Project to Product: Lean manufacturing and the end of the manufacturing line analogy

I recently visited the BMW Group’s Leipzig plant. My goal was to brainstorm with BMW Group IT leaders on how we could seamlessly integrate production lines with the software lifecycle. I was also interested in learning more about how BMW approaches car production as I was in the midst of defining the Flow Framework™ for...

Project Management Chaos and How to Survive It

Advancements in workplace technology make it easier for teams to collaborate and complete tasks from opposite sides of the globe. But despite helpful communication and project management platforms, inefficiency is as problematic as ever – so much so that European organizations are losing an estimated 20 working days a year due to inefficient working practices....

Viva Las Vegas: Tasktop at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018

It seems like only yesterday that the Tasktop team was wrapping up DevOps Enterprise Summit London in June. Yet in less than two weeks, we’re back and ready to rock ‘n’ roll in Las Vegas once again to help attendees to accelerate the business value of their software delivery. At DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas...

How the Gig Economy In the UK Is Affecting Workers’ Rights

The gig economy certainly looks as though it’s here to stay, with the likes of Uber, Deliveroo and all manner of profession-specific couriers springing up across the world and especially its urban centers. The UK is no exception and has been the founding location of many gig economy employers, thanks to its growing position as...

Boosting Efficiency with State-Of-The-Art Machine Learning

In Planview IdeaPlace’s recent 2018 Fall Product release announcement, we shared that we developed a new machine learning technology that’s first of its kind in innovation management software. The technology, which will continue to be developed and applied in new ways, brings on a whole new level of efficiency for innovation program managers and users...

An Executive Perspective on the Benefits of Work and Resource Management

“WRM is an approach that enables management to better understand how an organization operates and establishes a collaborative environment within which work is assigned and prioritized.” -Mark Smith, CEO and Chief Research Officer, Ventana Research In the previous three parts of this series, we have discussed some challenges and obstacles to work and resource management...

Seven Tips to Find Your Dream Project Management Position

Becoming a project manager is not something that a huge number of kids dream about while growing up. That could be down to a lack of project managing superheroes or just the fact that, outside of the profession itself, not many people really know a good deal about it. This means that you could be...

Pass Your Competition… Fast

The world is changing. It is using digital to compete, gain market share, and grow the business. The way you interact with your customers is changing. The way your workers are working is changing. The way you are doing business is fundamentally changing. If it isn’t, then you are already behind your competition. 84% of CEOs...

Project Management Software to Boost Your PMO into Hyper-Speed [Webinar]

In the first workshop of this series, we covered how your organization’s current annual planning and demand management processes can act as starting points in your journey toward continuous planning. Part two allowed us to analyze how you can best fuel your decisions with data. Now, let’s explore how the right project management software can...

Project to Product: Value Stream Architecture

The launch of my upcoming book, Project to Product (pre-order here), will be on October 20th, and I’ll be previewing it at one of my favourite events of the year, DevOps Enterprise Summit, Las Vegas (October 22-24). In the lead up to the launch, I will post a series of blogs related to the genesis...