Description
Delivers well-scoped programs of work that meet their goals, on time, to budget, harmoniously
There is a limit to what people can achieve individually, and coordination of multiple people on a project is very important. We need people that can take large projects, break them down into achievable milestones, manage and delegate scope effectively, and ensure that deadlines are met.
Milestone 1
(adds 1 mile to your journey)
Effectively delivers individual tasks
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Estimates small tasks accurately | Wrote the technical spec for featured post images |
| Delivers tightly-scoped projects efficiently | Delivered stream item support for email digests |
| Writes effective technical specs outlining approach | Delivered payment history dashboard |
Milestone 2
(adds 3 miles to your journey)
Effectively delivers small personal projects
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Performs research and considers alternative approaches | Delivered promo editor |
| Balances pragmatism and polish appropriately | Delivered audio uploading for web client |
| Defines and hits interim milestones | Executed the recommends to claps backfill |
Milestone 3
(adds 6 miles to your journey)
Effectively delivers projects through a small team
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Delegates tasks to others appropriately | Ran project retro to assess improvement opportunities |
| Integrates business needs into project planning | Completed launch checklist unprompted for well controlled rollout |
| Chooses appropriate project management strategy based on context | Facilitated project kickoff meeting to get buy-in |
Milestone 4
(adds 12 miles to your journey)
Effectively delivers projects through a large team, or with a significant amount of stakeholders or complexity
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Finds ways to deliver requested scope faster, and prioritizes backlog | Oversaw technical delivery of Hightower |
| Manages dependencies on other projects and teams | Managed infrastructure migration to VPC |
| Leverages recognition of repeated project patterns | Involved marketing, legal, and appropriate functions at project start |
Milestone 5
(adds 20 miles to your journey)
Manages major company pushes delivered by multiple teams
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Considers external constraints and business objectives when planning | Managed technical migration to SOA |
| Leads teams of teams, and coordinates effective cross- functional collaboration | Lead technical delivery of 10/7 |
| Owns a key company metric | Delivered multi-month engineering project on time |
Configuration Health
- ✅ Associated with 1 role
- ⚠️ Has been referenced in no observations
- ℹ️ No one has achieved a milestone on this ability
- ⛔️ Last updated: almost 5 years ago
- ℹ️ Never conversed about
Role & Position Requirements
- Executorsmust be milestone 1+
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