Integrate Atlassian Jira and Tricentis Tosca to improve the quality and traceability of your software products

We recently analyzed the value streams of 300+ leading U.S. enterprises across multiple industries to better understand how organizations are using Value Stream Integration to improve their software delivery process. The research unearthed a number of fascinating insights, including the fact that 66 percent of enterprises are using 4-8 integration patterns, with the tester-developer alignment...

UK Businesses Consider Opportunities in China After Brexit

Brexit continues to be a source of bitter argument in the UK. Uncertainty about the future relationship with the European Union has created sharp divides, even within political parties and battle lines have been drawn across the country in one of the most polarizing events to happen to Britain since the original decision to join...

Supporting Sales and Leveling the Competitive Landscape with Planview and the Pragmatic Marketing Framework

During this blog series, we’ve been examining how the Pragmatic Marketing Framework, together with Planview, helps organizations achieve a single source of truth throughout the product development lifecycle. In part 1, we introduced the framework and described how it’s used to navigate through disparate voices across our businesses and organizations to establish our bearings and...

Economic Instability in Employment in the UK

Though Britain is currently undergoing a boom, despite predictions about the economic instability and negative consequences of Brexit, the status of those employed is not necessarily as healthy as it may seem from the outside. With unemployment reaching levels not seen for more than a decade and many companies in fact facing huge problems finding...

Enterprise Architecture is in Full Bloom this Season

When selecting the right flowers to plant in your garden this spring, you may consider elements such as type of soil required, the amount of sunlight needed, and the level of care—all crucial to ensure your flowers blossom. Similarly, enterprise architecture today is increasingly being evaluated on its ability to drive business initiatives which include...

Continuous Architecture: Delay Design Decisions and Architect for Change

In the first blog in this series, “Continuous Architecture: Architect Products Not Solutions and Focus on Quality Attributes,” I shared two of the six principles that guide an agile mindset, influenced from the book, “Continuous Architecture: Sustainable Architecture in an Agile and Cloud-Centric World.” This blog highlights principle #3, Delay design decisions until they are needed, and principle...

Top 10 Takeaways from Planview IdeaPlace’s Ignite 2018 Conference

Ignite 2018 is now in the rearview mirror, there only one thing to say: what an incredible two-day experience! With so many innovation leaders from some of the largest companies in the world in attendance, there was no shortage of opportunities to learn. In this article, we’ve compiled a list of our top 10 takeaways....

One Page Portfolio Management – Enrich Consulting

We’re often asked for a 35,000 foot view of portfolio management, something that doesn’t delve into every detail, but helps explain to newcomers what portfolio management is about when distilled to its essence. In this blog post we offer up a response to that common question: a one-page flow chart that summarizes the activities of...

Advantages of Work and Resource Management Applications

“Embrace multiple work methods and integrate the various tools as needed, so people can work in the most effective way for the job.” – Jerry Manas In part four of this series based on the Ventana Research whitepaper, “Five Ways to Increase Efficiency and Innovate Faster,” I will focus on the benefits of work and...