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Sample A. Sample 123 Main Street Anytown, USA 12345-1234
Like many people, you have a lot on your plate, and slowing down isn’t an option.
But, while you’re focused on the everyday responsibilities of caring for yourself
and your family, your life goals are never far from sight. What if you could give
your plans the attention they deserve? Gaining a fresh financial perspective is a
great place to begin.
With a Financial Wellness Score, you can establish a baseline for future financial
planning and work with your MetLife Financial Professional to evaluate where
you are today and envision where you’d like to be in the future.
WE’LL HELP YOU MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. Take the guesswork out of
financial planning and learn ways to balance savings and growth. Your MetLife
Financial Professional can provide the guidance and clarity you need to renew your
financial outlook, gain confidence, and achieve overall financial health.
START OR RENEW YOUR GOAL SETTING. Visit freshperspective.metlife.com
to obtain your Financial Wellness Score, and call your MetLife Financial
Professional at 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX to discuss financial strategies that may be right
for you.
Sincerely,
T005Please see reverse side for important disclosures. MetLife, its agents, and representatives do not provide tax and/or legal advice.
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Dear Sample:
Take an important step in financial planning. Speak to a MetLife
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REFRESH YOUR
financialperspectiveGet the guidance you need to prioritize your short- and long-term goals
KEY BENEFITS OF FINANCIAL GUIDANCE:• KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES.
Track spending habits to gain fresh perspective and the power to achieve short-term savings goals.
• REDUCE YOUR DEBT. Learn strategies to reduce debt and interest and get on the path to reach your long-term savings goals.
• DESIGN A MANAGEABLE SAVINGS PLAN. Implement strategies to keep your savings plan on track and set achievable short- and long-term targets.
Sample A. Sample 123 Main Street Anytown, USA 12345-1234
Your careful planning has already helped you create a life you can be proud of. As you set your sights on what’s next for you and your family, financial planning will play a key role in ensuring you’ve done all you can to achieve your short- and long-term plans.
Obtaining a fresh financial perspective is a great way to renew your goals and make sure your savings and growth strategies are aligned. With a Financial Wellness Score, you can develop a clear understanding of where you are today and work with your MetLife Financial Professional to take control of the next phase of your financial planning.
WE’LL HELP YOU MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. Whether your focus is maximizing growth, preserving capital for future income needs, or establishing a legacy plan, financial guidance is an important step in planning for retirement and beyond. Your MetLife Financial Professional can give you the guidance and clarity you need to refresh your financial outlook and emerge more secure and financially healthy.
RENEW YOUR GOAL SETTING. Visit freshperspective.metlife.com to obtain your Financial Wellness Score, and call your MetLife Financial Professional at 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX to discuss strategies that may be right for your financial path forward.
Sincerely,
T005Please see reverse side for important disclosures. MetLife, its agents, and representatives do not provide tax and/or legal advice.
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Dear Sample:
Take an important step in financial planning. Speak to a MetLife
Financial Professional about financial guidance
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your goals.
Take control of your future.
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REFRESH YOUR
financialperspectiveGet the guidance you need to fine-tune your short- and long-term goals
KEY BENEFITS OF FINANCIAL GUIDANCE:• DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT WORK
FOR YOU. Discuss savings and investment opportunities that can be tailored to your personal goals.
• STAY DISCIPLINED. Discuss how to stay on course if, and when, financial goals change.
• STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN SAVINGS AND GROWTH STRATEGIES. Review and discuss opportunities to maximize growth as you approach retirement.
Do you know your Financial Wellness Score?
Take charge of your futureA fresh financial perspective is a great way to start or renew your goal setting.
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Do you know your Financial Wellness Score?
Take charge of your futureA fresh financial perspective is a great way to start or renew your goal setting.
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Do you know your Financial Wellness Score?
Take charge of your futureA fresh financial perspective is a great way to start or renew your goal setting.
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Sample A. Sample 123 Main Street Anytown, USA 12345-1234
Whether you’re well into retirement or it’s just beginning, continued financial
planning is essential to achieving true financial security, ensuring you have the
income you need to enjoy life today and the stability to take care of yourself and
your family in the future.
Obtaining a fresh financial perspective is a great way to ensure your current financial
strategies are still a good match for your long-term goals. With a Financial Wellness
Score, you can develop a clear understanding of where you are today and work
with your MetLife Financial Professional to take advantage of the best strategies
for the next phase of your financial planning.
WE’LL HELP YOU MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. Whether your focus is
maximizing income and withdrawal opportunities or positioning assets for legacy
distribution, financial planning remains an important step in reaching your
long-term goals with confidence. Your MetLife Financial Professional can give you
the guidance and clarity you need to refresh your financial outlook and emerge
more secure and financially healthy.
RENEW YOUR GOAL SETTING. Visit freshperspective.metlife.com to obtain
your Financial Wellness Score, and call your MetLife Financial Professional at
1-XXX-XXX-XXXX to discuss strategies that may be right for your financial
path forward.
Sincerely,
T005Please see reverse side for important disclosures. MetLife, its agents, and representatives do not provide tax and/or legal advice.
