Leading the conversation on digital connected work
Ah yes: chat apps. Those cool tools with all kinds of bells and whistles that promise to bring together distributed teams and enable real-time collaboration. But as many enterprises are experiencing, the reality isn’t living up to the hype. Yes, people are frenetically sending messages back and forth. But they aren’t necessarily advancing the work...
The weather’s warming up, kids are kicking off their summer breaks, and many of us are switching our hot coffees to their iced counterparts—summer is officially here! Although it’s tempting to let the heat of the season curb your productivity, there’s no better time to invest in your personal and professional development. The summer months...
Measuring the success of an innovation program is a critical step in determining the impact it has on a company’s bottom line. But how do you know if your innovation program is delivering value? How do you know if it’s an integral part of your company’s growth? Earlier this year, we hosted a webinar featuring...
It has been three years since millennials — i.e. people born between the early 1980s and late 1990s — officially surpassed Generation X to comprise the biggest share of the U.S. labor market. And by 2019, millennials are expected to overtake the Boomers as the largest living adult generation. In light of this seismic demographic...
A growing number of enterprises are deploying a distributed workforce to reduce costs, expand reach and drive business agility. And that’s great news for employees, who overwhelmingly embrace remote working. A survey by FlexJobs found that: 97% of employees want the option to work at least partially away from the office. 79% of employees would...
We are excited to share Gartner has named Planview® a Leader in the May 2018 Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Project Portfolio Management, Worldwide” for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. As part of Planview’s evaluation, Gartner assessed the company’s project portfolio management (PPM)-related products. Read the official news release: Planview recognized as a Leader in...
I have been fortunate enough to work on a variety of teams and companies in the software industry, each with different methodologies and varying efficiency. Throughout my career as a software developer, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the problem-solving aspects of working in a development team, and would like to share a couple of the challenges that...
Thus far in this blog series based on the Ventana Research whitepaper, “Five Ways to Increase Efficiency and Innovate Faster,” we have defined work and resource management (WRM), reviewed how your organization can overcome possible hurdles, identified how to assess your current capabilities, and looked into some specific advantages of WRM applications. If you missed...
It is no secret that most employees don’t just dislike excessive status meetings: they dread them. A Clarizen-Harris poll of more than 2,000 employees revealed that: 60 percent spend more time preparing for status meetings, than they do attending the actual meetings. 46 percent would rather do any other unpleasant activity vs. endure yet another...
When eager new project managers emerge onto the scene — or when experienced professionals in other disciplines have the mantle of project management thrust upon them — they generally expect to do a fair amount of writing. A fair amount, yes. But enough to comprise few novels a year? No. Yet that’s the norm on...
