Leading the conversation on digital connected work
Project management mobile apps are supposed to seamlessly compliment the principal desktop version, and make life simpler, easier, less stressful, and more successful for the workers who use them on a daily basis. At least, that’s the idea. However, the reality in many enterprises is quite different. That’s because these apps are often viewed as...
Over the past few years, the nature of collaboration has changed. Team members aren’t strictly confined to the office setting anymore now that remote work has become more widespread. These days, it’s not unusual for teams to collaborate from different parts of the country, or in the case of big corporations, from different corners of...
In part one of this series, “An Executive Perspective on Changing Work and Resource Dynamics,” I discussed the challenges and obstacles executives and senior leaders face in this geographically dispersed world of diverse ways teams work. Now, let’s analyze the key to maintaining a flexible approach while connecting all the parts of your organization—work and...
Innovation leaders: you don’t have to prove return on investment (ROI) right away, but you do have to show some impact. As a matter of fact, Spigit’s 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Report shows that only 47% of our customer base is tracking ROI on some or all actionable ideas while 63% cite lack of...
Work as we know it has transformed radically over the past few decades and so have the tools that we used to get work done. The focus for this evolution was how to get work done faster and in a more efficient way leading to the development of complex tools. But it required time to...
As a project manager, you may be familiar with the 3 levers of project management. Sometimes referred to as the “triple constraint,” this theory states that most projects are carried out under the following constraints: Projects are to be delivered within the predetermined budget. Projects are to be completed by the agreed-upon deadlines. Projects are expected...
“A new study from Planview found that many project managers report problems with work collaboration that result in negative business impacts.”[1] While the world of work has changed with today’s digital transformation, the need for effective team management remains constant. However, teams today continue to face numerous project management hurdles, such as ineffective communication between...
“Despite the well-documented benefits and criticality of toolchain integration, enterprise-level integration continues to present big challenges for many organizations.” If there was ever any doubt that enterprises relied heavily on cross-tool integration to thrive, Salesforce’s acquisition of MuleSoft for $6.5 billion in 2018 settled it. Integration is no longer an afterthought or nice-to-have. It is,...
As a project manager, your primary goal is to achieve project success as defined by your project plan and set objectives. How you do this is up to you, but it should be reasonably obvious that the team you have around you and how they perform will be the conduit for that success. There are...
We can all agree that the recent innovations in the field of communication have brought radical changes to today’s business landscape. By enabling instant transmission of text and numbers and establishing a constant stream of information between remote or co-located colleagues, streamlining communication among project stakeholders has become easier than ever before. Communication is Vital...
