[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-release-notes":3,"blog-all-posts":315},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":304,"description":305,"extension":306,"meta":307,"navigation":308,"path":309,"seo":310,"stem":311,"tags":312,"__hash__":313,"category":314,"image":-1},"releaseNotes\u002Fblog\u002Frelease-notes.md","Upcoming Release Notes – 18 Mar 2026","Shawn",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":300},"minimark",[10,14,20,23,28,31,36,39,44,47,52,55,60,63,68,71,76,79,84,87,90,95,98,103,106,111,114,119,122,127,130,135,138,143,146,151,156,162,168,174,180,186,192,198,204,210,216,222,227,232,281,286],[11,12,13],"p",{},"March 2026",[11,15,16],{},[17,18,19],"strong",{},"The Biggest IMPACT Update Yet",[11,21,22],{},"IMPACT exists to help you and your team do your best work. Plan clearly, stay aligned, and grow together. This release is our biggest step toward that goal. We've redesigned the experience to be faster and more intuitive, added tools that simplify how you plan and track projects, and made the AI smarter so it can take more off your plate. Whether you're on web or mobile, everything should feel sharper, smoother, and more focused on what actually matters to you. Here's what's changed.",[11,24,25],{},[17,26,27],{},"A Brand New Look",[11,29,30],{},"You will spend hours in IMPACT every day and it should feel good to use. So, we rebuilt the entire interface to be cleaner, faster, and easier on the eyes. Every screen now follows a consistent split-panel layout where you can browse on the left and dive into details on the right, without ever leaving the page. This isn't just a fresh coat of paint. It's a better way to work.",[11,32,33],{},[17,34,35],{},"Split-Panel Layout",[11,37,38],{},"No more jumping between pages to view and edit. Select a project, task, or team from the list and its details appear right beside it. Browse, compare, and update without losing your place.",[11,40,41],{},[17,42,43],{},"Inline Editing",[11,45,46],{},"Click on any field and edit it right there. Names, dates, descriptions, statuses. No more opening a separate form just to change one thing.",[11,48,49],{},[17,50,51],{},"Sidebar Customization",[11,53,54],{},"Your sidebar, your rules. Drag to reorder menu items, hide what you don't use, and pin what matters most. The navigation should match how you work, not the other way around.",[11,56,57],{},[17,58,59],{},"Gantt Chart",[11,61,62],{},"Planning a project shouldn't mean jumping between spreadsheets and calendars. The new Gantt chart lays out your entire project on a visual timeline. Drag tasks to adjust dates, link dependencies so nothing falls through the cracks, and drop milestones to mark what matters. One view, full picture.",[11,64,65],{},[17,66,67],{},"Drag to Reschedule",[11,69,70],{},"Plans change. Grab any task bar and drag it to a new date. The update saves automatically so your timeline always reflects reality.",[11,72,73],{},[17,74,75],{},"Dependencies",[11,77,78],{},"Connect tasks that depend on each other by dragging a line between them. You'll see exactly what needs to finish before something else can start, and spot bottlenecks before they slow you down.",[11,80,81],{},[17,82,83],{},"Create Without Leaving",[11,85,86],{},"Add new milestones and tasks directly from the Gantt chart. No need to navigate somewhere else just to add something you can already see is missing.",[11,88,89],{},"Available In: Pro Plan; optional add-on for Starter Plan",[11,91,92],{},[17,93,94],{},"Dashboard and Infographics",[11,96,97],{},"Every morning starts the same way. You log in and try to figure out where things stand. How's the project going? Is anyone blocked? What needs your attention today? That used to mean clicking through projects, checking tasks, and piecing the picture together yourself. Your dashboard now does that for you. It pulls together the metrics you care about into one screen, so you can walk in, see the state of things, and start making decisions right away.",[11,99,100],{},[17,101,102],{},"Custom Dashboards",[11,104,105],{},"Everyone's role is different. A project manager cares about milestone progress. A team lead wants to see who's overloaded. Choose from widgets covering project health, task completion, team performance, and more. Your dashboard should reflect what you actually need to know.",[11,107,108],{},[17,109,110],{},"Grid Layout",[11,112,113],{},"Drag and arrange widgets however you like. Put what matters most front and center so the first thing you see every morning is the first thing you need to act on.",[11,115,116],{},[17,117,118],{},"Floating Task Panel",[11,120,121],{},"See something that needs attention? Open the task details right from your dashboard. Fix it, assign it, or comment on it without losing your place.",[11,123,124],{},[17,125,126],{},"The Todo Screen",[11,128,129],{},"Your tasks live in different projects, across different teams, under different milestones. When you sit down to work, the first question is always the same: \"What do I need to do right now?