How leading IT organizations are using Value Stream Integration to generate more business value through software delivery

Earlier this year, Tasktop analyzed 300 value stream diagrams of the largest U.S. enterprises across major industries such as financial services and healthcare to better understand how organizations are delivering software at scale. We wanted to know exactly how global leaders were successfully combating the threat posed by digital-savvy businesses to continue to be innovative...

Six Common Project Management Milestone Mistakes – and How to Avoid Them

Milestones have been a basic staple on the project management landscape for, well, forever. Indeed, just as you can spot economists at a party because they’re the ones saying “all else being equal,” and you can identify the IT specialists because they’re passionately talking about “cloud migration,” you can point out the project managers because...

IT Project Managers: How to Adapt and Thrive in the DevOps Era

The rise of DevOps has unleashed a range of technical, workforce and business benefits, including: more deployments, faster lead times, shorter recovery times, lower change failure rates, less unplanned and rework, and even happier people. Indeed, as noted by open source configuration tool maker Puppet, enterprises that boost performance through DevOps methodologies enjoy greater employee...

What You Need to Know About Idea Software

What is idea software? Idea software, often referred to as idea management software, is a powerful solution that you can use to ask for, collect, analyze, and track ideas from diverse groups of people, also called a “crowd.” For businesses, this typically means employees, but many companies also use it to solicit and vet new...

Many UK Businesses Are Failing to Adopt Cloud Security Solutions

Security breaches and data leaks are probably the biggest threat to the security of international firms. Cyber-attacks have been steadily increasing and criminals no longer have to try to gain physical access to a building wielding a weapon or sneaking in a window at night time. In recent years the world has changed significantly with...

An Executive Perspective on Changing Work and Resource Dynamics

We live in a fast-paced, technological world, characterized by seemingly endless changes to work and resource dynamics. Teams are spread out across departments and locations, with individuals often approaching work in very different ways. This means executives are faced with delivering on corporate strategy while remaining flexible and promoting an adaptive organization. However, with all...

12 KPIs to help you improve the quality of your software delivery

The mad rush to deliver software faster is a major threat for an organization’s quality control and brand integrity. QA and test teams are under pressure like never before to ensure that software products are always functional, reliable and delivering value to end users. If it goes wrong, you can bet your bottom dollar that...

The 5 Elements of an “Enterprise-Centric” Project Management Software Solution

When it comes to choosing new project management software, enterprises typically rely on scorecards, content (e.g. reports, white papers, articles, blog posts, videos, etc.), case studies, peer reviews, comparison matrices, demos, data sheets, and other tools to evaluate potential solutions. Naturally, all of these are key pieces of the decision-making puzzle. However, there is a...

Project Manager’s Guide to Planning Projects

When you reduce project management down to its nuts and bolts, project managers all have the same essential goal: Getting things done with the resources they have available. Regardless of whether you’re an accidental project manager tasked with overseeing various operations or a professional project manager in charge of multiple teams across the globe, it’s...