Category: University of Auckland
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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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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…