Leading the conversation on digital connected work
See if this sounds familiar: your organization’s strategic plan is constructed at the executive level, broken down into an annual plan that is led by finance, then operationalized by the PMO and other groups in the organization. Yet, as soon as you begin to figure out exactly how the plan is to be executed, change...
Spreadsheets can be fine in the right context, but all too often they’re being used for everything apart from their intended use. Excel files are also one of the worst ways to try and coordinate projects and task-flows, resulting in endless iterations adjusting for project updates with no-one really ever sure they have up-to-date information...
Wait, what? When is it bad to eliminate risks? Many companies we speak with are keen to score their portfolio of initiatives across a number of dimensions like: Strategic fit Market value Development cost Technical risk Commercial risk So far so good. The process goes awry when teams, seduced by the idea of simplicity, distill...
We love our employee-centric headquarters here in Austin, Texas and we’re glad to see that others do as well. Planview was recently voted the third coolest office in a contest hosted by the Austin Business Journal. Our named “plush pad,” adds just one more to the long list of reasons why we love coming to...
One of the core objectives of any project manager is bringing the, often disparate, talents of their team together and getting them working together and collaborating like a well-oiled machine. That’s the “what” but the “how” of actually making that happen is a whole other ballgame. As will be quite clear to anyone who has...
A company’s very survival relies not on a visionary CEO or group of executives but the collective knowledge of its employees and their ability to collaborate. The reality is, despite the spotlight that’s placed on founders, not one CEO or group of executives knows everything. New advances in technology, consumer behavioral changes, and a whole...
In project management, as in the rest of life, sometimes accidents happen, in fact, sometimes these can be more like biblical catastrophes. Everything that can go wrong seemingly does go wrong. Suppliers fail to supply, deliverables don’t get delivered, deadlines get overshot and stakeholders are holding nothing but anger and have no qualms about sharing....
The situation with employment in the UK is continuing to go from strength-to-strength for employees, despite the considerable insecurity brought about by governmental Brexit divides and the future of British trade with Europe and the rest of the world. There had been many predictions that UK employees would suffer greatly following the decision to exit...
The World Bank has a mission to end extreme poverty by reducing the share of the global population that lives in extreme poverty by three percent by 2030 and to promote shared prosperity by increasing the incomes of the poorest 40 percent of people in every country. The enterprise architecture group needed a solution for...
In part 1 of this series, “An Executive’s Guide to Measuring Digital Transformation,” I presented a broad overview of some of the challenges faced by organizations in today’s digitally connected world and illustrated the importance of being able to measure digital transformation. Now, let’s break down that transformation into specifics, looking at how to improve...
