Evaluation
In our last blog about HealthWest’s foray into Agile Project Management approaches we left you in a groovy place. We had: come a long way in adapting some of our day-to-day processes clarified the applicability of iterative approaches by developing selection criteria begun to identify some of the specific benefits of working iteratively And begun […]
December 8, 2021
HealthWest Goes Agile: Dancing between traditional and emergent models
Peace, love and harmony are everything when we go groovy dancing. But more on this later. We at HealthWest are moving along a path of uncharted territory (or at least uncharted for us). We are testing out the applicability of Agile Project Management methodologies in a health and community services setting. We have done a bit of research on Agile but mainly jumped in to learn through […]
October 13, 2021
HealthWest goes agile #2
In our last blog piece we introduced you to our experiment – trialling a new way of working using Agile Project Management, or at least a HealthWest version of it. We shared our thoughts on applying agile to the first part of our Recruiting for Diversity research project. In agile-speak this was “cycle 1”. As […]
August 9, 2021
HealthWest goes agile!
We at HealthWest are embarking on an experiment. An Agile Project Management experiment. Originally a project management tool used in the field of software development, Agile, has of late, been crossing sector boundaries and finding its way into the social and community services sector. HealthWest, always thinking about innovation, looking at the big picture and […]
May 3, 2021
Evaluation – a positive step in the right direction
“Every evaluation, no matter how simple, is a positive step in the right direction.” An interview with Kate Baker, our Evaluation Project Manager, about her enthusiasm for evaluation and why we should all jump in and give it a go. Read more about Evaluation Building Capacity in the West Deb: Kate, thanks for agreeing to […]
