Karoline Holicky

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.

Actual Time Worked

Where Do We Spend Our Time and Why It Matters

Do you know where project teams spend their time? Maybe you have a general idea, but understanding exactly what work is being done in your organization is crucial for success.
5 min read
Meisterplan Project Portfolio Management Actuals

Power Your Project Portfolio with Actuals – Time Worked

The Meisterplan team is very excited to announce the release of Actuals – Time Worked. With this new feature, Meisterplan users are now able to compare their project plans to actual project performance.
4 min read
graphic of an Excel worksheet

Should I Use Excel for Project Portfolio Management?

Excel is a great tool with many functions, and most people know how to use at least the basic functions. So, you may think it makes sense to use Excel for project portfolio management and resource management. If your company is looking for a PPM tool, that fits your budget, is easy to use, and easily and quickly accomplishes the necessary functions, is Excel really the best choice?
7 min read
Building Trust Between Teams

How to Build Trust Between Project Teams and Upper Management

If you're looking to connect people in your organization so you can build trust, you’ll have to do a little more than practice some trust falls. Here’s how you can begin to build trust in your organization.
5 min read
The Importance of Knowing How Projects Went

How to Use Past Project Plans to Improve Future Planning

Knowing how well our past projects and initiatives went can be incredibly powerful for making plans for the future.
6 min read
Are We On Track to Reach Our Goals?

End of Quarter Health Check: Are You on Track to Reach Your Goals?

Now is a good time to take a look around at the world we are operating in and check if we are on track to reach our organization's goals.
4 min read
Roadmap View

Overcoming Project Portfolio Complexity with Views in Meisterplan

Meisterplan makes it easy to really understand project portfolio management with different views to support every step in the process.
4 min read
A Lean PMO can increase business agility for your organization.

How to Increase Business Agility with a Lean PMO

At Meisterplan, many of our customers were able to thrive even in difficult times. In this article, we’re going to share some of the secrets of how our customers increase business agility and ensure the success of their companies by setting up a Lean PMO.
4 min read
What is a PMO?

Measure the Success of Your PMO (PMO Part 4)

You may think measuring the success of your PMO is just calculating some KPIs, but to truly understand the success of your PMO, you’ll need to dig a little deeper.
3 min read
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