Your path to business agility
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...
First it was “Waterfall”. Then it was “Agile” and “DevOps”. Now the concept du jour in the enterprise software delivery space is “value stream” – and for good reason. Many enterprises in the Fortune 100 are no longer focusing purely on how to build software, but why they’re building software. A seismic shift is taking...
Most businesses want PPM solutions that can be deployed in the IT organization run by certified, full-time product managers and can be deployed within IT, product development, or professional services departments. The bottom line is to drive the right projects and initiatives for on time, on budget delivery. But what about the accidental project manager?...
The effects of Brexit on the UK economy have yet to be fully felt, with factory output growing at its fastest rate for decades and unemployment at similarly record low levels. This seems to be belying the doom and gloom predictions from before the seminal vote on Britain’s membership of the EU free trade area....
The best sports managers in history have all been those who had an intuitive grasp of the resources they had available to them. They had a deep understanding of what each team member could do and who could make a difference at crucial moments. This resource management can also be the difference between achieving consistent...
No matter if you are a project manager just starting out or if you are a seasoned PPM veteran, each project or program that you manage is a reflection on yourself, and the results you deliver in your projects can have a significant effect on the future direction of your career. Success of a project is...
At Tasktop, we’re excited by the news that Salesforce has acquired Mulesoft, in a deal that is estimated to be worth upto $6.5 billion. The acquisition is another significant development in driving IT efficiency across enterprises, further emphasizing the importance of data integration between systems. Salesforce is a leading CRM solution that enables organizations to...
In my last blog, “What is Work and Resource Management: Part 1 – Adapting to change,” I define work and resource management from the perspective of our friends at Ventana Research. This blog features the Ventana Research viewpoint on overcoming hurdles to maximize business value from their whitepaper, “Five Ways to Increase Efficiency and Innovate...
Healthcare, like many industries, has gone through a transformation over the years. An influx of new startups disrupting the status quo, the patient experience becoming critical to success, and changes in consumer demand have all influenced this change. With change comes a need for established players to think differently about how they future-proof their businesses,...