FRN#T005
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Dear Sample:
Take an important step in financial planning. Speak to a MetLife
Financial Professional about financial guidance
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your goals.
Take control of your future.
1-XXX-XXX-XXXX freshperspective.metlife.com
MetLife Premier Client Group
REFRESH YOUR
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RETIREMENT. Focus on strategies that will help you meet income needs throughout retirement.
• CONSERVE YOUR ASSETS. Implement withdrawal strategies that are tax-efficient and aligned with your income needs and goals.
• ACHIEVE LEGACY GOALS WITHOUT SACRIFICING IN RETIREMENT. Develop strategies that take retirement and legacy planning into consideration.
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We’re ListeningEveryone likes to hear when they are doing some-thing well. I think it is more important that you let people know when there is room for improvement. That information allows us to make improvements.According to member surveys, you tell us you are pleased with the service we provide. We conduct regular customer service surveys as well as customer satisfaction surveys every other year where you let us know what we are doing well and what needs improvement. We are constantly working to exceed your expectations. In 1952, we began printing this newsletter, sending important membership information to your homes every month. In those early years, we shared the phone number of the line crew leader you should call if your power was interrupted and news about our rapidly expanding distribution system. In 1997, we went global on the worldwide web, introducing our members to www.jacksonemc.com. Initially, we were sharing information about products and services. We’ve changed along the way, looking to our members to guide us. We created a customer ser-vice portal that is available 24/7 after website research where you told us you are most interested in coming to the site to pay your bill or receive outage information. Adapting to lifestyle changes, our site has become a mobile application giving you easy access to pay your bill and report outages from your phone.
We’re communicating through social media channels as well. More than 5,000 of you follow our Twitter feed and like our Facebook page. Our communications staff works to offer you new and inno-vative ways to receive informa-tion, making sure we are sharing the news and information that is most important to you in a way that fits your lifestyle. Along the way, we’ve reached out to you for feedback on how you want to communicate with your coopera-tive and what services you need access to. And you’ve
provided guidance to help us better serve you. We are asking again.
This month, we are conducting commu-nications research into our use of jacksonemc.com, social media, advertising, bill mes-sages and this monthly newsletter, Jemco News. Some of you will be called for your insight and opinion. Some others will be asked to partic-ipate in focus groups where we gain even more insight into how to com-municate with one another. I ask that you share openly and honestly.
But if we don’t call you, you can still help our com-munications and, in turn, our member service. We’ve developed a short survey to capture your answers. Visit our website for more information.
JEMCO newsVOL. 64, NO. 7, JULY 2015 (ISSN 1061-5601), IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE MEMBER SERVICES DEPT. OF JACKSON ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP., 461 SWANSON DRIVE, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043. SUBSCRIPTION $3.50 PER YEAR AS PART OF YEARLY MEMBERSHIP. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT LAWRENCEVILLE, GA AND ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES.
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July 2015
Terry WhiTWorTh shares his anTique
insulaTorsClearing the Way
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COLLECTOR“I BOUGHT THE FIRST ONE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON THE WAY TO GATLINBURG. IT WAS A MICKEY MOUSE,” TERRY WHITWORTH SAID OF HIS COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE INSULATORS.
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W hat a hobbyist calls a “Mickey Mouse” insulator is one of the first pin-top power distribution insulators used. Originally developed to insulate telegraph and phone wires, glass insulators were also used on electrical lines to prevent the flow of energy from the line to the ground. Whitworth’s first insulator was a splurge at $30; most cost a dollar or less. “I collect these because this is my business, and understanding the history is interesting to me,” he said. Whitworth began his career at Jackson EMC in 1979 as a lineman. He now serves as district operations superintendent in the Gainesville district.
His collection includes rare items, like the “Mickey Mouse” insulators he favors, as well as several colored communication insulators, tiny radio antenna insulators and a porcelain insulator dated the year he was married, 1978. He began collecting insulators about 15 years ago. He admits he’d like to have some he and his friends used to throw rocks at when they were just boys. “They used to be everywhere, just cast aside. We never thought to pick them up,” he said. “Now, you
see them mostly in people’s old chicken houses, just the ones they picked up and saved.”
As the population grew, so did the demand for elec-tricity, and insulators had to be larger to control the voltage running through the power lines. Insulators are still used today, but they look and feel different. The industry transitioned from colored glass to clear glass, to ceramic and now to polymer or plastic. As new lines are built, or older equipment is replaced, the new plastic insulators are used.“These are better for reliability because they are lighter, won’t break and they last longer,” Whitworth said.
Whitworth may add one of the new plastic insulators to his collection. Who knows, one day we may be collecting those too.
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July 2015
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ABOUT LUPUS
What Is Lupus?
Lupus is a chronic, or long-term, autoimmune
disease. People with lupus have an overactive and
misdirected immune system. Lupus is systemic,
meaning that it affects various parts of the body,
including joints, kidneys and other organs, skin,
blood and even the brain.
What are the Types of Lupus?
