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Three layers of products. Two very different levels of investment. “The biggest organizations in the world are pivoting to a product-centric operating model,” opens Charles Betz, Principal Analyst at Forrester, on a recent webinar. But with product structures emerging as the primary operating model, new challenges are emerging in technical product management. While newly-formed product...
Demand management software helps companies improve productivity, reduce bottlenecks, and make better-informed decisions. It can transform the way organizations plan and execute projects. But there’s a catch. If employees don’t know how to use this technology, there’s no point in implementing it. For all the time and resources organizations invest in new software, they often...
In Episode 42 of the Mik + One Podcast, Dr. Mik Kertsen sat down with Manuel Pais, renowned IT consultant and co-author of Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology for Fast Flow, to discuss the relationship between Team Topologies and the Flow Framework®. They highlight three areas of symbiosis in the shift from project to...
René Te-Strote is a project lead at BMW Central IT. He’s been with the company for 17 years and heavily involved in its agile transformation, which was driven by titanic shifts in the automotive industry. “Today vehicles are packed with software. Hundreds of millions of lines of code are running in cars and in the...
A services company’s quote-to-cash process represents its ability to convert sales opportunities into paying and profitable customers. In order to implement the right quote-to-cash solution, services organizations must compare quote-to-cash vs cpq to determine the best tool that fits their needs. A reliable services quote-to-cash process is vital to a company’s successful bottom line. However,...
March is Women’s history month. It is a time where we can reflect on all the powerful women who have and continue to advocate for equality and change. At Planview, we believe women in tech are the future and Geetika Gagneja is a part of Planview’s past, present, and future. For this month’s blog spotlight, we are going...
Taking the Pulse on a Multi-Year Initiative Back in 2019, 55% of organizations surveyed by Gartner said they are moving from project to product delivery as a way to continuously integrate and deliver new features and capabilities to the business. Three years (and one global pandemic later), many more organizations have likely begun the shift,...
Like many of you, we have been following the events unfolding in Ukraine closely. We are deeply saddened by the escalating humanitarian crisis, and we condemn the acts of violence and stand with those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Planview has initiated an online fundraising campaign to raise money for organizations focused on...
IT portfolio management software is known for helping PMOs evaluate and track multiple active projects. But it can also be used to effortlessly provide executives with high-level, global data that enhances their strategic decision-making process. Take Akamai Technologies as an example. They’re a leading content delivery network services provider for media and software. Akamai implemented...
A few years ago, I embarked on a mission. At the company I was working for, my plan was to build high performing product teams. In the middle of that journey, just as we started to make progress, life threw us a curveball – COVID. Much to our surprise, in our pursuit of remote flow...
