10 Reasons to Vote for My SXSW Session

You may be wondering why you should take the time to vote for my SXSW 2017 proposal, Distance Makes the Teamwork Harder…Or Does It, on working with global teams? I thought I’d make it easy for you. Here are 10 reasons you should vote for my session (or check out my video below): You find...

Secrets of an Elite Project Manager

We have gathered insights from three top project management experts, with decades of experience between them, to shed light into what goes into project management success. Learn how to become an Elite Project Manager in our brand new eBook that is out now. Download Secrets of an Elite Project Manager One of those interviewed was VP...

5 Questions to Ask When Managing the EA Side of Mergers and Acquisitions [Mind Map]

Just like two individuals coming together in a relationship, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be thought of similarly – an exciting proposal that is rife with potential landmines and arguments of what will stay and what will go. So managing EA in mergers & acquisitions can be difficult. In theory, you want to create something greater...

Choosing a Kanban App: 7 Things You Need to Consider

Choosing a Kanban App Kanban apps are increasingly adopted by enterprises looking for ways to optimize workflow processes and accelerate value delivery. While teams may start out using a physical Kanban board, the need to streamline communication between distributed and cross-functional teams quickly prompts most teams to adopt a Kanban app. Using a Kanban web app...

Continous Integration Testing for a Rainy Day

In an increasingly Cloud-centric world, we need to build and support an ever-growing list of SaaS SDLC integrations. That includes tools like Atlassian Cloud (JIRA), Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Services, and HPE’s new Octane ALM offering. Supporting Cloud-based integrations poses some interesting challenges: Cloud vendors typically choose a high cadence release cycle relative to on-premise...

OpsDev – Mobile App Issues from Ops to the Delivery Teams with Tasktop Sync

We all know that Mobile Apps need to work flawlessly to impress. Slow performance or crashing apps are not tolerated, a study in 2015 showed that 53% of users will uninstall or remove a mobile app if it stops responding or crashes. Apps that perform slowly or drain battery life aren’t tolerated either. What if...

We Don’t Ask Very Good Questions, Do We?

Several years ago I was working with the technology team supporting a very large player in the consumer packaged goods industry. This group was focused internally on how they might pursue collaborative innovation in order to serve their brand clients with more compelling insights. Our engagement was at the time when companies began taking big...

Without You, There Is No 12. That Is the Answer.

We have a saying here at Planview. We’ve been saying it so long that it’s become part of our culture. One person starts it, another finishes it. Without You, There Is No Us Our CEO, Greg Gilmore, coined it years ago. He was addressing our customers at a user conference. He took these words back...

Help Your Organization Avoid DevOps, Agile, & Lean Transformation Failures with Tasktop and Vivit

Vivit, an independent, non-profit organization representing the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) software community, aims to foster education, community building, and advocacy for its members. Since Tasktop’s mission is to connect the world of software delivery, it only makes sense for Tasktop to be involved in the conversation. With 76 local chapters spanning 28 countries and...

South By Southwest Panel Open for Voting

South By Southwest (SXSW) is an unique experience that brings together interactive, film and music industries. The annual conference and festival was founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, and features a tech industry interactive track enabling global professionals to learn, network and participate in latest B2B, B2C, enterprise or entrepreneurship topics among others. This “What...