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As a project manager, you probably spend a lot of your time trying to get a clear picture of the current status of your projects. Between spreadsheets, email, and meetings, you’re constantly deciphering and relaying back information to various stakeholders and team members. Kanban project management is a highly visual method that gives project managers...
In my last post, I discussed how “Technology is everywhere.” As ubiquitous, complex and necessary as technology is, it still only counts as one of the many resources that organizations must integrate into a work and resource management world. Resources are multiplying, making it the eighth and last of our business forces potentially thwarting organizations....
When practicing continuous improvement, the only constant is change. For teams that have achieved moderate, predictable success by following the status quo, embracing this change can require a major paradigm shift. Resistance to change can come in the form of foot-dragging, sabotage, and even rebellion, and can have a toxic influence on your Lean implementation. As...
One of the reasons I love Kanban so much is that it’s so ubiquitous: The principles and practices are very easily portable between domains. While the Agile Manifesto, for example, is very development-oriented, if you look at Kanban and the Kanban Method you will not find such domain-specific language — making it much easier to apply in other value streams....
Planview IdeaPlace recently hosted an Innovation Forum with global consumer goods manufacturer Li & Fung in Hong Kong. An exclusive group of innovation leaders convened for an evening of sharing best practices and in-depth discussions about innovation programs. With presentations from Steve Glaveski, Co-founder and CEO at Collective Campus; Alvin Chia, Innovation Program Lead at...
Officially coined in 2009, the term “DevOps” has become a business buzzword in recent years. But what is it exactly? DevOps describes a cultural movement in IT focused on collaboration and innovation through systems thinking. The term is often incorrectly used to describe a development methodology or a new type of team. Luckily, there are...
The PMO’s job driving project selection and making smart resource allocations just got a little easier. We recently updated the eBook, The Top 7 Reports for IT PMOs, that provides a look at key reports you need to inform stakeholders consistently, confidently, and often. We’re excited about the new, interactive Gated Project Dashboard in Planview...
If you’re a card-carrying, certified project manager, you have at your disposal a well-known set of practices, tools and methodologies that can be summoned to assist with the planning and management of structured work and projects. And if all work was structured and all of us were classically trained in the ways of project management,...
After years of stagnate IT project success rates, it looks like the tide is turning, according to the 2017 Pulse of the Profession report from the Project Management Institute (PMI) – a promising message for PMO leaders and C-level stakeholders alike. The ninth global project management survey features insights from 3,234 project management professionals, 200...
It’s common for the words communication and collaboration to be used together. However, while they pair nicely, they aren’t interchangeable, and a belief to the contrary is responsible for a large portion of project failure and customer unhappiness. Customer Communication IQ Let’s start with communication. Most enterprises do a good job when it comes to building...