In general, when people mention lupus, they are
talking about systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE);
however, there are four main types of lupus.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). While
SLE generally is considered the most serious form
of lupus, cases range from very mild to severe. SLE
affects various parts of the body and can cause
joint pain, fatigue, hair loss, sensitivity to light,
fever, rash and kidney issues.
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Cutaneous
means “relating to the skin.” Cutaneous lupus can
cause rashes, lesions, hair loss, ulcers, photosensitiv-
ity or swelling of the blood vessels in the skin (vas-
culitis). There are three types of cutaneous lupus:
• Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) mainly
affects the skin. Discoid lupus lesions often
are red, raised and scaly. They usually do not
hurt, but they can cause scarring or perma-
nent skin discoloration. Discoid lesions also
are very photosensitive. Some people with
DLE will go on to develop SLE.
• Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
causes extensive red scaly lesions on parts of
the body exposed to sun and artificial light,
commonly the arms, neck and shoulders.
Approximately 50 percent of people with
subacute cutaneous lupus also have SLE.
• Acute cutaneous lupus lesions occur in
people who are experiencing a flare of their
SLE. The most common form is a malar or
butterfly rash that resembles sunburn across
the bridge of the nose and cheeks.
Drug-induced lupus. Certain types of drugs that
treat chronic conditions such as hypertension, sei-
zures or rheumatoid arthritis can cause this type of
lupus. Drug-induced lupus mirrors SLE; however,
the symptoms often subside once the medicine is
discontinued.
Neonatal lupus. Though rare, neonatal lupus can
affect infants of women who have lupus. Antibod-
ies transferred from the mother to the baby in the
womb are the cause of neonatal lupus. In most
cases, the symptoms disappear after approximately
six months. Symptoms of neonatal lupus include
rash, liver problems and low blood cell counts.
Very rarely, an infant with neonatal lupus can have
a serious heart defect. Physicians usually can iden-
tify a mother who’s at risk, and the infant can be
treated at or before birth to minimize symptoms.
Neonatal lupus is not necessarily an indication
that the baby will develop lupus later in life.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus
accounts for approximately 70
percent of all cases of lupus.
Both of these levels are markers for inflam-mation. A high ESR or CRP combined with other signs of lupus can help make a
diagnosis and assess disease activity. Developing Your Lupus Treatment PlanLupus is likely to cause changes in your daily life, but there is good news: Developments in lupus management are moving at a rapid pace. While some researchers are seeking new, more effective and safer treatments for lupus, others are inves-tigating possible causes or working to identify potential risk factors for developing the disease. setting treatment goaLs and strategiesThe first issues you will face after your lupus diagnosis are treatment decisions. To help make these choices, you need to understand the goals of lupus treatment and how drugs are used to meet these goals. Why is it important to see your doCtor reguLarLy? You and your doctor each play a role in making
sure your lupus treatment is as safe as possible. Once treatment starts, it is monitored with regu-lar office visits and blood tests, many of which measure levels of proteins in the blood that sig-nal the presence of inflammation and antibodies in the blood. More frequent office visits and
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– Blood chemistry tests and urine studies. These tests can help determine whether your organs, such as the kidneys and liver,
are functioning normally.– Biopsy. Taking a small piece of tissue from a rash or from the kidney when lupus is active can help definitively diagnose the disease.– Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA). If your rheumatologist suspects lupus, he or she
will order an ANA test, which detects a group of proteins found in the blood of people with lupus. These autoantibodies attack the body’s own cells. While this test alone does not diagnose lupus, paired with other symptoms and lab results, it can help confirm a diagnosis. – Antibody testing. If your ANA is posi-tive, your doctor may order for specific antibody tests. Antiphospholipid antibod-
ies, including cardiolipin, are common in lupus. They are associated with an in-creased risk for blood clotting, strokes and
recurrent miscarriages. – Complement proteins. This blood test measures the level of complement proteins
in your blood. People with lupus often have reduced levels of complement, which can indicate active lupus. – Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR, or
“sed rate”) and C-reactive protein (CRP).
•Stopinflammation (put disease in remission)•Relievesymptoms•Preventflares–periodswhenpain,
rash and fatigue increases•Preventorgandamage• Improvephysicalfunctionandoverallwell-being
Goals of Lupus TreatmentArthritis Foundation Education Series
Symptoms, Diagnosis and
Treatment
Lupus
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Reduce pain and stiffness with physical activity
Exercise & Arthritis
Arthritis Foundation Education Series
Understanding ItsSymptoms, Diagnosis
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RheumatoidArthritis
Arthritis Foundation Education Series
Causes of pain and tips for
taking control
Managing Your Pain
Arthritis Foundation Education Series
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It also comes in a non-insulated 129NR version. Both have a
CSA Certified Toe and Sole and are offered in women’s sizes.
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for impact and abrasion resistance and is electrical shock
rated. The outsole is a Vibram® New Bifida with IceTrek®. The
Gladiator also features a full zipper for easy slip-on and off and
CSA Certified toe. Comfort rating: -20° F
Features7-inch waterproof full-grain leather upper.
