Leyna O’Quinn
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Leyna O’Quinn

Sr. Content Strategist

Leyna O’Quinn is a Certified Scrum Master and Certified SAFe Agilist. She has been managing the Planview blog strategy for more than 7 years. She writes about portfolio and resource management, Lean and Agile delivery, project collaboration, innovation management, and enterprise architecture. She has more than 15 years of experience writing about technology, industry trends, and best practices. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Marketing.

RBS Establishes Consistent, Reliable Data to Inform Financial and Resource Decisions

Consistency and visibility are crucial to running a business, providing an avenue for making well-informed decisions. However, many companies continue to be limited in both areas, overwhelmed by vast amounts of data. RBS understands this struggle, having relied on spreadsheets and multiple project and portfolio management tools with different information. This blog is a summary...

Planview Customers Take Center Stage at Gartner Global Summits

When it comes to building a world-class enterprise architecture team or delivering proven project portfolio management practices, there’s no better people to learn from than your peers – the IT, PMO and EA executives, directors, and managers who not only advance the business but transform it. One of the best forums to share best practices are...

New ProjectPlace Workspaces for All the Ways Teams Get Things Done

Visualize Themes and Eliminate App Switching  Whether you’re managing day-to-day tasks or completing a product roadmap, working collaboratively has never been more critical or potentially cumbersome. That’s why ProjectPlace by Planview is excited to unveil a new team, roadmap, and project workspaces, for all the ways team members organize their work. Here’s a short summary of...

Unify Work and Resources: Increase Efficiency and Innovate Faster

Ever feel like your competition is gaining on you? You’re not alone – fewer than half of organizations have accurate project plans and only one quarter can compare actuals to plans within three business days, according to a Ventana Research benchmark study. In their new report, Work and Resource Management: Five Ways to Increase Efficiency...

Major Factors Impacting the Global PPM Market

When it comes to optimizing resources and improving collaboration, we can all agree that it is getting more and more complex to manage projects and data. As a way to fine-tune and structure business, Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) is, no doubt, here to stay. With this evolution comes the PPM tool, designed to deliver...

Constellation Research Analyst Interviews Planview’s Chief Product Officer About Recent Thoma Bravo Acquisition

Want to better understand the importance of Planview’s recent acquisition news? Watch the new video for a front-row seat as Constellation Research analyst Alan Lepofsky takes Planview’s Chief Product Officer Patrick Tickle through his paces regarding the Thoma Bravo acquisition. You’ll get an up close look at why leading private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired Planview and...

Seven CEOs Offer Perspectives and Advice

During the few last months, there has been a lot of buzz online and social media about Joel Trammell’s Forbes article. Targeted toward CEOs, these articles interview seven CEOs and provide insight into everything from the role of a CEO, lessons learned as well as advice for newly appointed CEOs. We’ve gathered them here for...

Beat the Heat Indoors: A Summertime Reading List for Product Development Pros

It’s hot outside here in Texas. If you’re like me, you probably prefer to avoid 100+ degree conditions and instead bask in climate controlled air while reading, cooking, or spending time with family. While you’re cooling off indoors, I encourage you to bookmark and read some fantastic content published throughout this year – all relevant...

Connecting the Dots to Understand the Reality of Your Innovation Management Maturity

5 Tips to get your Innovation Management Program on the Right Track In a recent article posted on Innovation Management.se, Steve Beaumont outlines 5 things organizations can do to bridge the perception gap between executive management and reality for innovation management maturity. Educate executives – use the Fourth Product Portfolio Management Benchmark Survey to provide evidence...

Reading List for Product Development Professionals

February featured some interesting news and views pertaining to product development and innovation, and we’re excited to share some of our favorites. Each month we will share articles we find particularly compelling, fun or insightful here on Product Pulse. We invite you to bookmark the ones you like or add them to your reading list...