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Secrets of an Elite Project Manager

We have gathered insights from three top project management experts, with decades of experience between them, to shed light into what goes into project management success. Learn how to become an Elite Project Manager in our brand new eBook that is out now. Download Secrets of an Elite Project Manager One of those interviewed was VP...

Choosing a Kanban App: 7 Things You Need to Consider

Choosing a Kanban App Kanban apps are increasingly adopted by enterprises looking for ways to optimize workflow processes and accelerate value delivery. While teams may start out using a physical Kanban board, the need to streamline communication between distributed and cross-functional teams quickly prompts most teams to adopt a Kanban app. Using a Kanban web app...

Work management software becomes framework for collaboration in leading German hotel company

With over 3,000 employees and close to 10,000 rooms, H-Hotels AG is one Germany’s largest hotel companies. With so many moving parts in its operation – from continuous investments in modernization to the all daily efforts to provide the best possible service every guest – H-hotels identified a need for smarter facilitation of projects and initiatives....

Project Manager’s Guide to Getting Things Done Seminar Tour Fall 2016

About to start working on your new project? Congrats. It can be a fantastic undertaking. Not at least for you personally, whether it is a new move on the career ladder or a promising intrapreneur venture. You might need to build your own team, hire consultants or manage a full-time but completely distributed crew. You...

Do You Have 5 Minutes? The True Cost of Context Switching

The dreaded question, “Do you have five minutes?” seems to be relatively harmless on the surface; who doesn’t have five minutes to spare? Everyone wants to be helpful — which is why you’re always willing to put down what you’re doing to hear your coworker’s burning questions. Then, you struggle to wrap your head around...

Productivity Hacks for Project Managers with App Integrations

It’s high time for your apps to start collaborate – here are some brand new out-of-the-box productivity hacks for ProjectPlace users thanks to the integration platform Zapier. The benefit of project management software integration is that it enables apps that are crucial for you, to share data and trigger different actions. It automates reoccurring and manual...

Getting Things Done Guide: How to Create a Tech Strategy for Your Team

For almost every team that strives to work smarter and increase productivity, technology is part of the solution – and the problem. Research has shown that project managers recognize the need for new technology to support effective ways of working. But in reality, still only half have adopted new tools to increase productivity and save time. As...

The key to becoming a true social project manager – new book about decentralization and the future of project management

Peter Taylor, also known as The Lazy Project Manager, has been described as ‘the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today’. Besides leading the global project management office of Kronos Inc., a software company delivering workforce management solutions, Peter Taylor has published acclaimed books about project management like the international bestseller...

3 Tips for Better Team Management

The job role, “Project Manager” has a dual meaning. Not only is there the obvious definition of ‘someone who plans, procures and executes a project’ but in the vast majority of cases, it also denotes someone who manages a project team. Managing a team, who may be a disparate group of employees spread far and...

Exploring Planview AgilePlace APIs with Postman

There’s a wealth of information available to every Planview AgilePlace user through the use of the Planview AgilePlace Application Programming Interface (API). The API can be used to extract status information for a custom report, automate routine tasks such as moving or updating a card, synchronize data with another system, and many other useful tasks. However,...