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We’ve all attended professional conferences over the years. And while the topics and venues may change, the format remains the same: An awesome keynote that sets the tone A promise of networking, but no real structure to support attendee interaction Death by PowerPoint Scrambling to take as many notes as possible to share back at...
Are your customers’ software issues taking too long to be fixed? Are you looking to improve your mean time to resolution (MTTR) and improve collaboration between your support team, developers and QA engineers/testers? You’ve come to the right place. Problem Your customer has a critical issue with their software. Every minute of application downtime is...
At key moments in life, we need a trusted friend to boldly and with the best of intentions take us aside, and give us an unpleasant — or sometimes just ugly — dose of truth. And if you’re an executive in an enterprise that uses spreadsheets as a project management “tool,” then allow us to...
There are those who think that the number one job of a project manager is — if you’ll forgive the tautology — to manage projects. However, there’s an even deeper and more important role that project managers should perform, regardless of whether they’re developing software, launching a marketing campaign, building a facility or carrying out...
You may have come across “The 12 Days of Project Misery,” which is the lament of project managers who are forced to use dysfunctional project management software. For them, the season isn’t festive — it’s frustrating. But it doesn’t have to be! Their enterprise can put Planview AdaptiveWork’s award-winning project management software under the tree,...
When it comes to planning projects, organizations often use spreadsheets and resource capacity planning templates to help them understand how demand compares with available resources. It can be a long, arduous set up. Eventually, you end up with the tabs of information and pivot tables to help you draw conclusions and make decisions. Spreadsheets might...
Predicting the future of enterprise software development and delivery can often feel like hammering Jell-O to a wall. The industry is a perpetually evolving beast, awash with nuance, relativity and disruption. Just when you think you’ve got your head around it all, new technology and ideas can gatecrash the party overnight. That said, we’ve dusted...
Is your organization trying to optimize work portfolios, balance capacity against demand, and link plans and resources to project execution? It’s not always easy to drive change with speed and confidence. Smart companies are always looking for successful project management examples to learn how other companies are achieving their project management goals. At Planview, we...
Ever heard of the game, “Would You Rather?” Let’s play a quick round to help answer the question “What are Project Resources?” You’re responsible for transporting a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill (the boulder does not have to remain in one piece). So, would you rather: Be responsible for carrying the...
As industry grew in the United States, sales became an integral element of business success. It wasn’t long before a science was developed to help define the foundation of the process. This is formally known as sales process engineering and is intended to design better ways of selling a product or service. The more refined...
