“A Failure to Communicate:” Conventional Project Management Software’s Fatal Flaw

In the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke, a brutal prison warden summarizes his chronic disconnect with rebellious convict Paul Newman by uttering what is arguably the biggest under-statement in history: “what we have here, is a failure to communicate.” Well, fast forward about half a century, and those exact words are being uttered with the...

Customer Success: Spotlighting the “Other” Cloud-based Project Management Game-Changer

While the phrase game-changer can be applied somewhat loosely these days, there are instances when it is the only suitable, honest description – and cloud-based project and work management software certainly qualifies to be on this short list of groundbreaking innovations. A Well-Earned Revolutionary Reputation Obviously, when compared to its conventional on-premise ancestor, the big,...

Planview AdaptiveWork Named a Top Rated Project Management Software

Planview AdaptiveWork Named a Top Rated Project Management Software by Users on TrustRadius We are pleased to announce that Planview AdaptiveWork has been named a top rated project management software by users on TrustRadius. The rankings are based on 880+ in-depth reviews and user rankings. TrustRadius is the leading website for business software users to...

How Gainsight Leverages Planview AdaptiveWork

Last week, we announced our all-new integration with leading customer success management solution Gainsight to create a 360 degree of the customer engagement lifecycle. As a user of Planview AdaptiveWork, Gainsight has also integrated Planview AdaptiveWork into its services group, who owns onboarding and any custom/additional projects, as well as its customer success strategy. The...

Incorporate your Services Team into your Customer Success Strategy

Guest Author, Marie Sahrmann, Gainsight Does your customer organization often feel they have little insight into the customer’s experience during onboarding or a services engagement? Do you need a better method to keep sales, services and customer success aligned throughout the customer’s lifecycle? Well despair no further! Maintaining that transparency and alignment across your teams...

Future Proofing Project Management

Many organizations are hesitant to adopt a formal PMO, but those that have are realizing the benefits as well as the potential of such an organization. According to PMI Pulse of the Profession, businesses with a PMO see a 27% decrease in failed projects and an 45% increase in project alignment with business objectives. Furthermore,...

Killing Projects Before They Ruin Your Portfolio

If you follow trends in the innovation and new product development space, you’ve probably noticed that the fuzzy front-end seems to get the most press. And why wouldn’t it? Ideation, collaborating, and brainstorming new ideas to launch your company’s “next big thing” allows us to be creative and have fun — and besides, it’s invigorating...

Top 5 Kanban Books to Add to Your Reading List

Whether you just built your first Kanban board or you’re a Kanban expert, it’s always smart to deepen or refresh your Kanban knowledge by reading the work of leading influencers. For beginners, learning about Kanban principles and practices from the experiences of others can offer context, guidance, and inspiration to maintain a consistent, informed practice....

A Day in the Life of a Marketer

Four capabilities of project collaboration tools to help marketing managers work smarter As a Marketing Manager, your typical workday runs the gamut. 8:00am – 9:00am: Grab coffee! Check your email looking for urgent requests and respond to vendors, agencies, and partners and check calendar. Return phone calls. This is a reoccurring task that lasts all...

Agile, sailing and a seven-foot yeti: Tasktop summer in review

Monday was Labor Day, which marks the traditional end of the summer in the US. The kids are back in school, and nobody’s allowed to wear white anymore, or something like that. So, in keeping with these traditions, I thought I’d do my take on the classic ‘What I did this summer’ back-to-school essay prompt…but with...