Tag: uni
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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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Critical Thinking in the Age of Disruption: Executive Education at the University of Auckland
One of my goals this year has been to try and put together a kind of DIY MBA for myself. Not really a proper MBA, mind you… who’s got time for that? I like my marriage. What I mean is more of a collection of training and inputs from sources outside of what I would…