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What is agile? Part 4 – The spike

Oct 8, 2018

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Graeme Smith

in Agile, Education, Educator’s Journey, edupreneur, Executive Education, Project, Project management

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…
What is agile? Part 3 – The Pareto principle

Oct 8, 2018

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Graeme Smith

in Agile, Education, Executive Education, Project, Project management, University of Auckland

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…
What is agile? Part 2 – Context switching and switching costs

Sep 10, 2018

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Graeme Smith

in Agile, Education, Executive Education, Project, Project management, University of Auckland

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…
#1 New release in Study & Teaching and now Literacy

Aug 23, 2018

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Graeme Smith

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my short new eBook is currently the #1 new release in Literacy. Yesterday it was #1 new release in Study and Teaching.
Buy My Book: Teach better Now

Aug 22, 2018

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Graeme Smith

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This is an act of shameless self-promotion for my new book which I’ve self-published on Amazon. The cost is less than what you pay for your trim soy-raspberry-mocha-latte-cappuccino. So click here and buy it now. You can download it to your phone, tablet or Kindle. I’m going to run a free book promotion shortly, so…
Teach Better Now – Assessment 7 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 30, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach Better Now – Assessment 6 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach Better Now – Assessment 5 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach Better Now – Assessment 4 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach Better Now – Assessment 3 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 3, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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