Rafael BotossiSr. System Analyst | Une TecnologiaSao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
I'm new to PM.com and PMI. I'm having a blast studying with PMChallenges, PMWars, Webinars and every connection that I make, and I'm also pursuing the badges, the gamification process helps a lot in order to get me going, but I'm seeing the comments on Webinars and they have little value to the community. The majority of them are 'Thanks', 'Really Good', 'Nice', and such. I think that is due to one of the badges having something to do with being 'Active' in the Comments section.
Am I wrong? It can be helpful if PM.com remove those kinds of Badges? What do everyone think about it, because I would really enjoy reading more meaningful comments.
PMchallenges are very basic questions and needs to be updated/improved.
I think there is a plan for PMI " as it was told me" for refreshing such questions/information/web (thus why some questionnaires comes across this web asking you for improving).
Those comments which you see only for activity/encouragement as you said,
It is butter to get comments and reference to the page number of PMBOK6th ed. for answers.
While we are looking forward to improving the side/web and we are not considering the shortage resources to the web. and may be PMI would NOT like to make a competition with registered Educational Centers.(PMI put a space for relationship).
My opinion, PMBOK 6th Ed is the standard guide for starting your JOURNEY for project management.
( if you want to prepare the PMP or other certificates)
after that a paid MOCK exam (PREP-exams and BOOKS).
I still remembering (Dr. ricardo_vargas ) and his charts of 49 processes.
BR,
Mansour
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2 replies by Rafael Botossi and William Washinski II
Oct 15, 2018 6:11 PM
Rafael Botossi
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Oh i guess i didn't express myself correctly. It's not about the PMChallenges, it's about the comments on Webinars, it's always comments that doesnt helps. That happens because there are 'badges' to achieve if you comment in a lot of webinars, so it's not helpful for us.
Oct 18, 2018 6:55 PM
William Washinski II
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I'm still new and transitioning from a sales side to PM side. To you those questions may be easy, but it does cause me to think myself. I am looking forward to utilizing them as I upgrade from CAPM to PMP
Well I think the badges related to posts and comments should be removed, so we get rid of the "thanks for sharing" trolls hell bent on spamming robotic replies. However, the other reason they do it is to raise their influence score, so I doubt the removal of badges will stop the superfluous posts.
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1 reply by Rafael Botossi
Oct 15, 2018 6:07 PM
Rafael Botossi
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So that's what I'm also thinking. There are so many experienced people here, i would love to get their real opinions on the subjects of the webinars, but to crawl through all the comments is a bit hard. Thanks for the input!
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Rafael BotossiSr. System Analyst | Une TecnologiaSao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Oct 15, 2018 5:20 PM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Well I think the badges related to posts and comments should be removed, so we get rid of the "thanks for sharing" trolls hell bent on spamming robotic replies. However, the other reason they do it is to raise their influence score, so I doubt the removal of badges will stop the superfluous posts.
So that's what I'm also thinking. There are so many experienced people here, i would love to get their real opinions on the subjects of the webinars, but to crawl through all the comments is a bit hard. Thanks for the input! Saving Changes...
Rafael BotossiSr. System Analyst | Une TecnologiaSao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Oct 15, 2018 2:41 PM
Replying to MANSOUR THABET ALQUBATY
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Hi Rafael,
PMchallenges are very basic questions and needs to be updated/improved.
I think there is a plan for PMI " as it was told me" for refreshing such questions/information/web (thus why some questionnaires comes across this web asking you for improving).
Those comments which you see only for activity/encouragement as you said,
It is butter to get comments and reference to the page number of PMBOK6th ed. for answers.
While we are looking forward to improving the side/web and we are not considering the shortage resources to the web. and may be PMI would NOT like to make a competition with registered Educational Centers.(PMI put a space for relationship).
My opinion, PMBOK 6th Ed is the standard guide for starting your JOURNEY for project management.
( if you want to prepare the PMP or other certificates)
after that a paid MOCK exam (PREP-exams and BOOKS).
I still remembering (Dr. ricardo_vargas ) and his charts of 49 processes.
BR,
Mansour
Oh i guess i didn't express myself correctly. It's not about the PMChallenges, it's about the comments on Webinars, it's always comments that doesnt helps. That happens because there are 'badges' to achieve if you comment in a lot of webinars, so it's not helpful for us. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I totally agree with you and Sante - I see endless amount of comments that add little to no value. It drives me crazy sometimes as we are highly involved here and sometimes I receive 20 notification e-mails from one person commenting on 20 different posts in 10 minutes. How is this possible ? Unless it is superman style. Saving Changes...