\" The Todo screen exists to answer that question. It pulls everything assigned to you into one place so you can stop searching and start doing. No more clicking through projects one by one to figure out your day.",[11,131,132],{},[17,133,134],{},"All Your Tasks, One Screen",[11,136,137],{},"You shouldn't have to remember which project that urgent task was under. Todo pulls your tasks, and overdue items together and puts what's most pressing at the top. You open it, you know where to start.",[11,139,140],{},[17,141,142],{},"My Tasks",[11,144,145],{},"Sometimes you just need to jot something down for yourself. A quick reminder, a note, a personal action item that doesn't belong to any project. My tasks give you a space for that, right next to your project work, so nothing slips through just because it wasn't \"official\" enough to create a project for.",[11,147,148],{},[17,149,150],{},"More Updates",[11,152,153],{},[17,154,155],{},"New Features",[11,157,158,161],{},[17,159,160],{},"Task & Project Comments"," (Web, Mobile)\nWhen discussions about a task happen in a separate chat, context gets lost and new team members can't find it. Comments now live directly on tasks and projects, so the conversation stays attached to the work and everyone can see the full history.",[11,163,164,167],{},[17,165,166],{},"Task Activity Logs"," (Web)\nWhen something changes on a task and no one knows who or when, it creates confusion. The activity log records every change, comment, and update in a timeline, so you can trace decisions and understand how a task evolved.",[11,169,170,173],{},[17,171,172],{},"Offline Mode with Conflict Detection"," (Mobile)\nField teams and anyone with unreliable internet used to lose their work or wait for a connection. Now you can check in, update tasks, and mark progress while fully offline. When you reconnect, IMPACT syncs everything and flags conflicts so nothing gets silently overwritten.",[11,175,176,179],{},[17,177,178],{},"Check-in Reminders"," (Mobile)\nBuilding a daily check-in habit is hard when nothing reminds you. The app now prompts you when you open it, so your rhythm stays on track and your team gets better visibility into progress.",[11,181,182,185],{},[17,183,184],{},"Duplicate Projects and Milestones with Date Shifting"," (Web, Mobile)\nDuplicating a project used to keep the original dates, which meant adjusting every deadline manually. Now you can shift all dates forward or backward by days, months, or years during duplication, saving hours of manual work for teams that run similar projects on a regular cycle.",[11,187,188,191],{},[17,189,190],{},"Guided Onboarding"," (Web, Mobile)\nNew team members used to land in IMPACT with no guidance, which meant someone had to walk them through it. Both web and mobile now have a step-by-step wizard. Web adds contextual tooltips as you explore. Mobile offers tailored flows for invited vs self-registered users. New users get productive faster, and your team spends less time answering \"how do I...\" questions.",[11,193,194,197],{},[17,195,196],{},"File Previews"," (Web)\nViewing an attached file used to mean downloading it and opening another app. You can now preview images, PDFs, videos, and audio inline in a full-screen gallery, which saves time when scanning through attachments during reviews.",[11,199,200,203],{},[17,201,202],{},"Customizable Sidebar"," (Web)\nA fixed sidebar forces everyone into the same layout, but a project manager navigates to different screens than a team member. You can now drag to reorder, toggle off what you don't use, and pin what you access most, so your navigation matches how you actually work.",[11,205,206,209],{},[17,207,208],{},"Refreshed Layouts Across All Screens"," (Web)\nEach module used to have its own layout, which meant relearning every screen. Projects, teams, members, milestones, surveys, questionnaires, competencies, and risk logs now all use a consistent split-panel layout. Once you learn one, you know them all.",[11,211,212,215],{},[17,213,214],{},"AI Permission Controls"," (Web)\nNot every organization wants every team member using AI features freely. Admins can now configure permissions per user for summaries, project generation, task assistance, checklist generation, infographics, and performance reviews, so you control how AI is adopted across your team.",[11,217,218,221],{},[17,219,220],{},"Inline Editing Everywhere"," (Web)\nChanging a single field used to mean opening a separate form, editing, and saving. Now you can click any field and edit it right there: task names, dates, descriptions, project details, competencies, questionnaires. Faster corrections, fewer interruptions.",[11,223,224],{},[17,225,226],{},"Bug Fixes",[11,228,229],{},[17,230,231],{},"Web",[233,234,235,239,242,245,248,251,254,257,260,263,266,269,272,275,278],"ul",{},[236,237,238],"li",{},"Fixed check-in tile not showing up for users who had never checked in before.",[236,240,241],{},"Fixed previous user's data sometimes appearing after logging out and logging in as a different user.",[236,243,244],{},"Fixed notification badge overlapping the menu button on certain screen sizes.",[236,246,247],{},"Fixed assigning verifier or acceptance roles to a task failing silently.",[236,249,250],{},"Fixed risk heatmap clicks leading to a \"page not found\" screen.",[236,252,253],{},"Fixed project customer, tags, work class, and work type not saving when set.",[236,255,256],{},"Fixed deleted projects still appearing in the list until a manual page reload.",[236,258,259],{},"Fixed task start date being settable after the end date without auto-correction.",[236,261,262],{},"Fixed risk mitigation status