – what can we do to help make sure a team or unit is clear on what it is doing? How can we make a...
· by UCD Agile · 5 Jan, 2021
Following the first round of our Distributed Office (DO) training offerings, we have added a number of new sessions. This new offering follows directly from the work of the USM Rollout Team and UCD...
· by UCD Agile · 14 Dec, 2020
Meetings are an important and necessary part of working life – but how do we ensure our meetings do not leave participants tired, confused and without clear outcomes? No matter where you work and...
Distributed Office / Newsletter November 2020
· by UCD Agile · 23 Nov, 2020
By Michael Sinnott, UCD Agile Like all good ideas, at the heart of the ‘Distributed Office’ concept is a story… the story of a journey… the people that shape it… a story we all...
· by UCD Agile · 4 Nov, 2020
By Michael Sinnott, Director UCD Agile Some of us worked in open plan offices, some in smaller rooms, some out behind counters, some in offices of our own. They were all ‘the office’ –...
· by UCD Agile · 14 Oct, 2020
What needs this meets: Ad-hoc query resolution; Keeping in touch; Collaborating remotely. How long will it take to set up? 10 minutes How long before I start to see the value? Immediate What do...
· by Olga Murdoch · 25 Sep, 2020
What needs does this meet? Sharing information; Ad-hoc query resolution; Keeping in touch; Collaborating remotely. How long will it take to set up? 10 minutes How long before I start to see the value?...
Distributed Office / Newsletter August 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 26 Aug, 2020
By Amy McDonald, USM Rollout Team Ahead of the new academic year when everything work-wise is both familiar and constantly changing, we wanted to take time to reflect on how we, as a University, have...