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The Subway That Never Carried a Passenger Imagine pouring over $180 million, thousands of hours, and decades of effort into a major initiative, only to never see it used. That’s not just a metaphor. It’s the true story of the Cincinnati Subway, one of America’s most ambitious infrastructure projects that was never completed. Still empty...
Some uncertainty is inevitable for product-driven organizations. To mitigate risk and maximize value, most organizations perform a comprehensive impact analysis before making any investment decisions. However, some impacts are easier to estimate than others. Microeconomic industry changes, such as demand fluctuations or predictable innovations, are relatively straightforward – for example, automotive organizations can anticipate electric...
When Abby Knowles stepped in to lead Verizon’s software engineering product model transformation, the leadership transition could have derailed the initiative. Without genuine buy-in from new leadership, teams seldom fully commit to change. Half-hearted commitment at any level can stall or undermine an entire initiative. In fact, it’s one of the primary reasons why roughly 70% of transformation efforts ultimately fail. This article reveals the essential factors Abby and her colleague, Archana Prabhu, credit for securing buy-in, maintaining momentum in their product model transformation, and delivering impressive results.
At the inaugural Project to Product (P2P) Summit in 2024, Greschen Powell, a seasoned leader with over 26 years at FedEx, delivered an insightful presentation on how organizations can accelerate value delivery using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Value Stream Management (VSM). Powell’s talk provides a clear roadmap for boosting speed-to-market while staying aligned...
Today’s report explores the priorities for leaders in a volatile economy and how Planview empowers you to respond quickly as an aligned organization.
At the 2024 Project to Product Summit, Sue Schweitzer, Senior Flow Advisor at The Vanguard Group, shared how Vanguard scaled flow across 750+ IT teams, transforming their way of working. What began as a small pilot to improve developer experience grew into an enterprise-wide program, tackling work-in-progress (WIP) overload, fragmented workflows, and alignment challenges. By...
For every dollar a typical company invests in software development, only about 25 cents supports the company’s highest-priority business outcomes. This stark disparity between investment and results is why tech leaders are rethinking their project-based approach to software delivery and adopting a product operating model.
New research from McKinsey indicates that workflow redesign has the strongest impact on achieving measurable financial returns from generative AI – more than any other factor studied. At the core of this workflow redesign is the effective use of AI prompts. In this article, we'll show you exactly how to create effective AI prompts for product management and provide 25 ready-to-use examples for using Planview Copilot in your daily work.
Explore how Value Stream Management is transforming financial services, helping banks and fintechs streamline operations, enhance agility, and drive customer-centric innovation for a more competitive future.
As AI rapidly transforms from a niche capability to an essential component of modern project management, organizations face a critical question: how can we leverage AI as a true team member rather than just another tool? In a recent webinar, “AI Team Members: How to Form a More Effective Partnership in Value Delivery,” Andy Jordan...