not updating in the list view after resolving.",[236,264,265],{},"Fixed unexpected logouts caused by session refresh timing during light activity.",[236,267,268],{},"Fixed stale checklist values appearing when switching between checklists quickly.",[236,270,271],{},"Fixed \"change password\" option showing for users who signed in with Google or Facebook.",[236,273,274],{},"Fixed project templates not carrying over work type, classification, tags, and description.",[236,276,277],{},"Fixed check-in history crashing when it referenced a task that had been deleted.",[236,279,280],{},"Fixed the last member of a company being removable, which would leave the company without any members.",[11,282,283],{},[17,284,285],{},"Mobile",[233,287,288,291,294,297],{},[236,289,290],{},"Fixed the app starting in offline mode even with a stable connection.",[236,292,293],{},"Fixed survey progress displaying \"NaN%\" when a questionnaire had no questions.",[236,295,296],{},"Fixed readonly checklist items being editable when they shouldn't have been.",[236,298,299],{},"Fixed login screen showing an incorrect error message on wrong credentials.",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":303},"",2,[],"2026-03-12","IMPACT exists to help you and your team do your best work. Plan clearly, stay aligned, and grow together. This release is our biggest step toward that goal.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Frelease-notes",{"title":5,"description":305},"blog\u002Frelease-notes",[],"tLzEfGCNWnBcp-WntUVvQYO-G__m0_N6UL-38eTyRyk","Release Note",[316,365,428,522,620,667,745,821],{"id":317,"title":318,"author":319,"body":320,"category":348,"date":349,"description":350,"extension":306,"image":351,"meta":352,"navigation":308,"path":353,"seo":354,"stem":355,"tags":356,"__hash__":364},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fempowering-improvement-through-feedback.md","Empowering Improvement Through Feedback","Chin Si Lai",{"type":8,"value":321,"toc":346},[322,325,328,331,334,337,340,343],[11,323,324],{},"Are you struggling to gather feedback from your community? Are you looking for a simple and flexible tool for post-mortem review? No worries, we have got you covered! Despite all the powerful features mentioned in previous articles, allow us to introduce another fascinating feature in IMPACT – the Survey Engine.",[11,326,327],{},"It cannot be denied that feedback is important for self-improvement as well as organizational success. We listen to comment and suggestions, we identify problems, we overcome them and finally, we form our Achievement Board. At Mykongsi, we value and appreciate feedback, and we believe the same is valid for all organizations.",[11,329,330],{},"The survey engine makes it easy to gather feedback from team members for a variety of purposes. Questions can be pre-determined and scheduled to be sent multiple times, to several groups of respondents, whenever necessary. Notifications are provided to remind respondents, optimizing responsiveness. Collecting responses becomes frictionless like never before!",[11,332,333],{},"Besides collecting input, IMPACT presents the data in a more compelling manner. With the implementation of question scores, all responses can be summarized in graphs for a more intuitive presentation and better visualization.",[11,335,336],{},"Flexibility is another key concept in the design of our survey engine. It's been designed to be used in different contexts. For example, using the survey engine, users can quickly set up a quiz for different participants and rank them based on the scores they receive. In IMPACT app, we are also integrating the survey engine with the skills assessment use case, so that team members can assess each other's skills at the end of a project they are involved in. This allow each individual to be aware of their competency growth over time.",[11,338,339],{},"What was typically a stand-alone application, we've incorporated the survey engine into IMPACT app, making an already excellent feature-to-price ratio all the more compelling.",[11,341,342],{},"Take the app for a spin and see how a Survey Engine helps your organization Be Better Every day! We'd love your feedback.",[11,344,345],{},"#BetterEveryDay",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":347},[],"IMPACT","2024-05-23","Are you struggling to gather feedback from your community? Are you looking for a simple and flexible tool for post-mortem review? 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Nurturing a culture of quality and collaboration takes a whole village, as the saying goes. That's why we've embarked on a journey to introduce the IMPACT Marketplace incubate a system for professionals to help professions.",[11,375,376],{},[17,377,378],{},"Why Marketplace?",[11,380,381],{},"Often, we struggle to identify the root causes of poor performance — we make up a process based on our own standard. But standards, guidelines, and best practices takes years of consistent and correct practice. Without such best practices, many of us find ourselves reinventing the wheel. Why not leverage on the expertise of others who have already \"been there, done that?