Creating a framework

A collection of articles walking you through how to get started on Progression, including how to create skills, positions and teams.

17 articles in this collection
Written by Jonny Burch and Meg Traynier

The Basics

How many skills should I have in my framework?

A guide as to why eight - twelve skills per role is the sweet spot for frameworks.

Written by Jonny Burch
Updated over a week ago

Why involving your team from the start is key to successful framework building

The importance of collaborating on building frameworks to their short and long term success

Written by Jonny Burch
Updated over a week ago

How to write skills for your career progression framework

A guide on the process for writing skills for a career progression framework

Written by Jonny Burch
Updated over a week ago

How do I decide what job titles I should use in my framework?

A walk through of choosing job title structures, with the pros and cons of typical approaches

Written by Jonny Burch
Updated over a week ago

What's the purpose of skill categories and how might they help me?

A walk through of why Progression uses different categories such as Core, and Craft, to distinguish between skills

Written by Jonny Burch
Updated over a week ago

Why do I need hierarchy within my team?

A discussion of the importance of hierarchy within a team in order to provide progression opportunities

Written by Jonny Burch
Updated over a week ago

How do I use Progression's content to build my framework?

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

What are parallel tracks? And do I need them?

A explanation of why you might provide different routes of progression within a single team

Written by Jonny Burch
Updated over a week ago

Skills

Creating your own skills

We walk you through how to create a new skill on Progression.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

Uploading skills by CSV

We walk you through how to upload skills with a CSV file.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

Using html tags in your skills

We walk you through how to use html tags in your skills on Progression.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

FAQ's: Skills

We answer your questions about skills and how these can be used on Progression.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

Positions

Adding salary information to a role

An article explaining how to add salaries and other role descriptions to your Progression framework

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

Exporting positions

We walk you through how to export positions from Progression.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

FAQ's: Positions

We answer your questions about positions and how these can be used on Progression.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

Teams

Creating and inviting users

We walk you through how to create and invite users on Progression.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago

Creating and publishing a team

We talk you through how to create and publish a team on Progression.

Written by Meg Traynier
Updated over a week ago