Karoline Holicky, Director of Marketing Meisterplan USA

Karoline Holicky

Karoline Holicky brings not only her southern charm and Cajun cooking (Louisiana born and Texas raised), but as the Marketing Director at Meisterplan, she also brings more than 15 years of professional experience in many industries including financial services, engineering, oil & gas and the software industry. Karoline watches for best practices and trends in project portfolio management because her main goal is to ensure companies are ready for anything and thrive in times of change.

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Why Portfolio Unity Doesn’t Require Tool Uniformity

In the fifth post of this series on portfolio planning with Jira data, we look at how organizations can make better portfolio decisions without requiring every team to use the same tool.

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Why Annual Planning Alone Isn’t Agile, and Ad-Hoc Decisions Aren’t Either

In the fourth post of this five-part series on portfolio planning with Jira data, we look at why organizations need a regular portfolio decision cadence that balances strategic agility with team focus.

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Why Too Much Detail Too Soon Backfires

In the third post of this five-part series on portfolio planning with Jira data, we look at why asking teams for too much detail too soon can create false confidence before key portfolio decisions have been made.

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Focus Resources on the Work That Matters Most

When deadlines matter and your teams' capacity is limited, resource allocation is where strategy becomes real.

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Why Prioritization Without Capacity Is Just a Wishlist

In the second post of this five-part series on portfolio planning with Jira data, we look at why priorities only become meaningful when they are grounded in the capacity your teams actually have.

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Decide Faster by Making Trade-Offs Clear

Slow decisions delay strategic work. When leaders can see trade-offs earlier, they can align faster and move the right work forward sooner.

4 min read
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Why Your Portfolio Reports Aren’t Enough to Make Decisions

In the first post of this five-part series on portfolio planning with Jira data, we look at why reporting helps you see where work stands, but does not give you the full, forward-looking picture you need to make confident portfolio decisions.

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Case Study: How Ping Identity Outgrew Spreadsheets

With the help of Meisterplan, Ping identity drove organizational change by identifying resource constraints and creating transparency.

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Outgrow Excel for PPM: A Recap From Our Webinar

We'd like to thank everyone for our attending our recent webinar, "Outgrow Excel: Take the Next Step in Resource Management and PPM Maturity." Here are the questions asked by attendees during the webinar.

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