\"",[11,383,384],{},"This is precisely why we created this platform.",[11,386,387],{},"Marketplace is a e-commerce platform where industry professionals share and market their morsels of knowledge to help organisations embrace well-defined workflows. This minimizes rework, in turn smoothening the path to excellence.",[11,389,390],{},"Imagine an organisation with limited knowledge of HR processes and legal matters. Now, let's picture having all these guidelines conveniently collected in one place to help kickstart your journey. Wouldn't that greatly simplify your path of success?",[11,392,393],{},"On the IMPACT Marketplace, you will find valuable Checklists, which are guidelines for best practices to streamline project management, quality control, and enhance risk control of work domains in the diverse fields from customer service and healthcare compliance. These Checklists promote task efficiency and reduce errors.",[11,395,396],{},"Additionally, our platform connects training service providers, offering structured skill development courses and personal coaching that boost the 3 P's : Performance, Proficiency, and Psychometrics. With its deep integration with the core IMPACT performance management tool, training is no longer an after-thought to draw-down a training budget, but benefits both individuals and organizations.",[11,398,399],{},"The Marketplace brings together everyone connected to making you and your collaborators become better, faster. For anyone who has a strong desire for day-to-day workflow improvements, our platform offers the means to compare options and prices, empowering people to make informed choices. What's more, businesses within the same niche can extend mutual support, creating a win-win situation for all parties involved.",[11,401,402],{},"Ready to Outdo Yourself? We're absolutely thrilled to welcome you to Day Zero of your journey to be better every day!",[11,404,405,406],{},"Link to IMPACT Marketplace: ",[407,408,409],"a",{"href":409,"rel":410},"https:\u002F\u002Fmarketplace.imstar.io\u002F",[411],"nofollow",[11,413,414],{},"#impact #bestpractices #guidelines #quality #productivity #marketplace",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":416},[],"With IMPACT, we commit to enhancing productivity and elevating the quality of work, not only within your organizations but across an entire industry.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fimpact-marketplace-professional-collaboration.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fnurturing-a-platform-for-professional-collaboration",{"title":367,"description":417},"blog\u002Fnurturing-a-platform-for-professional-collaboration",[424,358,425,360,426,361],"humanresources","marketplace","people","AG2UBWK3df6fkcgIBYKvWrgkXm9u1uimJvWEAwiL_vE",{"id":429,"title":430,"author":431,"body":432,"category":348,"date":509,"description":510,"extension":306,"image":511,"meta":512,"navigation":308,"path":513,"seo":514,"stem":515,"tags":516,"__hash__":521},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Felevate-hiring-process-with-ipa.md","Elevate Hiring Process with IPA","Irtaza",{"type":8,"value":433,"toc":506},[434,441,450,453,468,471,497,500,503],[435,436,438],"h2",{"id":437},"impact-point-average-ipa",[17,439,440],{},"IMPACT POINT AVERAGE (IPA)",[11,442,443,444,449],{},"According to a survey by ",[407,445,448],{"href":446,"rel":447},"https:\u002F\u002Fstandout-cv.com\u002Fusa\u002Fstudy-fake-job-references-resume-lies#how-many",[411],"StandOutCV",", more than 55% of the applicants have lied on their resumes at least once. This poses problems not just for employers who end up hiring the wrong applicant, but also the rightly deserving candidates.",[11,451,452],{},"In recent times, there really hasn't been much innovation when it comes to verifying resumes. That is an area that we feel like we have something very substantial that we can contribute. That's why we came up with the idea of a professional GPA, the IMPACT Point Average (IPA).",[11,454,455,456,459,460,463,464,467],{},"A world without measurements is a world without progress. We fully embrace this phenomenon with our IPA system, which works very similar to a university GPA by calculating a score based on quantitative metrics such as aspects of one's ",[17,457,458],{},"personality",", the number and skill level of ",[17,461,462],{},"competencies"," that a person possesses, and the ",[17,465,466],{},"day-to-day work"," that one completes and tracks in our IMPACT app. It is a tangible measurement of one's practical skills and knowledge, making it a valuable indicator of one's readiness for the challenges of today's world. Showcasing your IPA score provides employers with a provable metric backed by actual statistics that would undoubtedly streamline the hiring flow. With the IPA score, we also encourage the users to embrace a culture of lifelong learning and self-improvement, which is a value we integrate into our day-to-day life at Mykongsi.",[11,469,470],{},"IPA is a core mechanism integrated into the IMPACT app. Users would be able to see the trend of their IPA score through-out their journey of using IMPACT. With following mechanisms, users would be able to track, monitor and improve their IMPACT score:",[233,472,473,480,486,491],{},[236,474,475,476,479],{},"Integrated ",[17,477,478],{},"check-in\u002Fcheckout tasking system"," allowing users to track their daily work completion rate",[236,481,482,485],{},[17,483,484],{},"Competency system"," to allow users to rate\u002Fvote other's competencies",[236,487,475,488],{},[17,489,490],{},"personality tests",[236,492,493,496],{},[17,494,495],{},"Marketplace"," to buy courses & material that would help improve you in your weaker areas",[11,498,499],{},"This is just the tip of the iceberg that is IMPACT and what it can do for you. We are very excited to launch our system and we invite you to try it out.",[11,501,502],{},"Be Better Everyday",[11,504,505],{},"#Hiring #CareerDevelopment #Competency #CareerAdvancement #SoftwareDevelopment #Cadence",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":507},[508],{"id":437,"depth":302,"text":440},"2024-04-02","According to a survey by StandOutCV, more than 55% of the applicants have lied on their resumes at least once. IMPACT POINT AVERAGE (IPA) solves this.