Your path to business agility
How well are you communicating within your team and with other areas of the organization about project work? Often, when cross department communication suffers, project deadlines are missed or fail. So, you can imagine the challenges are compounded when those people you need to communicate with on projects are also geographically dispersed. Collaborative work management...
“I thought Tasktop Connect had a great mix of honest User Stories and helpful Tasktop information. The event had the feel of a well-seasoned conference, I was stunned to find out it was the first one!” – Tom Horn, Collaboration Lead for Development Solutions, US Bank The inaugural Tasktop Connect kicked off with a bang last...
Creativity is key. We’ve all heard that one before, particularly those of us in marketing. For us marketers, developing content can be an arduous process when it involves numerous people, often spread out across different departments. Without a proper collaboration tool, marketing project management can quickly become overwhelming. As a content manager and blog editor,...
If you are like most project managers, project audits are likely to be something that you dread. What’s not stressful about scrutinizing large amounts of resources, time and labor in order to locate weaknesses? Additionally, the very word “audit” bears a negative cultural connotation. However, far from being the proverbial doomsday scenario, project auditing can...
In part one of my two-part blog series, I highlight 3 of the 7 reasons why Agile and PPM are not mutually exclusive. By using both Agile and Project Portfolio Management (PPM), you can make your business more nimble and competitive. With Agile, you can implement change quickly. With PPM, you can manage all types...
Innovation is the engine that brings new ideas and products to market. These great ideas can make a big difference when it comes to staying competitive and creating new revenue streams. But knowing which ones to push and when to deliver them is the tough part. How can you innovate if you don’t have the right...
Large companies have a harder time creating a culture of innovation than startups – how many times have you heard this? While there is truth to that, CSAA Insurance Group – a 100 year old $3.5 billion dollar company with more than 3,800 employees – bucks conventional thinking. CSAA, a Planview IdeaPlace customer, is one...
The Very Real Benefits of Real-Time Tracking In today’s fast-paced business environment, information is more ephemeral than ever. In terms of efficiency and development, the concepts of speed and information are crucial. Consequently, appropriately monitoring these conditions necessitates the implementation of real time tracking. Monitoring productivity in real time helps negate counterproductive factors stemming not...
Whether scheduled, planned, or the current fire drill, getting work done is where the rubber hits the road for organizations. Sure, formal projects are all about ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of an over-arching deliverable. But what about the day-to-day work activities and collaborative projects that don’t require a formal methodology and are not led...
I’ve got to admit—I love checklists. There’s something about the action of physically checking a task off that gives you a sense of accomplishment. Plus, when the list starts shrinking, and you get closer to a goal, or simply to the weekend, it’s pretty exciting. So, in the spirit of checklists, here is a special...
