{"id":6310,"date":"2018-01-15T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2022-04-18T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:51:23","slug":"make-2018-the-year-you-ditch-the-annual-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/make-2018-the-year-you-ditch-the-annual-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to 2018 \u2026 Make This the Year You Ditch the Annual Strategic Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you take another look at your priorities for this brave, new year, Planview CEO Greg Gilmore encourages you to step out of the confines of the annual strategic plan and step into continuous planning to truly deliver on your highest-priority commitments.<\/p>\n<p>In his latest <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/228119\/success-isn-t-a-straight-line-survival-requires-continuous-planning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIO.com blog<\/a>, Greg reminds us all that \u201csuccess isn\u2019t a straight line \u2026 survival requires continuous planning.\u201d Continuous planning is imperative to managing all the moving parts you are responsible for \u2026 from keeping the lights on to integrating new and legacy technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Planview customers, like <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etihad.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etihad Airways<\/a>, have seen incredible results from adopting a continuous planning approach to <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/charting-your-journey-to-success-_whitepaper_wrm_en_reg.html?_ga=2.26288372.83024419.1515090120-1815483577.1501612954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work and resource management<\/a>, including 20 percent improvement in schedule performance and accelerating time to market by four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>See what Greg has to say about success in 2018 and the advantages you can gain from living more in the moment with continuous planning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/228119\/success-isn-t-a-straight-line-survival-requires-continuous-planning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6312 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CIO.com-Success-Isnt-a-Straight-Line.jpg\" alt=\"CIO\" width=\"750\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CIO.com-Success-Isnt-a-Straight-Line.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CIO.com-Success-Isnt-a-Straight-Line-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you take another look at your priorities for this brave, new year, Planview CEO Greg Gilmore encourages you to step out of the confines of the annual strategic plan and step into continuous planning to truly deliver on your highest-priority commitments. 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