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fimpact-personality-assessment-hiring.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Felevate-hiring-process-with-ipa",{"title":430,"description":510},"blog\u002Felevate-hiring-process-with-ipa",[517,518,519,520],"cadence","careeradvancement","competency","hiring","UIpQ8uZ4BNQwsB1JZklDKev6PQClkox9xgIaMDPtIKQ",{"id":523,"title":524,"author":525,"body":526,"category":348,"date":509,"description":609,"extension":306,"image":610,"meta":611,"navigation":308,"path":612,"seo":613,"stem":614,"tags":615,"__hash__":619},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fembracing-excellence-with-impact.md","Embracing Excellence with IMPACT","Albert",{"type":8,"value":527,"toc":607},[528,539,553,560,563,569,572,598,601,604],[11,529,530,534,535,538],{},[531,532,533],"em",{},"\"There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little.\""," ",[531,536,537],{},"Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel",".",[11,540,541,542],{},"In a recent report by the Malaysia Productivity Corporation, it revealed that ",[531,543,544,545,548,549,552],{},"\"",[17,546,547],{},"less than half"," monitored performance, and ",[17,550,551],{},"more than half"," rarely acted on under-performance.\"",[11,554,555,556,559],{},"Under-performance – in other words, not achieving our targets – is prevalent all over the world. Gallup's Global State of Work Report 2023 reports a staggering ",[17,557,558],{},"USD 8.8 trillion lost to poor performance"," — it's twice the GDP of Japan, or 20x Malaysia's GDP!",[11,561,562],{},"Managers often lack the data, tools, and processes act proactively on under-performance – indeed, most data for such indicators often lags realisation. And by time an under-performance is identified, much water has already flowed under the bridge. We need better data and tools to help managers identify this quicker. Our measurement methodology must be better.",[11,564,565,566,568],{},"Recognizing the market's need for this, we created a SaaS offering, called ",[17,567,348],{},", to serve the market place. It is an innovative tasking management system that brings accountability to the fore.",[11,570,571],{},"Our pursuit of excellence extends far beyond task management:",[233,573,574,580,586,592],{},[236,575,576,579],{},[17,577,578],{},"AI-Enhanced Task Creation",": We harnessed the power of generative AI to simplify checklist creation, making it both intuitive and efficient.",[236,581,582,585],{},[17,583,584],{},"Community Marketplace",": Within IMPACT, we cultivated a space for sharing best practices via checklists and project templates, fostering knowledge exchange and seamless workflow adoption.",[236,587,588,591],{},[17,589,590],{},"360-Degree Feedback",": We introduced a feature enabling team members to rate each other's performance across competencies, promoting individual growth and development.",[236,593,594,597],{},[17,595,596],{},"Psychometric Assessments",": Our platform offers psychometric assessments, providing deeper insights into team dynamics and personalities, fostering a more harmonious and collaborative work environment.",[11,599,600],{},"Today, our service goes beyond traditional task management, boosting productivity, fostering excellence, knowledge sharing, accountability, and teamwork. After a year of refinement and testing, we're thrilled to announce IMPACT's availability.",[11,602,603],{},"Stay tuned for upcoming features like IPA, Gamification, Job Success Prediction, and more.\nJoin us on the journey to become Be Better EveryDay with IMPACT, redefining productivity through excellence.",[11,605,606],{},"#impact #productivity #tasking #quality #peopletech #hrtech #psychometrics #gamification",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":608},[],"There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little. Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fimpact-performance-management-platform.