COMFORT RATING-29 C
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00 YP@HOME YP@HOME 00
Learn how to spot the symptoms of an unhealthy tree.
Are YourTrees Safe?
By Jennifer Dunn
How to Evaluate HardwoodsLook to the sky All the branches and tips on a hardwood with healthy roots will reach up to try and absorb as much sunlight as possible. A tree that droops to one side could have dead roots.
Watch for leaning A healthy tree stands tall, while a tree in trouble leans. If a tree inclines toward the house, it’s time to call in a tree care professional.
Inspect the tree’s base A healthy base will be free of blemishes. Signs of ill health include cavities or rot on the tree and its roots. The presence of mushrooms or fungi could mean that your tree is rotten on the inside, even though it looks perfectly healthy on the outside. Brown “wood shrooms” could indicate that fungus has eaten through your tree’s cellulose, completely separating the tree from its roots and causing a serious hazard.
Search for deadwood A dead limb can eventually affect the health of the whole tree. Signs of deadwood include peeling bark, a lone branch without leaves or a branch where leaves fail to drop off in the fall even though the rest of the tree has already shed its foliage.
Dead or diseased trees can be a major threat to your home. Metro Atlanta arborist Bob Stancil shares the signs tree care professionals look for when evaluating a tree’s health.
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DESIGN YOUR
Everything you need to know to
cool off in style this summer.
By Jennifer-Dunn
Dream Pool
As outdoor living
spaces become more
sophisticated, more
and more Metro Atlantans
are choosing a pool as their
backyard’s crowning jewel.
Scot Cantrell, who has
installed pools in Metro
Atlanta for 16 years, has
tips on what you need to
know about planning and
installing the perfect pool.
Choosing Your
Pool’s Shape
Your pool installer will
advise you that the shape of
your pool depends on your
budget, the materials you
choose and how you plan to
use the pool. Do you plan to
spend the whole summer
in the pool? Use it more for
kids’ activities? Or perhaps
use it mostly for workouts?
All of these factors will
figure into your decision.
Most cost-effective
Atlanta area pools are
rectangular, kidney-shaped
or peanut-shaped. The
“lazy L” shape was once
common but has now fallen
out of favor. If you’d rather
customize the shape of your
pool, your pool installer will
assist you with a site plan.
Placing Your Pool
The average pool in the
Atlanta area is 16 by 32
feet, and most backyards
can accommodate one.
Don’t worry if your
backyard is hilly. Says
Cantrell, “I’ve been installing
pools for 16 years and have
installed maybe six pools
on a level surface.” Some
uneven back yards can even
lend themselves to certain
water features, such as a
vanishing edge.
Your pool professional will
help you decide on orienta-
tion and location of your
pool for optimal sun and
wind conditions. Generally
a southern exposure or west-
facing pool is best for Metro
Atlanta’s geography.
Be sure to consider local
codes and zoning, as well as
your homeowners associa-
tion’s rules. These rules may
apply to the fences, patios
and decks you build to ac-
company your new outdoor
pool, too. Your pool instal-
lation professional can help
you navigate permitting and
zoning requirements.
Choosing Your
Pool TypePools can be fabricated
from vinyl lining, concrete
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HEY,DO YOU DO JIRA YET?The Rubicon Jira instance came to life March 13, 2015 (local install), and now serves over 250 users with over 5,675 issues/work items logged in Jira, wait… 5,676 issues/work items, wait… 5,677 – never mind.
JOACHIM HANSSON, Rubicon PMO
WHY JIRA, WHY NOW? We wanted to get things done faster this year by adopting an Agile approach for everything we do. When it comes to daily task management, we used to have multiple tools, each team using something different. We needed a simple, easy-to-learn tool that has a fast and intuitive web interface that would allow us to organize our work in Agile fashion. Jira met our needs. The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and Confluence was a huge plus. Also, the fact that our partner organizations, such as ASD and VMware, use it was just a bonus.
Most Rubicon teams use Jira Kanban Boards. It offers an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interface to move tasks from one state to another with high visibility to blockers that prevent tasks from moving forward. The visibility to blockers gives the project team and management an instant view of what prevents the project/deliverables from moving forward, so that proper attention could be given in a timely manner. It also reduces the communication burden among the project team members, since everybody knows what others are working on.
The easy-to-use interface, combined with the high adoption rate within Rubicon, makes Jira a collaboration tool of choice that embraces the Agile approach for everything we do and supports our PMO 2.0 strategy.
Have questions about Jira?Join #jira Slack channel or contact Joachim Hansson.
The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and
Confluence was a huge plus.
AUGUST 2015
5
WELCOME TO THE ROCC!The Aloha Program Details Onboarding Services to the ROCC
QUALITY MATTERS CORNER
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Businessby Patrick Lencioni
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivityby David Allen
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps and Helping Your Business Winby Gene Kim
The following books are on the Rubicon Cloud Services bookshelf:
This month’s Quality Matters Corner is a reminder of the process introduced by Cloud Operations several months ago concerning onboarding Services to the ROCC.
