Your path to business agility
When it comes to an enterprise architecture framework, there are a wide range available to use. Horizontal ones such as TOGAF or Zachman, and vertically flavoured ones such as eTOM for the telecoms industry and BIAN for the banking industry. In all cases, they are useful and can provide value, but in every case, they...
More features out the door, faster time to market, fewer defects, and shorter time to value: it’s widely accepted that you have to deliver better software products faster to gain that all important competitive edge. That’s why you’ve invested in DevOps, Agile, best-of-breed tools and specialist people, often to the tune of millions of dollars....
Employment in the UK is surging to record levels, with unemployment now standing at just 4.3%, the lowest it has been since the 1970s. One of the results of this is that wages in many sectors have increased hugely as competition for skilled workers has increased, exacerbated by the Brexit vote in 2016 and the...
For IT leaders, the key advantages of project portfolio management are how it allows them to optimize their project portfolios, balance capacity against demand, and link plans and resources to project execution. At Planview, we’re helping a wide-range of companies – from universities to manufacturers – achieve great success with their project portfolio management. We’ve...
“Any tool that has attempted to be ‘everything for everyone’ has failed miserably” – Dr. Mik Kersten, CEO and founder, Tasktop In the fable ‘The Man and The Wooden God’, the protagonist spends most of their life praying to a wooden idol for wealth and fortune to no avail. One day, in a fit of...
Recently, we had an opportunity to catch up with Chris Morris, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Herbalife, who will be sharing his insights at Spigit’s Ignite conference on May 1st and 2nd. With Ignite just months away, we wanted to get Morris’ views on the latest innovation trends that are on his...
The economy-dampening effects Brexit and the looming prospect of EU citizens abandoning the country en masse appear to be becoming more real. Since the vote in May 2016, the UK economy has actually risen greatly, fueled by an export-led boom in industrial sales orders brought about by the drop in the value of the pound....
“Something old” may be a cherished concept at weddings, but the same is not the case with IT project portfolio management. Let’s face it—the IT PPM market is competitive with an abundance of PPM vendors, all claiming to have the ideal solution. So, how can you develop a short-list of vendors and ultimately select the...
Enabling and ensuring that organisations are delivering against their corporate strategy is the common goal for both enterprise architecture and the PMO, but both seem to be missing the goal, and executives agree. A 2014 survey by The Economist suggested executives believe that activities that support their strategy goals are vital. But 60% of them...
The UK is in dire need of project management skills as an increase in demand and a decrease in the number of trained employees is occurring simultaneously. Currently, large UK public sector projects run the risk of delays and rising costs and in some cases, lost jobs. So how is this happening and what can...