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fembracing-excellence-with-impact",{"title":524,"description":609},"blog\u002Fembracing-excellence-with-impact",[616,358,361,617,618],"hrtech","psychometry","quality","rRVxGPQsKBeNQT_erS7ZUFM2NxLcUNM7cwx7clHybpY",{"id":621,"title":622,"author":623,"body":624,"category":348,"date":509,"description":659,"extension":306,"image":660,"meta":661,"navigation":308,"path":662,"seo":663,"stem":664,"tags":665,"__hash__":666},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fenabling-ai-to-predict-project-success.md","Enabling AI to Predict Project Success","Imaduddin",{"type":8,"value":625,"toc":657},[626,631,634,637,640,643,646,649,652,655],[11,627,628],{},[17,629,630],{},"Enabling AI to predict project success",[11,632,633],{},"The current landscape of technology has been greatly affected by the rise of neural networks or machine learning as computers become more and more powerful, a progression in line with Moore's Law.",[11,635,636],{},"At Mykongsi, we are also eager to incorporate AI\u002FML into our own product offerings, recognizing that this convergence of technology and intelligence helps us provide better technology solutions.",[11,638,639],{},"Being in the enterprise software development for more than 20 years, we find that one of the hardest parts of the software development industry is in Project Estimation, thus this is where we focus our AI\u002FML first.",[11,641,642],{},"Our IMPACT App, at its core is a task management system, where we train our model based on historical completed projects and tasks. Based on this, whenever you create new projects, you can utilise our trained models to see how well the project will progress over time, and whether it can meet your expected deadlines. We believe this can help not only project managers, but also anyone who is involved, giving everyone the same view on the project's status. Now, truly every one can be a project manager!",[11,644,645],{},"Coming up with this model was not always rainbows and butterflies. Like developing any other AI models from the ground-up, we too were faced with challenges in getting enough data to feed into our model, as we are building a custom AI model that uses inputs from our app. With the help of certain open-sourced project management data and substantial data normalisations, we now have good enough data for model training.",[11,647,648],{},"We are also collaborating with an international university to research, validate, and speed-tune the first version of our project success prediction model.",[11,650,651],{},"All in all, we are glad that we can come up with this model, and hope people will find a good use for this feature alongside other awesome stuff that we developed in the app.",[11,653,654],{},"Hope you would try it out and give us your feedback!",[11,656,345],{},{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":658},[],"The current landscape of technology has been greatly affected by the rise of neural networks or machine learning as computers become more and more powerful.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fai-powered-project-success-prediction.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fenabling-ai-to-predict-project-success",{"title":622,"description":659},"blog\u002Fenabling-ai-to-predict-project-success",[517,358,360,361],"_EOYvGxgjD9p-Td7za5e_hO-vmDds2hesWCr4nB6fYg",{"id":668,"title":669,"author":670,"body":671,"category":348,"date":509,"description":735,"extension":306,"image":736,"meta":737,"navigation":308,"path":738,"seo":739,"stem":740,"tags":741,"__hash__":744},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fenhancing-talent-with-psychometric-profiling.md","Enhancing Talent with Psychometric Profiling","Wai Kit",{"type":8,"value":672,"toc":732},[673,679,682,689,696,705,708,711,714,717,720,723,726,729],[435,674,676],{"id":675},"enhancing-talent-with-psychometric-profiling",[17,677,678],{},"Enhancing talent with psychometric profiling",[11,680,681],{},"In Mykongsi, we often turn fresh graduates into skilled software engineers that can build complex computer systems. It isn't something for the faint-hearted. From our experience, an under-performing individual only becomes apparent after 12 months of employment.",[11,683,684,685,688],{},"This raises a question: ",[531,686,687],{},"is this under-performance due a lack of skill, or is it a lack of motivation","? Skill deficiencies can be easily corrected with mentorship, training, and a guided progression of the types of work completed.",[11,690,691,692,695],{},"However, the prescriptive actions for a de-motivated individual are a little more complicated. Surprisingly, in the end, we found that de-motivated individuals often exhibit ",[531,693,694],{},"poor interest-to-job"," fit characteristics. This is where a judicious use of psychometric assessments have helped us arrest this problem sooner.",[11,697,698,699,704],{},"In early 2023, we collaborated with ",[407,700,703],{"href":701,"rel":702},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fschool\u002Funiversiti-tunku-abdul-rahman\u002F",[411],"@UTAR"," to study the correlation between psychometrics and career success. We needed to understand how an individual's personality, behavior, or interests affect their career trajectory. During this collaboration, we launched a survey campaign that assessed the psychometrics profiles of our network of contacts.",[11,706,707],{},"The findings of this survey were integrated into our app. Currently, IMPACT includes a DISC assessment feature that helps users gauge and evaluate their behavior personas. The app analyses each DISC profile and offer guidance on enhancing collaboration with team mates.",[11,709,710],{},"An additional tool, the Johari Window, was implemented to foster self-awareness by inviting your friends & family to also assess your strengths. The Johari Window assessment, where the individual identifies the best 7 traits from a list of 57 commonly-known