The Planview AdaptiveWork playbook: How to make the most of Planview AdaptiveWork’s products

Every day, more businesses recognize the benefits of Planview AdaptiveWork’s innovative, user-friendly project management solutions. From software developers, to healthcare systems, to online marketing firms, organizations around the world are getting their work done smarter and faster with Planview AdaptiveWork’s suite of project management tools. Whether you’re already a customer or are thinking about making...

5 elements of a truly killer project management mobile app

There’s one thing that sales and marketing professionals neglect at their peril: end users are the ultimate authority when it comes to determining whether product promises are justified – or jokes. And one of the most vivid illustrations of this principle has to do with so-called “killer” project management mobile apps.   Why so-called? Because...

How Planview AdaptiveWork’s collaborative work management tools improve team efficiency

Collaboration is one of the biggest topics in project management today. From software developers and accounting firms to creative marketing agencies, companies are discovering that online collaboration tools can help their teams work faster and better. Clarizen, an industry leader in project management software, offers one of the most comprehensive and easy-to-use online collaboration tools...

Why “old skool” project management software is disastrous for portfolio management

In the serious and structured world of project management – where buying staples has an audit trail and lunch is seen as a deliverable – it’s strangely common for project mangers to find themselves thrust into portfolio management. There they are, happily rolling past milestones and religiously reading the Planview AdaptiveWork blog (right?). And then...

Workspace wisdom: what to do when collaboration turns into chaos

If data is the new oil in today’s rapidly changing workspace environment, then collaboration is the new capital – because aligning teams to rapidly and intelligently get things done isn’t just a question of success: in the long run, it’s a matter of survival. Of course, most organizations are already well aware that collaboration is...

Finding safe harbor in the age of disruption

A few decades ago when the world was rooting itself in what was dubbed the Information Age, there was a widespread expectation that the business landscape was heading towards an era of unprecedented stability. After all, organizations weren’t interested in information for its own sake. Information was just raw material to be amassed, manipulated and...

Time logging: Where employee task management turns into employee task misery

When Forrest Gump spoke philosophically about how “life is like a box of chocolates, because you never know what you’re going to get,” he meant it in positive and inspiring way.   However, if Forrest were a project manager or worked in the project management office (PMO) – instead of co-founder of the enormous multinational...

How to create the perfect project status report

Project status reports are a constant fact of life for any project manager. Most PMs find themselves creating at least one project status report per project, per week, but that number can multiply quickly if a manager needs to report more frequently, or report separately to different groups of stakeholders. Unfortunately, when it comes to...

From vendor to visionary: Supporting the evolution of PSOs

An old country and western saying recommends that folks “dance with the one that brought ya” – which, for those unfamiliar with homestead lore, translates into: staying loyal to what has brought success vs. swapping in something new is both good manners and good strategy. However, there are times when what seems like devotion can...

Care instructions for overworked & underappreciated IT project managers

Cars have them. So do smartphones, washing machines, microwave ovens, and even socks. Yet, when the Powers That Be were handing out care instructions, they (carelessly) overlooked IT project managers. Sadly, this omission has led to an epidemic of overworked, underappreciated professionals who urgently need and clearly deserve some TLC from their team members. And...