Leading the conversation on digital connected work
No project can succeed without the right people working on it. We already know that your next project will have the right person—you—managing it, and with any luck you’ll be able to build your team with people you’ve worked with before and can trust to get the job done. But what happens if you need...
At the 2016 Horizons Customer Conference, I had the opportunity to rub elbows with some folks with very familiar names. Many of them had used Troux for years, and some had even staked their careers on it. I was now face-to face with the Troux user base and I was eager to hear what they...
Most enterprises will tell you that a successful cost management program is essential to their ongoing success, but not all project managers are adept at figuring out the basics on their own. At a glance, a successful project management program starts with project cost management, but what exactly does a successful cost management program look...
Branded3, a leading search marketing agency and Planview AdaptiveWork power user, leverages audience engagement to grow their client’s brands online. With a customer base that includes Vue Entertainment and Travelex, staying ahead of the curve is crucial to their success. Since their inception in 2003, the agency has more than tripled in size and expanded...
Everyone — from CEOs through to the interns — know that collaboration is essential for project management success. Indeed, most lessons learned (which are more like grim post mortems) of failed projects trace back to a familiar culprit: lack of collaboration. However, it’s just as important to avoid heading to the other end of the...
It might be the most exasperating problem in the world of work. Enterprises invest heavily in training, tools and technologies to accomplish what certainly sounds like a reasonable and realistic objective: improve collaboration. But instead of moving towards that goal, many enterprises find that when it comes to collaboration they’re spinning their wheels, or even...
While there are plenty of solutions that streamline the work experience, many employees nevertheless struggle to get in the flow. Indeed, whether it’s an unending barrage of digital distractions (even some birds don’t Tweet that much!), the scourge of collaboration overload, a misconfigured business agile approach where people are frenetically working faster instead of...
Of all the challenges that might arise over the course of a project manager’s career, few are more pressure-packed than taking over a project that another manager has initiated. Rather than having weeks or months to prepare and plan before any project tasks are due, you might find yourself thrown into the middle of the...
Your customers expect immediate responses to their demands. Your executive team expects a budgeted plan for costs, value, and capacity that can be measured with accuracy to speed up decisions when there is a need to adapt to change. Adaptive cultures don’t come easily. Does your organization have a mindset to drive innovation… fast? Maybe...
Having a four-year-old daughter means handling cash. Her relatives slip singles and fives into her birthday cards. A dollar here from a favorite aunt. A dollar there from the grandparents. It adds up. Last week I visited the local branch of our bank to deposit her loot. The bank is a Planview IdeaPlace client. While...