Rubicon Cloud Operations (RCO) developed a method which they use to ensure that they have what is needed to “stand up” a service in the ROCC, a critical component of onboarding.
The method, codenamed “Aloha”, acts as its title suggests in that it’s used to ingest a service to the ROCC
(which in this context also includes
MSG and QA). Aloha also covers services that we’re dismounting from support.
Each team in RCO has identified a series of Deliver-ables that requestors checklist through to ensure that all aspects of the process are accounted for. For all deliverables that aren’t applicable to a given effort, they are exempted upon agreement by authorized decision-makers.
The process is indifferent to any delivery method chosen by the organization to check off the con-tent. RCO deliverables can be managed via Agile, Iterative, Hybrid, or other methods. The key is being organized, which should raise the effectiveness of the service’s support in the long run.
Please refer to the method in ICON, and feel free to contact Dean Molette in RCO for any questions regarding the Service Delivery Method.
AUGUST 2015
LEARN MORE
6
At a high level, PMO 2.0 is about embracing the Agile Approach in everything we do in Rubicon, especially in our project delivery efforts, so that we get things done faster with shorter
cycle times. Bringing it down a level, we’re aiming to accomplish the following objectives -
FASTER EXECUTION
“Getting things done faster” with shorter cycle times
Continue to hit target dates
EVOLVE APPROACH
Waterfall to Agile/Lean
Increase “agile maturity”
Expand scrum masters
Help the entire organization move to Agile thinking, not just the software development team. With the Leadership Team helping drive this initiative, we’ll gain the following:
MATURE RESOURCE PLANNING
Overall project calendar
Resource allocation across Service Lines
Minimize unplanned work
This requires re-thinking our work culture, practices and processes, and the tools that we use. This exercise also addresses daily task assignments, resource forecasting and planning, master project schedules and time track-ing to determine how it can support accomplishing infrastructure deployment work.
As a start, we defined the Rubicon Hybrid Project Delivery Approach. In short, it means that we’ll adopt the Scrum Methodology for our Software Development efforts while using the Hybrid approach for non-SW development efforts. The following graph depicts what the Hybrid approach means.
WHERE DO WE STAND
on PMO 2.0?
f e a t u r e
Since March 2015, the PMO has been driving an initiative called PMO 2.0. This culture-changing work is helping us become more agile, deliver customer value faster, and is putting us in a much stronger position for resource allocation planning. We are excited to share the details of PMO 2.0 and where it stands now.
PAUL YU, Rubicon PMO
Project Start
Project End
SPRINT 1 SPRINT 2 SPRINT 3 SPRINT 4 SPRINT 5
MILESTONE DELIVERABLES
AUGUST 2015
Agile ApproachEmbracing
the
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 8 | AUGUST 2015
WHAT IS projectmanager.com?
Aloha Program Details Onboarding Services
PMO 2.0Where Do We Stand?
EMC2 E-NEWSLETTER
POSTCARD AND BUSINESS CARD DESIGN
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the
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PMO 2.0Where Do We Stand?
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HEY,DO YOU DO JIRA YET?The Rubicon Jira instance came to life March 13, 2015 (local install), and now serves over 250 users with over 5,675 issues/work items logged in Jira, wait… 5,676 issues/work items, wait… 5,677 – never mind.
JOACHIM HANSSON, Rubicon PMO
WHY JIRA, WHY NOW? We wanted to get things done faster this year by adopting an Agile approach for everything we do. When it comes to daily task management, we used to have multiple tools, each team using something different. We needed a simple, easy-to-learn tool that has a fast and intuitive web interface that would allow us to organize our work in Agile fashion. Jira met our needs. The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and Confluence was a huge plus. Also, the fact that our partner organizations, such as ASD and VMware, use it was just a bonus.
Most Rubicon teams use Jira Kanban Boards. It offers an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interface to move tasks from one state to another with high visibility to blockers that prevent tasks from moving forward. The visibility to blockers gives the project team and management an instant view of what prevents the project/deliverables from moving forward, so that proper attention could be given in a timely manner. It also reduces the communication burden among the project team members, since everybody knows what others are working on.
The easy-to-use interface, combined with the high adoption rate within Rubicon, makes Jira a collaboration tool of choice that embraces the Agile approach for everything we do and supports our PMO 2.0 strategy.
Have questions about Jira?Join #jira Slack channel or contact Joachim Hansson.
The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and
Confluence was a huge plus.
AUGUST 2015
5
WELCOME TO THE ROCC!The Aloha Program Details Onboarding Services to the ROCC
QUALITY MATTERS CORNER
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Businessby Patrick Lencioni
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivityby David Allen
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps and Helping Your Business Winby Gene Kim
The following books are on the Rubicon Cloud Services bookshelf:
This month’s Quality Matters Corner is a reminder of the process introduced by Cloud Operations several months ago concerning onboarding Services to the ROCC.
Rubicon Cloud Operations (RCO) developed a method which they use to ensure that they have what is needed to “stand up” a service in the ROCC, a critical component of onboarding.
