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Resource management is a very important factor in deciding whether a project is ultimately successful or not. For project managers, knowing resource management best practices and how to best utilize the resources at their disposal can have a major impact on their career in general as nearly every project outcome will be judged on its...
Are you scaling Agile in your enterprise? It’s a challenge to take what makes one Agile team successful and amplify that across an organization. Yet, it’s becoming a necessity as organizations seek to leverage the benefits of Agile to create innovative digital products and services. For example, an airline may have a sleek mobile app,...
When I joined Planview AdaptiveWork about 2.5 years ago, what excited me the most back then — and what continues to inspire me today — is creating solutions that help companies achieve their goals and make an impact in the world. The essence of this aspiration is that we actively listen to our customers, so...
For teams involved in creative industries, such as those in marketing, PR, design or any number of digital fields, a creative brief is an essential reference point held in high reverence by everyone involved. A typical answer to many questions on what should or shouldn’t be done can be summed up as: “If it’s on...
The face of the professional landscape is always evolving. The modern consumer has an ever-changing list of demands, and organizations without an effective business transformation strategy fail to meet those needs and are often left behind. But how can you facilitate business transformation so that your products and services align with the customers’ needs? The...
Agile, Scrum, FDD, Lean, and Kanban There are many methodologies that are considered to be Agile, and several that are similar enough that they’re worth mentioning as part of a larger conversation about workflow and resource management. Within one organization, there can be teams practicing Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and others—how do you know which of...
Work collaboration isn’t always easy, but when the right people are brought together with the right tools, sparks begin to fly. Suddenly, life is easier, you feel on top of the world, your worries go out the window. But it takes finding the right people and the right tools to reach this point. For some...
“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” – Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt : Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time (2002) Since today is Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about love and technology. I’ll go first. For many years I’ve been in a wild and stormy relationship...
Statistics concerning the future for millennials in the UK continue to paint a bleak picture according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The headline figure is that 53% of 22 to 29-year-olds have no savings whatsoever, essentially living paycheck-to-paycheck. The rise of the gig economy and insecure working conditions, such as...
Digital transformation initiatives fail for a number of reasons. Sometimes it’s due to a misunderstanding of what digital transformation actually is; other times, it’s because of an unwillingness to adapt to an ever-changing professional environment. According to Ventana Research, successful digital transformation requires the highest level of work and resource management to return the greatest...