strengths. This is the \"window\" into the individual's strengths, and serve as a basis for team managers start a conversation with each other to understand their direct reports' strengths in relation to the job to be done.",[11,712,713],{},"Performance isn't just about finishing a task on-time without quality problems. It is about the total person, and the total person involves on-the-job performance data (from the IMPACT tasking app), psychometric data assessments (also found in the same app), and 360-degree reviews (also a key component of the app).",[11,715,716],{},"Failure to tackle under-performance in an expensive oversight. According to an HR study, managers spend about 17% of their day with under-performers – it doesn't seem like a large number except when one realizes that it means one day in a week, or 2 months in a year that were somewhat \"wasted.\"",[11,718,719],{},"Now, imagine what it will save you when the app provides an AI Advisor that helps us compile the data and present it to managers about each individual's job fit? What about an AI counselor that assists university's lecturers to help students to choose their major? All at the tap of a button.",[11,721,722],{},"Our research & development team filed a patent for a career success prediction methodology that leverages big data to suggest various future career paths for individuals using the app.",[11,724,725],{},"This prediction methodology is based on AI algorithms that train a model specializing in assessing job fit using both job performance and psychometric data. For example, if you are presently working as an administrative assistant, it can show that your job fit score for your present role, say 73%. The higher this score is, the higher your chances of succeeding in this role. Like a career advisor, this prediction feature also prescribes and identify areas for improvement to boost your job fit score to the next level up. From your present role, the app can map the path to other roles up your organisation, with each path assigned a probability of success.",[11,727,728],{},"Truly, data is valuable. We want to use this data for your improvement. #BetterEveryDay",[11,730,731],{},"#impact #productivity #careercoaching #psychology #machinelearning #people #humanresources #mobileapp",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":733},[734],{"id":675,"depth":302,"text":678},"In Mykongsi, we often turn fresh graduates into skilled software engineers that can build complex computer systems.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fpsychometric-talent-profiling.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fenhancing-talent-with-psychometric-profiling",{"title":669,"description":735},"blog\u002Fenhancing-talent-with-psychometric-profiling",[742,424,358,360,426,361,743],"careercoaching","psychology","TA_5kMOeZ7E2A26Ahp15EFhLsSfRMyVUQqiYKvbFJeA",{"id":746,"title":747,"author":748,"body":749,"category":348,"date":509,"description":809,"extension":306,"image":810,"meta":811,"navigation":308,"path":812,"seo":813,"stem":814,"tags":815,"__hash__":820},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fincubating-a-performance-culture.md","Incubating a Performance Culture","Zong Hong Ong",{"type":8,"value":750,"toc":805},[751,754,757,760,763,769,772,775,778,784,787,790,793,795,802],[11,752,753],{},"The game industry has been thriving in recent years. How did it manage to capture the hearts of so many?",[11,755,756],{},"What magic dust did it sprinkle to make it grow so rapidly?",[11,758,759],{},"One driving reason is because it gives a sense of accomplishment and progress to the player.",[11,761,762],{},"Who doesn't want to be known as the person who Defeated The Boss? Congratulations! Here's some reward for this accomplishment. Increased in level? Here's a badge to commemorate this fantastic achievement. Deep down, we all want to be recognized by our peers – the social cred and all that.",[435,764,766],{"id":765},"work-and-games",[17,767,768],{},"Work and Games",[11,770,771],{},"But oftentimes, \"Work\" and \"Games\" are contradictory terms when used in the same sentence.",[11,773,774],{},"\"Games are distractions\". \"Playing games is a waste of time\". These are the harsh words pounded on the psyche of many young teens for gaming pursuits. This impression follows them into adulthood.",[11,776,777],{},"So how can we incorporate the idea of achievement and recognition into the professional world? We built in customizable competitions based on the various of aspects of getting a job done. Gaming with IMPACT revolves around the idea of making work about achievement and recognition – and, dare I say, \"making it fun?