The method, codenamed “Aloha”, acts as its title suggests in that it’s used to ingest a service to the ROCC
(which in this context also includes
MSG and QA). Aloha also covers services that we’re dismounting from support.
Each team in RCO has identified a series of Deliver-ables that requestors checklist through to ensure that all aspects of the process are accounted for. For all deliverables that aren’t applicable to a given effort, they are exempted upon agreement by authorized decision-makers.
The process is indifferent to any delivery method chosen by the organization to check off the con-tent. RCO deliverables can be managed via Agile, Iterative, Hybrid, or other methods. The key is being organized, which should raise the effectiveness of the service’s support in the long run.
Please refer to the method in ICON, and feel free to contact Dean Molette in RCO for any questions regarding the Service Delivery Method.
AUGUST 2015
LEARN MORE
6
At a high level, PMO 2.0 is about embracing the Agile Approach in everything we do in Rubicon, especially in our project delivery efforts, so that we get things done faster with shorter
cycle times. Bringing it down a level, we’re aiming to accomplish the following objectives -
FASTER EXECUTION
“Getting things done faster” with shorter cycle times
Continue to hit target dates
EVOLVE APPROACH
Waterfall to Agile/Lean
Increase “agile maturity”
Expand scrum masters
Help the entire organization move to Agile thinking, not just the software development team. With the Leadership Team helping drive this initiative, we’ll gain the following:
MATURE RESOURCE PLANNING
Overall project calendar
Resource allocation across Service Lines
Minimize unplanned work
This requires re-thinking our work culture, practices and processes, and the tools that we use. This exercise also addresses daily task assignments, resource forecasting and planning, master project schedules and time track-ing to determine how it can support accomplishing infrastructure deployment work.
As a start, we defined the Rubicon Hybrid Project Delivery Approach. In short, it means that we’ll adopt the Scrum Methodology for our Software Development efforts while using the Hybrid approach for non-SW development efforts. The following graph depicts what the Hybrid approach means.
WHERE DO WE STAND
on PMO 2.0?
f e a t u r e
Since March 2015, the PMO has been driving an initiative called PMO 2.0. This culture-changing work is helping us become more agile, deliver customer value faster, and is putting us in a much stronger position for resource allocation planning. We are excited to share the details of PMO 2.0 and where it stands now.
PAUL YU, Rubicon PMO
Project Start
Project End
SPRINT 1 SPRINT 2 SPRINT 3 SPRINT 4 SPRINT 5
MILESTONE DELIVERABLES
AUGUST 2015
POSTCARD AND BUSINESS CARD DESIGN
TracieGreenTracieGreen
6
At a high level, PMO 2.0 is about embracing the Agile Approach in everything we do in Rubicon, especially in our project delivery efforts, so that we get things done faster with shorter
cycle times. Bringing it down a level, we’re aiming to accomplish the following objectives -
FASTER EXECUTION
“Getting things done faster” with shorter cycle times
Continue to hit target dates
EVOLVE APPROACH
Waterfall to Agile/Lean
Increase “agile maturity”
Expand scrum masters
Help the entire organization move to Agile thinking, not just the software development team. With the Leadership Team helping drive this initiative, we’ll gain the following:
MATURE RESOURCE PLANNING
Overall project calendar
Resource allocation across Service Lines
Minimize unplanned work
This requires re-thinking our work culture, practices and processes, and the tools that we use. This exercise also addresses daily task assignments, resource forecasting and planning, master project schedules and time track-ing to determine how it can support accomplishing infrastructure deployment work.
As a start, we defined the Rubicon Hybrid Project Delivery Approach. In short, it means that we’ll adopt the Scrum Methodology for our Software Development efforts while using the Hybrid approach for non-SW development efforts. The following graph depicts what the Hybrid approach means.
WHERE DO WE STAND
on PMO 2.0?
f e a t u r e
Since March 2015, the PMO has been driving an initiative called PMO 2.0. This culture-changing work is helping us become more agile, deliver customer value faster, and is putting us in a much stronger position for resource allocation planning. We are excited to share the details of PMO 2.0 and where it stands now.
PAUL YU, Rubicon PMO
Project Start
Project End
SPRINT 1 SPRINT 2 SPRINT 3 SPRINT 4 SPRINT 5
MILESTONE DELIVERABLES
AUGUST 2015
Agile ApproachEmbracing
the
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 8 | AUGUST 2015
WHAT IS projectmanager.com?
Aloha Program Details Onboarding Services
PMO 2.0Where Do We Stand?
EMC2 E-NEWSLETTER
7
HEY,DO YOU DO JIRA YET?The Rubicon Jira instance came to life March 13, 2015 (local install), and now serves over 250 users with over 5,675 issues/work items logged in Jira, wait… 5,676 issues/work items, wait… 5,677 – never mind.
JOACHIM HANSSON, Rubicon PMO
WHY JIRA, WHY NOW? We wanted to get things done faster this year by adopting an Agile approach for everything we do. When it comes to daily task management, we used to have multiple tools, each team using something different. We needed a simple, easy-to-learn tool that has a fast and intuitive web interface that would allow us to organize our work in Agile fashion. Jira met our needs. The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and Confluence was a huge plus. Also, the fact that our partner organizations, such as ASD and VMware, use it was just a bonus.
