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What if you could help reduce death and disability from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20 percent by 2020? Most of you would say “awesome!” Maybe this goal even brings to mind a family member or friend who was on the losing end of this battle. By day, I am an e-learning instructional designer creating...
With the ever-increasing business demand for IT services, IT organizations need a sustainable way to scale their service capacity. They need to manage the increasing demand, while developing efficient, sustainable processes to safely scale. To do this, many IT organizations have turned to leading workflow models and concepts, namely: Lean, Agile, and DevOps. These methodologies...
We’re excited to unveil a newer, sexier version of Innotas Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution featuring a brand new user interface, which was designed for ease of use while delivering a more efficient way to manage business critical projects and address the lack of time and resources that are a challenge for today’s PMOs. The...
In part one of this three part series, I discuss how Companies want to Improve Plan Accuracy and can do so with continuous planning – summarizing key takeaways from a new study and eBook by Ventana Research. This blog is about the need to think beyond the annual plan and to learn about the top four...
The idea that the power of employee engagement is an important and positive thing isn’t new. In fact, this goal has been on the organizational radar for so long, that it has burned into the screen. However, the traditional view of employee engagement as an important, but nevertheless optional “nice to have” is no longer...
Work and Resource Management (WRM) is the concept that organizations need to manage their projects to drive business success from end to end. Many companies get very good at in certain stages of the project lifecycle – for example planning or execution – but not all can do it well from start to finish. From...
We’re excited to bring to you a new view of connected cards, saving you time spent jumping between boards and allowing you to move quickly on items that need immediate attention. You can now see all work items connected to a parent card in a single view, giving you critical information, such as due dates...
The new Speed report has quickly become our most visited report. This improved visualization helps teams quickly identify work items that are out of the “ordinary” to enable process improvement. Keep reading to learn how to get the most out of the Speed report. Cycle Time Scatter Plot In order to make informed process improvement decisions, it’s essential...
Estimating how long a project will last is crucial to project management, but what if you tend to estimate incorrectly? For one thing, you’re certainly not alone. Many project managers grow frustrated when they see their projects stretch on for weeks or even months beyond the anticipated completion date. If you’re looking for ways to...
In the first part of this two-part series, “How to Get Away with Murder: Killing Projects Before They Ruin Your Portfolio” I encouraged innovators to courageously commit cold-blooded murder of the ideas and projects that do not achieve the objectives and strategies of the product portfolio based on thoughtful and calculated portfolio criteria all in...
