How to get projects done without authority

Guest Post by Arnon Yaffe Do you have the responsibility for a project, but little of the authority needed to make things happen? Every so often project managers are assigned to lead projects without being granted the formal authority to get the job done. More so, if you are managing complex, cross-department projects, then this...

An introduction and a farewell: continuing my passion as an entrepreneur

As the founder of Planview AdaptiveWork and as an entrepreneur, I have very much enjoyed growing this company over the past decade into the global organization it is today. Because you have been a very important part of this journey, I wanted to personally share with you today my decision to step down as CEO...

Clarizen’s future – an evolution, not a revolution

After my first week as Planview AdaptiveWork’s CEO, I can say I’m even more pleased to have joined the company.  I’m learning every day about the great foundation of customers, product and team on which we will build the Planview AdaptiveWork of the future. As I told the US team earlier this week, this is...

Companies Want to Improve Plan Accuracy

If your organization spends months on the annual planning process, it’s likely you are familiar with this scenario: After setting the annual plan, inevitable change happens…new information becomes available… projects are organically delayed and new projects are added without any prioritization or revisions to the annual plan or portfolio. There is general confusion over how to improve plan...

Partner Success = People, Process, and Technology Integration

To succeed in the software industry, you have to build, sell, and support your software better than others. Throw in a partner ecosystem and you have to ensure that all your partners have the same ability; at least to the extent that they can sell and support the product1. This increases the complexity of the...

Planview Annual Customer Conference to Broaden Horizons This Week

Today we are excited to welcome hundreds of the world’s best customers to Austin for Planview’s 19th annual Horizons customer conference! Customers are converging on the capitol of Texas for three days of networking, education and idea sharing.  We are always impressed with the enthusiasm and pro-tips provided by our innovative customers and we can’t...

The inherent value of enterprise project management

Change, even the good kind of change, can be scary for a large organization. Any time a large-scale initiative alters the way people do their jobs, the anxiety is often apparent from the executive suite down to the newest college intern. Perceived difficulties in change management, and a lack of clarity about expected benefits, can...

Upcoming Innovation and PPM Conferences – Enrich Consulting

It’s time to network and share best-practices!   The next six months is high season for conferences, and Enrich is excited to sponsor eight different events across North America and Europe between now and March 2017. While we recommend all of these conferences as excellent opportunities to network, learn from your peers, and share your...

The Pressures of Demand and Supply: Making IT Better, Faster, Cheaper

The IT industry is going through a profound shift based on market pressures it has, in one sense, helped to create. The speed and cultural expectations that have evolved from an Internet/streaming economy have created a business culture and expectation which requires unprecedented levels of agility to remain viable — let alone profitable. This has...

Integration at the heart of Continuous Delivery

What is continuous delivery? What are the implications, the opportunities; or rather, what is the opportunity cost of not being able to deliver continuously? These were some of the thought provoking questions raised by Gernot Brandl during the first few moments of his Tasktop Sync / Tosca Connect integration workshop titled “Keep the pace with...