Stelian ROMANProject Manager| MicroSafetyCarlingford, New South Wales, Australia
I have to disagree. Posting comments, even short, is a sign that the person read the post, watched the webinar and so on.
I had many 'thanks' comments on my webinars and I appreciated that some people found the time to say thanks. It is more motivating than the number of persons that "watched" the presentation. A 5 star rating from 1000 people without any comment means less than a 4.31 from 6000 viewers, 300 of them finding the time to say "thanks".
The 'trolls' will give up once they got the badge. Secondly I prefer a "thank you" to nothing or a comment that has no relation to the question or post. Saving Changes...
Stelian ROMANProject Manager| MicroSafetyCarlingford, New South Wales, Australia
PM Challenge is not a certification exam. I take it as a refresher and in some instances a challenge to practice. I disagree with some answers but that's maybe because I have different experience than the author or he/she had a better understanding of the topic. Taking the time to answer 1000 question shows commitment, not that the person is a good or bad PM.
PMBoK is not a law; it is a set of recommendations for practices that may (or may not) work in real life.
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1 reply by Rafael Botossi
Oct 16, 2018 6:25 AM
Rafael Botossi
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I'm really trying to understand what part of my question have to do with PMChallenges being some kind of certification, I only commented that i'm enjoying playing with it, just that.
It's nice to see different kinds of opinions about the matter of comments. In your opinion, it's better 1000 'Thank you' than 100 real comments about the subject of the webinar?
Because i'm seeing this question as a student, you as a professor, so there are really two points of view in this. Maybe there should be a way to read comments that are more 'relevant', like ordering them by size, so we could see the ones that have more 'juice' in it.
Thanks everyone!
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Rafael BotossiSr. System Analyst | Une TecnologiaSao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Oct 16, 2018 12:42 AM
Replying to Stelian ROMAN
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PM Challenge is not a certification exam. I take it as a refresher and in some instances a challenge to practice. I disagree with some answers but that's maybe because I have different experience than the author or he/she had a better understanding of the topic. Taking the time to answer 1000 question shows commitment, not that the person is a good or bad PM.
PMBoK is not a law; it is a set of recommendations for practices that may (or may not) work in real life.
I'm really trying to understand what part of my question have to do with PMChallenges being some kind of certification, I only commented that i'm enjoying playing with it, just that.
It's nice to see different kinds of opinions about the matter of comments. In your opinion, it's better 1000 'Thank you' than 100 real comments about the subject of the webinar?
Because i'm seeing this question as a student, you as a professor, so there are really two points of view in this. Maybe there should be a way to read comments that are more 'relevant', like ordering them by size, so we could see the ones that have more 'juice' in it.
Thanks everyone!
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Oct 16, 2018 10:54 AM
Rami Kaibni
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We hear you Rafael and many professionals on this platform share the same concern as yours.
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Sromon DasSenior Project Manager| Mara ConsultingHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
most people post comments such as those to try and increase their influence. IMHO it does not add to a healthy discussion, which i believe is the purpose of this forum. i think the gamification strategy of this entire website needs to be rejigged.
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1 reply by William Washinski II
Oct 18, 2018 6:53 PM
William Washinski II
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When somebody says thanks for sharing, its only increasing influence in a few categories, but not in the meaningful ones -- like the contributor ones.
And while Influence has no real tangible value outside of this site (think about it -- will you influence someone at work if you were to say that I have a 78 on project management.com? NO
However, it benefits the site by getting activity and the more activity maybe someone will try to connect.
The more activity, the more contributions and the more you may come across something you know or want to know. There is a strategy behind it. If someone is doing it for no other reason, they will get no benefit -- so its not worth concerning over.
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John A. WilliamsOwner| JAW Consultancy | The PragmaticionerNootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Although I can understand Stellian's point of view I agree with Sante and Rami. In a rare instance a simple 'Thanks for sharing' can be genuine but why not add WHY it was so worth sharing?! That would be a more valuable contribution.
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1 reply by Stelian ROMAN
Oct 17, 2018 4:16 AM
Stelian ROMAN
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John, yes if the WHY adds value it's better than a thank you but that's not always the case. On a webinar related to Six Sigma in Scrum a "thank you" is preferable to a long argumentation that SAFe can be used by a team of 6.
I have the habit to say thank you in real life. Just thank you, assuming that the person knows why I say it.
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