Category: Project management
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Being kakama: Agile in Te Reo
I recently retook the one-day Executive Education Agile Fundamentals course at the University of Auckland with some colleagues. For my colleagues, it was the first time. But I learned more the second time around. Being a newbie to project management, my learning this time around was because I now had a structure in my head…
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What is agile? Part 4 – The spike
Here’s one more thing from the Agile Fundamentals course I did with my Auckland University Executive Education whanau. This part was a good takeaway in practical terms. It is something that is called a spike. A risk-based spike is kind of a proof of concept. It is a prototype, a real-time experiment of what you…
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What is agile? Part 3 – The Pareto principle
Here’s the third thing I learned from my recent Agile Fundamentals course at the University of Auckland with Steven Briggs. The Pareto principle is the 80/20 ratio that we sometimes hear about in time management. In this context, it’s a reminder to not overload people. In a nutshell, rather than working to a 100% productivity…
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What is agile? Part 2 – Context switching and switching costs
Here’s the second thing I learned from my recent Agile Fundamentals course at the University of Auckland with Steven Briggs. This is about what they call context switching and switching costs. Here’s a couple of questions: Is it better to be doing one project versus doing a whole lot of projects? In other words, are…
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What is agile? Part 1
What is Agile Project Management? Here’s something I learned from my recent Agile Fundamentals course at the University of Auckland with Steven Briggs. If you’re too lazy to watch the video above with my friend Wen, here are the notes. Agile: Is a specific aspect of Project Management suited for small, dynamic projects. Often has…
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Agile Fundamentals: Graeme’s DIY non-MBA, MBA continues…
After a brief interruption of work (required to pay bills), I’m super excited to sign up today for the next component of my non-MBA, MBA. This is my commitment to my own personal and professional development in 2018. So far, I’ve dipped into Service Design, Project Management, Shoe School, and an online course called Designing…
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Project Management For Idiots: Part 2 – The Project Management Triangle
Prior to my recent crash course introduction to project management at the University of Auckland, I had no idea what the project management triangle was. It seems kinda basic now. To be honest, I feel like an idiot for not knowing this despite having worked on a number of projects where this language is used all…
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Project management for Idiots: Part 1 – Some Basics
Here are five thoughts about project management from my recent course at the Business School at Auckland University. All knowledge work is project work. Tidying my room is not a project. Other people are necessary. There is a budget. There is a framework. This is part of my non-MBA, MBA. It’s the second in my…
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The Future of Work is Project Work
The future of work, at least for me, is project work. At least it seems that way at the moment. So… welcome to the new work order. But project management is really one of my blindspots. Working in education, I have a background in training, not project management, or any kind of management really. I’m…
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How to Build a Do-It-Yourself non-MBA, MBA
Who’s got time to do an MBA. Not me… that’s for sure. Don’t get me wrong. There are plenty of great people out there with great skills. Some of these people even have MBAs. I can see the need to reskill and upskill. Especially in this weird economy. However, I haven’t got time for another…