Project stories offer insights into the experience of people who have been involved in successful projects in UCD. If you have a story you would like us to share get in touch at agile@ucd.ie.
Ecosystem of a Project / Newsletter / Project Story / September 2023 / Technology
· by Donna Carroll · 20 Sep, 2023
The LEAP (Live Engagement & Attendance) project was initiated in 2018 and proposed that Student Advisers would be provided with real-time programme-level engagement data in order to: Make targeted, proactive interventions possible Enable greater...
Ecosystem of a Project / Estates / Newsletter / Project Story / September 2023 / WST 2023
· by Donna Carroll · 20 Sep, 2023
The purpose of the UCD ECups study is to better understand the impact of behaviourally-informed communications and discounts on reusable cup ownership and use & among UCD staff and students. The study was undertaken...
A Day in The Life / Interview / Newsletter / Project Managers CoP / Project Story / September 2023
· by Donna Carroll · 20 Sep, 2023
Who are you? My name is Niall Dennehy. I’m from Carlow but live in Dún Laoghaire with my wife and two daughters. How did you get here? What was the journey to UCD? I...
Director's Welcome / Newsletter / NewsletterArchive / Project Story / September 2023 / WST 2023 / WST October 2023
· by Olga Murdoch · 20 Sep, 2023
Welcome to the September edition of the Work Smarter Together Newsletter – ‘the ecology of a project’. This newsletter aims to give you an insight into what it takes to get cross functional projects...
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...
Newsletter May 2020 / Project Story / USM
· by UCD Agile · 27 May, 2020
By Amy McDonald and Jeremy Britton, UCD Agile In the last WST Newsletter we wrote about how we had started using Microsoft Teams to support service delivery continuity across the offices operating the Unified...
Blog posts / Guest Post / Newsletter May 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 27 May, 2020
By Michael Sinnott, UCD Agile With the campus in Belfield now largely inhabited by locals out for their lockdown exercise, what about the people who are not there? How is remote working… working? I...
Blog posts / Newsletter May 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 18 May, 2020
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...
Newsletter May 2020 / Project Story / Smart Cards
· by UCD Agile · 14 May, 2020
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...
Newsletter March 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 25 Mar, 2020
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...
Newsletter March 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 25 Mar, 2020
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...
Newsletter March 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 25 Mar, 2020
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...
Newsletter March 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 19 Mar, 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...
Newsletter March 2020 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 18 Mar, 2020
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...
Events / Newsletter November 2019 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 21 Nov, 2019
By Bernadeta Kieromin, UCD Agile Lean Practitioner Certificate of Achievement Award took place at the #UCDWST October event. We are delighted to welcome UCD’s first 9 Lean Practitioners. Well done! Lean Practitioner workshop aims...
Newsletter November 2019 / Project Story / USM
· by UCD Agile · 21 Nov, 2019
By Jeremy Britton & Amy McDonald, UCD Agile What is Continuous Improvement? Continuous Improvement is an ongoing effort to improve services or processes. A Continuous Improvement culture supports individuals and teams to evaluate and...
Newsletter November 2019 / Project Story
· by Olga Murdoch · 20 Nov, 2019
By Olga Murdoch, UCD Agile There is no doubt that staff and faculty in UCD have great empathy and understanding for our students, but have you ever wondered how closely the student perspective on...
Newsletter November 2019 / Project Story
· by Olga Murdoch · 20 Nov, 2019
By Olga Murdoch, UCD Agile I have often found myself needing to explain the difference between UCD Agile and Agile Project Management. As explained here, the Agile in UCD Agile is a reference to...
Blog posts / Lean / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 11 Nov, 2019
By Matt Jones, UCD Estate Services UCD Clubs, UCD Societies & UCD Students’ Union (CSSU) room bookings are managed by Campus Services, UCD Estate Services. Previously, CSSU had to make bookings in person in...
Lean / Newsletter August 2019 / Project Story
· by UCD Agile · 20 Aug, 2019
By Ryan Teevan, UCD Registry – Administrative Services What is the Fee Assessment Enhancement Project? The Fee Assessment Enhancement project is a review of our current practice around fee assessment with a view to...