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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...
Although the science of project management has changed significantly over the last several decades, project managers still need a solid grasp of the fundamentals, such as planning, scheduling, budgeting, scope management, resource management, risk management and time management. These skills have been essential since long before Gannt Charts and Critical Paths were born. As the...
While it is obviously a last resort, there are times when it’s necessary to gracefully kill a project vs. allow it to continue its terrifying one way journey towards oblivion. However, well before that becomes a possibility, project managers need to pull out the jaws of life, grab a defibrillator, and administer some CPR —...
In this blog series, I discuss the six principles that guide an agile mindset, as discussed in a recent webcast influenced from a book “Continuous Architecture: Sustainable Architecture in an Agile and Cloud-Centric World.” For details on principles 1-2 read the blog: Continuous Architecture: Architect Products Not Solutions and Focus on Quality Attributes. For details...
The majority of organizations must contend with the daily challenge of managing a complicated suite of automated and manual tests. They know that both forms of software testing offer their own advantages and disadvantages, and that by integrating the two – through tools such as Tricentis Tosca and Micro Focus ALM (formerly HPE ALM) –...
There was no shortage of practical sessions at Planview IdeaPlace’s Ignite 2018 conference. One session in particular that gave a unique perspective into the minds of executives was the executive panel moderated by Innovation Leader’s Kelsey Alpaio. The panel consisted of: Rebecca Cameron, VP of Corporate Strategy, Nasdaq Jeff George, VP of Research and Development,...
The structure of today’s organizations is constantly changing. Your team my be in one office or perhaps they are scattered globally across different time zones. Teams, whether large or small, share the common desire – to become more productive. But how? It’s all about communicating efficiently leveraging the right collaboration solution. This blog highlights the...
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...
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...
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...