\" How would one go about accomplishing this?",[435,779,781],{"id":780},"gamification",[17,782,783],{},"Gamification",[11,785,786],{},"IMPACT's primary focus is on productivity, and we already accompany this with almost real-time interactive leaderboards build around the user's activity in the app. The app tracks all users' progress and rank each person's performance.",[11,788,789],{},"Users also receive awards for their achievements, displayed permanently on their own achievement boards. Users can use their profiles as a sort of electronic report card for future employers. Won't you like an electronic CV that is based on hard performance data – maybe this spells the end of fake CVs.",[11,791,792],{},"IMPACT strives to alter the work environment from just boring deliverables & deadlines, to fun, lively & encouraging activities to look forward to everyday!",[11,794,345],{},[11,796,797,798],{},"Link below to learn more about IMPACT and how it can make your work more fun:\n",[407,799,800],{"href":800,"rel":801},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imstar.io\u002F",[411],[11,803,804],{},"#Game #Work #Fun #Productive #Competition #Motivation #Gamification",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":806},[807,808],{"id":765,"depth":302,"text":768},{"id":780,"depth":302,"text":783},"The game industry has been thriving in recent years. How did it manage to capture the hearts of so many? What magic dust did it sprinkle to make it grow so rapidly?","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fgamification-performance-culture.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fincubating-a-performance-culture",{"title":747,"description":809},"blog\u002Fincubating-a-performance-culture",[816,817,818,780,819],"competition","fun","game","work","s-frHLsB1qUFbKWbkkioEgIRshc2ghqkTY3cs3KTt08",{"id":822,"title":823,"author":824,"body":825,"category":348,"date":509,"description":902,"extension":306,"image":903,"meta":904,"navigation":308,"path":905,"seo":906,"stem":907,"tags":908,"__hash__":911},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fthe-humble-checklist.md","The Humble Checklist","KS Lee",{"type":8,"value":826,"toc":899},[827,833,836,839,842,845,848,851,854,857,864,867,893,896],[435,828,830],{"id":829},"the-humble-checklist-and-its-place-in-a-professional-career",[17,831,832],{},"The humble checklist and its place in a professional career",[11,834,835],{},"Seems a little far-fetched that a humble checklist can save lives.",[11,837,838],{},"But that was exactly the result when World Health Organization(WHO) tested a 3-part pre-, during, and post-surgical safety checklists in hospitals around the world. Surgical complications were reduced by a third regardless of whether the hospitals were \"poor\" or \"rich\" ones.",[11,840,841],{},"It's such a simple idea. So, why aren't checklists used more often? Well, maybe we think we are such high-tech, high-skilled professionals that we won't sully ourselves with such low-brow techniques.",[11,843,844],{},"But it's more likely because we're so short of time that we are tempted to take a short-cut because of a \"nothing really bad will happen, would it?\" mindset. In short, we trade someone else's well-being for our convenience. Dr Awatul Gawande, a surgeon and author of \"The Checklist Manifesto\", asserted that checklists build discipline. I'd add that a system of accountability is also needed – this is where our IMPACT service comes in.",[11,846,847],{},"Mykongsi is in the business of building enterprise software. Without checklists, I guarantee that no software will ever be built properly. Our space is constantly evolving, and tools are forever changing. But the principles of ensuring correctness and quality outcomes remain the same.",[11,849,850],{},"We crystalized these principles, gotchas, and best practices & outcomes into a set of checklists that will take a young programmer on a journey toward being a full-stack developer. That process used to take us 18 months. With judicious use of checklists, we have reduced that to 12 months. And we're well on the way to making it in six.",[11,852,853],{},"Is there a secret sauce in our checklists? Well, yes.",[11,855,856],{},"We have turbo-charged them with methods of oversight (a maker-checker-checker in bankers' parlance), inspection & closure, and progress reporting. And we gamified an individual's sense of achievement to gain social cred.",[11,858,859,860,863],{},"I believe no one ever wakes up and think, \"",[531,861,862],{},"today I want to be lousy at what I do",".\" Everyone wants to be impactful, to be respected for a good reputation at who we are and do.",[11,865,866],{},"Dr. Gawande absolutely makes it clear that there are 4 aspects of professionalism:",[233,868,869,875,881,887],{},[236,870,871,874],{},[17,872,873],{},"Expectations of Selflessness"," – that professionals place the needs of others above their own.",[236,876,877,880],{},[17,878,879],{},"Expectations of Skill"," – that professionals strive for excellence.",[236,882,883,886],{},[17,884,885],{},"Expectations of Trustworthiness"," – that professionals are accountable for their behavior.",[236,888,889,892],{},[17,890,891],{},"Expectations of Discipline"," – that professionals work systematically, correctly, and safely.",[11,894,895],{},"And, boy, do we have a solution for you. #BetterEveryDay",[11,897,898],{},"#impact #productivity #tasking #quality #checklist #hrtech #gawande",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":900},[901],{"id":829,"depth":302,"text":832},"Seems a little far-fetched that a humble checklist can save lives. But that was exactly the result when World Health Organization tested surgical safety checklists.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fproject-task-checklist-management.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fthe-humble-checklist",{"title":823,"description":902},"blog\u002Fthe-humble-checklist",[909,616,358,361,910],"checklist","tasking","OyRn7SG0zltKqXLJ_Ka89_Wx2W5K3mk2tX2ZL4GkAFk"]