Your path to business agility
In an article on Innovation Excellence, Braden Kelley shares a letter written by one the most well-known innovators on the planet, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. In the letter, Bezos gives shareholders a glimpse into Amazon’s DNA as a company and where he puts the most value when it comes to operating the business. Here’s what...
Enterprises are shifting to a business agile approach that drives flexibility throughout the project lifecycle, and enables team to respond quickly to opportunities, changes and obstacles. However, to make an agile methodology and mindset work outside of a limited IT project framework, enterprises must re-invent a competence that may have worked fine in the past,...
In 2013, American Airlines merged with US Airways creating a “new” American,, the world’s largest airline. This new airline had 120,000 employees and was facing a big overlap in technology, programs, and processes. In a recent webcast, The Journey to the New American Airlines, Woody Green, manager of IT Finance at American Airlines, goes in-depth...
Ever since I started bumping into him at countless conferences, the learning from my meetings with Gene Kim just keeps accelerating. I have never met anyone who can match Gene in channeling where the industry is at, seeing the vision for a better way, and bringing together the technologists and leaders who will get us...
Enterprise-level service providers and vendors know that collaborating with customers is not a nice-to-have that elevates customer experience from good to great: it’s a fundamental requirement that distinguishes project success from failure. Indeed, an overwhelming number of churns and cancellations can be traced back to errors, omissions and breakdowns in customer collaboration. As such,...
We’ve all experienced it many times—and we dread experiencing it again. No, I’m not referring to traffic jams or flight delays. Yes, those are tedious, but we’re talking about something even more deflating: when workplace collaboration descends into chaos. Here are the top 7 reasons why: 1. The Loop is Too Small This happens when all...
On January 31st, Tasktop reimagined integration with the launch of Tasktop Integration Hub. Tasktop’s Model-Based Integration platform allows organizations to define their Value Stream Integration layer within the Tasktop interface automating information flow across teams, processes, and tools. Today, Tasktop introduces an upgraded release of the Tasktop Integration Hub featuring Landscape View. Landscape view provides...
Following on the heels of our biggest product release yet, which included new game-changing capabilities, Planview IdeaPlace has announced the launch of its Technology Partner Program. Here’s what you need to know. What is the Technology Partner Program? Spigit’s Technology Partner Program opens a new world of possibilities for ideation and collaboration. It enables qualifying...
Why do some enterprises with an enviable range of strengths and successes, nevertheless suffer from, and subject their workforce to, bad project management software? Is it psychological? Emotional? Is Dr. Phil needed to unravel this scenario? Is an intervention required? It’s none of the above, which is a relief for CEOs and other executives out...
For many organizations, making data-driven decisions on picking winning products and improving time to market is not easy. When it comes to prioritizing the right new product development (NPD) projects, organizations reach a point where they can no longer turn to spreadsheets and shared file systems to manage the idea-to-launch process. Product development leaders tend...
