Introducing UCD’s Continuous Improvement Leads
A short Agile news item from the support units. In May 2017 some of the largest support units were asked to nominate what Agile calls ‘continuous improvement leads’ (CILs). The role has three...
Category: Newsletter 2017 June
What is a Community of Practice?
What is a Work Smarter Together community of practice? It is a network of enthusiasts who share and create knowledge about a shared interest area. Given the context is the work we do in...
Ag obair as láimhe a céile! Working hand in hand!
By Clár Ní Bhuachalla, Bord na Gaeilge UCD Irish Language Officer. Anyone who sat leaving certificate Irish might recall the term ‘seanfhocal’ or proverb. A lot of these ‘seanfhocail’ pertain to the weather, to the...
SPARC: Working together to make UCD a better place
By Sorcha Mulcahy, Deputy Director of UCD Career Development Centre. The SPARC (Supporting Partnerships And Realising Change) programme enables UCD staff and students to work together on projects that make UCD and/or the surrounding community a...
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...
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...
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...