Your path to business agility
Managing IT requests has never been easy, but the challenge grows greater every year as companies add new software, new devices and new business processes. A typical IT help desk is now expected to provide support for desktop and laptop computers, mobile devices, cloud-based software, online collaboration tools and information security solutions, just to name...
Are you considering a career in IT project management? You’re certainly not alone. Few other careers can deliver the combination of challenging work, high compensation and long-term security that IT project managers enjoy, and that’s why more and more professionals are moving into the field. Fortunately, even with so many people joining the ranks, the...
Guest Author, Andrew Radburn, Branded3 During my six plus years at Branded3 (and only my second ever blog post), I’ve seen the company grow from circa 20 people – in an old converted barn on the outskirts of a village I’d never heard of – to over 70 strong; split between the Leeds, London and...
At last check, there are about 25 million web pages offering some kind of team building advice. Throw in a few million ebooks and videos, and it’s safe to say that this topic isn’t just “well covered,” but that it’s outright enclosed. Well, it is in theory. In practice, however, despite the proliferation of team...
If asked to name the worst aspect of their job, many project managers would say that reporting is the most time-consuming and least rewarding part of the day. Whether they are gathering progress reports from team members or preparing status reports for customers or management, PMs devote untold hours making sure that all project stakeholders...
It’s no secret that the world of project management has changed dramatically in the last decade. Global trends toward decentralized teams, mobile workforces and cloud-based computing have fundamentally altered the way work gets done. While virtual meetings and teams with multiple offshore members were once the exception, they are now commonplace, especially at the enterprise...
As companies grow, employees find themselves working not only with the people who sit nearby, but with people who might work in other cities, live in other countries, report to different managers or, in some cases, all of the above. In these cases, collaboration becomes simultaneously more important and more difficult. Why Is Collaboration...
Should your project management software live in the cloud? In a word, yes. The dominant trend in the software industry for the past several years has been the move from traditional on-premise licensed software to cloud-based software as a service. InformationWeek predicts that cloud-based solutions will continue to gain popularity in 2016 and beyond, as...
Philosophers believe that the question “what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” is hypothetical, and therefore destined for the realm of speculation instead of analysis. However, if these same philosophers trade in their chair at the neighborhood café for a seat in the enterprise boardroom, they’ll quickly realize that this paradox does...
While all enterprises strive to “elevate to the next level,” when the scene shifts to project management in IT organizations, the discussion is more about how to avoid “descending to lower depths” – because the performance statistics for IT initiatives are anything but uplifting. For example: • IAG Consulting surveyed over 100 companies, and found...
