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The eternal question for organizations worldwide – how do you measure the productivity of your software development team? There have been many attempts to answer this question, yet a solid measure continues to elude the industry. For instance, counting output such as the number of lines of code produced is insufficient as there’s little point...
We recently published an article that introduced the shift from idea management to full lifecycle idea management. The main premise of the article was to shed a light on an important aspect of ideation and innovation programs: impact. In other words, it’s not enough to just come up with great ideas – that’s not the...
With over 120,000 employees and billions of dollars in revenue, Johnson & Johnson is one of the top consumer packaged goods companies on the planet. How, though, does a company of this size approach innovation? Especially in an industry that’s seeing new ecommerce startups popup that challenge traditional business models, and Amazon leveraging its distribution...
DevOps, like Agile, has transformed enterprise software delivery. Thanks to sprints, prioritization, CI/CD and release automation, organizations are building and deploying software products faster than ever. That pesky bottleneck between code commit and deploy has been all but eliminated, which should ensure better time to value for customers. Yet if your flow time – i.e. end-to-end...
It’s not always easy to have the same ethics at work that you have in your private life. For a start, in your private life, in general at least, you are accountable for and represent yourself, in the workplace however you may be expected to represent a whole corporation, which could run to thousands of...
A key part of continuous improvement (one of the pillars of Lean) is continuous education – keeping your brain actively engaged with Lean ideas. Reading Lean blogs can keep Lean principles and practices top of mind as you make decisions in work and in life. It can help you remember to use a testing mindset with both...
When people talk about traceability in enterprise software development and delivery, they’re generally referring to “requirements traceability”. Requirements traceability is about tracing the lifecycle of a requirement (i.e., what the end user expects from a new or modified product) and its related design elements (tests, commits, builds, etc.) as it moves downstream towards deployment following a...
Bill Gates once said: “Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people.” At Planview IdeaPlace, we’re fortunate to help some of the most innovative companies on the planet drive their innovation efforts and solve business challenges by enabling collaboration and ideation at scale....
There’s no denying that the world of work today is fast-paced and highly technological, and project teams must adapt their communication methods to keep up with the competition. Gantt charts provide the necessary project visibility and flexibility to stay on track and meet project goals. However, you may be unfamiliar with Gantt charts or unsure...
With Planview IdeaPlace’s Ignite conference right around the corner, we had a chance to catch up with Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Shawn Herrera. Herrera is Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Director of Corporate Partnerships and is also an Adjunct Professor teaching sought after courses on leadership and innovation. He’s also one of the many phenomenal speakers...