Most Rubicon teams use Jira Kanban Boards. It offers an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interface to move tasks from one state to another with high visibility to blockers that prevent tasks from moving forward. The visibility to blockers gives the project team and management an instant view of what prevents the project/deliverables from moving forward, so that proper attention could be given in a timely manner. It also reduces the communication burden among the project team members, since everybody knows what others are working on.
The easy-to-use interface, combined with the high adoption rate within Rubicon, makes Jira a collaboration tool of choice that embraces the Agile approach for everything we do and supports our PMO 2.0 strategy.
Have questions about Jira?Join #jira Slack channel or contact Joachim Hansson.
The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and
Confluence was a huge plus.
AUGUST 2015
5
WELCOME TO THE ROCC!The Aloha Program Details Onboarding Services to the ROCC
QUALITY MATTERS CORNER
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Businessby Patrick Lencioni
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivityby David Allen
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps and Helping Your Business Winby Gene Kim
The following books are on the Rubicon Cloud Services bookshelf:
This month’s Quality Matters Corner is a reminder of the process introduced by Cloud Operations several months ago concerning onboarding Services to the ROCC.
Rubicon Cloud Operations (RCO) developed a method which they use to ensure that they have what is needed to “stand up” a service in the ROCC, a critical component of onboarding.
The method, codenamed “Aloha”, acts as its title suggests in that it’s used to ingest a service to the ROCC
(which in this context also includes
MSG and QA). Aloha also covers services that we’re dismounting from support.
Each team in RCO has identified a series of Deliver-ables that requestors checklist through to ensure that all aspects of the process are accounted for. For all deliverables that aren’t applicable to a given effort, they are exempted upon agreement by authorized decision-makers.
The process is indifferent to any delivery method chosen by the organization to check off the con-tent. RCO deliverables can be managed via Agile, Iterative, Hybrid, or other methods. The key is being organized, which should raise the effectiveness of the service’s support in the long run.
Please refer to the method in ICON, and feel free to contact Dean Molette in RCO for any questions regarding the Service Delivery Method.
AUGUST 2015
LEARN MORE
POSTCARD AND BUSINESS CARD DESIGN
TracieGreenTracieGreen
5
WELCOME TO THE ROCC!The Aloha Program Details Onboarding Services to the ROCC
QUALITY MATTERS CORNER
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Businessby Patrick Lencioni
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivityby David Allen
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps and Helping Your Business Winby Gene Kim
The following books are on the Rubicon Cloud Services bookshelf:
This month’s Quality Matters Corner is a reminder of the process introduced by Cloud Operations several months ago concerning onboarding Services to the ROCC.
Rubicon Cloud Operations (RCO) developed a method which they use to ensure that they have what is needed to “stand up” a service in the ROCC, a critical component of onboarding.
The method, codenamed “Aloha”, acts as its title suggests in that it’s used to ingest a service to the ROCC
(which in this context also includes
MSG and QA). Aloha also covers services that we’re dismounting from support.
Each team in RCO has identified a series of Deliver-ables that requestors checklist through to ensure that all aspects of the process are accounted for. For all deliverables that aren’t applicable to a given effort, they are exempted upon agreement by authorized decision-makers.
The process is indifferent to any delivery method chosen by the organization to check off the con-tent. RCO deliverables can be managed via Agile, Iterative, Hybrid, or other methods. The key is being organized, which should raise the effectiveness of the service’s support in the long run.
Please refer to the method in ICON, and feel free to contact Dean Molette in RCO for any questions regarding the Service Delivery Method.
AUGUST 2015
LEARN MORE
6
At a high level, PMO 2.0 is about embracing the Agile Approach in everything we do in Rubicon, especially in our project delivery efforts, so that we get things done faster with shorter
cycle times. Bringing it down a level, we’re aiming to accomplish the following objectives -
FASTER EXECUTION
“Getting things done faster” with shorter cycle times
Continue to hit target dates
EVOLVE APPROACH
Waterfall to Agile/Lean
Increase “agile maturity”
Expand scrum masters
Help the entire organization move to Agile thinking, not just the software development team. With the Leadership Team helping drive this initiative, we’ll gain the following:
MATURE RESOURCE PLANNING
Overall project calendar
Resource allocation across Service Lines
Minimize unplanned work
This requires re-thinking our work culture, practices and processes, and the tools that we use. This exercise also addresses daily task assignments, resource forecasting and planning, master project schedules and time track-ing to determine how it can support accomplishing infrastructure deployment work.
As a start, we defined the Rubicon Hybrid Project Delivery Approach. In short, it means that we’ll adopt the Scrum Methodology for our Software Development efforts while using the Hybrid approach for non-SW development efforts. The following graph depicts what the Hybrid approach means.
WHERE DO WE STAND
on PMO 2.0?
f e a t u r e
Since March 2015, the PMO has been driving an initiative called PMO 2.0. This culture-changing work is helping us become more agile, deliver customer value faster, and is putting us in a much stronger position for resource allocation planning. We are excited to share the details of PMO 2.0 and where it stands now.
