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Transforming the PMI Poland Chapter Mentoring Program website with Flotiq and CodeWave
PMI Poland Chapter needed a scalable, user-friendly platform to support its growing mentoring program. Their WordPress-based site was difficult to manage. With Flotiq and CodeWave, they migrated to a headless CMS, improving performance, flexibility, and ease of use.
Read on to see how they did it!
Key Insights
Migrated the PMI Poland Chapter Mentoring Program website from WordPress to Flotiq for better performance and scalability.
Delivered a bilingual platform (Polish and English) to accommodate the PMI Poland Chapter’s diverse membership.
The 7th edition of the PMI Poland Chapter mentoring program for individuals looking to develop in the project management industry involved 97 mentoring pairs.
About the Client
PMI Poland Chapter is part of the global Project Management Institute (PMI), a leading professional association for project managers. The chapter’s Mentoring Program connects experienced mentors with mentees to foster growth and knowledge sharing among its members. PMI Poland Chapter relies on volunteers to organize, manage, and promote the program, making efficiency and usability critical for the website's success.
The Challenge
The previous WordPress-based platform presented several issues:
- Complexity in WordPress Interface: The WordPress interface posed significant usability issues, particularly due to the lack of plugins fully meeting the program’s requirements. Volunteers struggled to navigate the platform, often unsure of the information contained in sections with ambiguous labels.
- Limited Scalability: The platform struggled to handle updates and the growing number of mentors and mentees.
- Bilingual Requirements: With members from Poland and beyond, the lack of a user-friendly bilingual solution hindered engagement.
- Volunteer-Driven Constraints: The program’s organization was managed by volunteers with limited time and technical resources, making the need for a straightforward, maintainable system essential.
- Lack of Customer Support: The WordPress platform offered limited to no customer support, leaving volunteers without assistance when issues arose. In contrast, Flotiq provides comprehensive support, ensuring a smoother experience for users.
- Frequent Updates and Security Maintenance: Maintaining sufficient security for the WordPress application required frequent updates, which demanded time and technical resources. With Flotiq, the platform provider ensures the CMS system remains updated and secure.
- Limited Page Layout Flexibility: WordPress relied on a dedicated template for the application. In contrast, Flotiq adopted a component-based approach, allowing for convenient page layout modifications
The Solution
The PMI Poland Chapter partnered with CodeWave, a trusted Flotiq Solution Partner, to migrate the program website to Flotiq’s headless CMS platform to address these challenges.
- Seamless Migration to Flotiq:
- The team transitioned the website content from WordPress to Flotiq, ensuring minimal disruption and improved performance.
- Flotiq’s API-first approach made the website more adaptable to future integrations and scalable for growing user demand. - Bilingual Support:
- The new platform supports both Polish and English, enhancing accessibility for the PMI Poland Chapter’s diverse membership. - Volunteer-Friendly Management:
- Flotiq’s user-friendly interface, tailored to the project’s needs (including forms and data types), enabled volunteers to easily manage content updates without requiring extensive technical expertise.
- Clear documentation and support from CodeWave ensured a smooth handover.
The Results
Improved User Experience:
The bilingual platform has made it easier for members to access mentoring resources, regardless of location.
Scalability and Flexibility:
The headless CMS structure ensures the platform can grow alongside the Mentoring Program’s needs.
Empowered Volunteers:
Volunteers can now efficiently manage the website with minimal technical assistance, allowing them to focus on the program’s core mission.
Positive Feedback:
Volunteers have noted the platform’s improved speed and usability compared to the previous solution.
The team faced challenges due to a lack of team members familiar with WordPress, which made website management difficult. Thanks to the migration to a headless CMS platform, supported by Fotiq, everything changed for the better. The cooperation was seamless, and the page was migrated without any issues. Most importantly, the transition had no impact on the mentoring program’s ongoing recruiting efforts, this was particularly crucial as it was a time when mentors were submitting applications.
The new platform is so intuitive that when the team received login credentials, there was no need to wait for training. The team navigated it easily and started working independently right away. Any questions or reported issues were resolved quickly. The solution is so user-friendly that even team members without an IT background can use it without requiring additional time to learn complex systems. This change has streamlined operations!
Justyna Możejko
Leader of 7th Edition of PMI Poland Chapter Mentoring Program
The Summary
The transformation of the PMI Poland Chapter Mentoring Program website demonstrates the power of collaboration between dedicated volunteers, trusted partners like CodeWave, and cutting-edge platforms like Flotiq. This partnership has provided the PMI Poland Chapter with a scalable, bilingual, and volunteer-friendly platform to support its mission of advancing professional growth through mentoring.
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