PAUL YU, Rubicon PMO
Project Start
Project End
SPRINT 1 SPRINT 2 SPRINT 3 SPRINT 4 SPRINT 5
MILESTONE DELIVERABLES
AUGUST 2015
Agile ApproachEmbracing
the
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 8 | AUGUST 2015
WHAT IS projectmanager.com?
Aloha Program Details Onboarding Services
PMO 2.0Where Do We Stand?
EMC2 E-NEWSLETTER
7
HEY,DO YOU DO JIRA YET?The Rubicon Jira instance came to life March 13, 2015 (local install), and now serves over 250 users with over 5,675 issues/work items logged in Jira, wait… 5,676 issues/work items, wait… 5,677 – never mind.
JOACHIM HANSSON, Rubicon PMO
WHY JIRA, WHY NOW? We wanted to get things done faster this year by adopting an Agile approach for everything we do. When it comes to daily task management, we used to have multiple tools, each team using something different. We needed a simple, easy-to-learn tool that has a fast and intuitive web interface that would allow us to organize our work in Agile fashion. Jira met our needs. The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and Confluence was a huge plus. Also, the fact that our partner organizations, such as ASD and VMware, use it was just a bonus.
Most Rubicon teams use Jira Kanban Boards. It offers an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interface to move tasks from one state to another with high visibility to blockers that prevent tasks from moving forward. The visibility to blockers gives the project team and management an instant view of what prevents the project/deliverables from moving forward, so that proper attention could be given in a timely manner. It also reduces the communication burden among the project team members, since everybody knows what others are working on.
The easy-to-use interface, combined with the high adoption rate within Rubicon, makes Jira a collaboration tool of choice that embraces the Agile approach for everything we do and supports our PMO 2.0 strategy.
Have questions about Jira?Join #jira Slack channel or contact Joachim Hansson.
The fact that it integrates nicely with other tools such as GitHub, Slack and
Confluence was a huge plus.
AUGUST 2015
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i t ’s g o i n g t o b e a
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CHICK-FIL-A® 2017 MARKETING PLANNER / UNEXPECTED FUNPROPOSED COVER CONCEPTS WITH DIE CUT COVER
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JULY
julythe cows are coming!
celebrate raving fans ®
dressed as cows by sharing photos
on social media. #cowappreciationday
AU
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slicetime for a
ofsummer
what better time to celebrate our fresh-squeezed lemonade than in
the month of national lemonade day!
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JULY
celebrate cow appreciation day
julycelebrate raving fans® dressed as cows by sharing photos on social media. #cowappreciationday
JULY
celebrate cow appreciation day
julycelebrate raving fans® dressed as cows by sharing photos on social media. #cowappreciationday
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AU
GU
ST
aug
sunshinepool time
HA
PPY 4T
H
VACATION
sum
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fireworks
SUMM
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get your g
rill on
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SOA
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SUMMER BREAK
SOAK U
P THAT S
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FUN
& S
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LAKE
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LAKE LIFESIPPING ICED TEA
front porch sittin’
front p
orch
sitti
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sitti
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AU
GU
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aug
sunshinepool time
HA
PPY 4T
H
VACATION
sum
mer
tim
e
fireworks
SUMM
ERTIME
get your g
rill on
olymp
ics
SOA
K U
P T
HE
SUN
inde
penda
nce d
ay
SUMMER BREAK
SOAK U
P THAT S
UN
FUN
& S
UN
LAKE
LIF
E
LAKE LIFESIPPING ICED TEA
front porch sittin’
front p
orch
sitti
n’
front p
orch
sitti
n’
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JAN
Start the year off with a bang
by surprising guests with a free
breakfast entrée for the first week
of the Winter Campaign.
happy NEW YEAR!
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JAN
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CHICK-FIL-A NEW YORK GRAND OPENING OCTOBER 3, 2015The “First 100 to Pay it Forward,” was an activation moving beyond the concept of camping out and into a pay-it-forward mindset. The new twist on a long-established tradition was created to position New Yorkers as the hero, giving them ownership of gifting a Chick-fil-A® experience.
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dog sporting glasses
dog. sun. glasses.
dogs surfing guys!
deerstaringgoogly-eyed
ditzysloth
grinning.
dog sporting glasses
dog. sun. glasses.
dogs surfing guys!
deerstaringgoogly-eyed
ditzysloth
grinning.
dog sporting glasses
dog. sun. glasses.
dogs surfing guys!
deerstaringgoogly-eyed
ditzysloth
grinning.
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DON’T STOP GOING
{forward }
DON’T STOP GIVING
{your all }
DON’T STOP GOING
{forward }
DON’T STOP GIVING
{your all }
DON’T STOP GOING
{forward }
DON’T STOP GIVING
{your all }
DON’T STOP GOING
{forward }
DON’T STOP GIVING
{your all }
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DREAMSWEET grasshopper
DREAMSWEET grasshopper
DREAMSWEET grasshopper
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