Leading the conversation on digital connected work
What Lean Teams Can Learn from Crew I was working on a conference presentation the other day and found a picture of a crew team. It reminded me of a similar picture our marketing team has used on the Planview AgilePlace website, and how well that metaphor fits both Lean and me personally. I was in...
It’s never easy getting team buy-in for changing the way you work. Marketing teams have a never-ceasing workload, it’s hard to wrap your brain around new processes – even if it means more flexibility to adjust priorities on a daily basis. But agile marketing and project collaboration are worth the effort. In Parts 1 and 2...
New business models and disruption are fueling increasing demand for technology in the enterprise. A recent Gartner survey revealed that “70% of leading EA practitioners report that they are either responsible or accountable for the success of digital business.*” This makes it imperative for EAs to improve their rapport with all parts of the business. Here...
As an Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and coach, I work with teams every day who are evolving their understanding of Kanban as well as the level of maturity at which their teams practice it. One of the most frequent questions I hear from the teams with whom I work is: Do daily standups really need to...
Enterprise PMO’s and IT organizations have been focused on best practices for completing projects on time and within budget while increasing efficiencies. In many cases this is done by cost reducing methods such as decreased or flat headcount, with expectations of increased production. Ultimately the advantage to being a customer centric ePMO or IT department...
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a useful solution for any project management office (PMO) looking to better manage and execute their projects and keep their organization producing value. Most organizations are able to manage projects in a task management solution or by using complex spreadsheets, but the truth is at a certain point it becomes...
An essential component in every project manager’s and team leader’s duties is the art of optimizing work. You might be great at setting strategies, executing on the plan, and forcing your way toward the goal – but struggle with getting on the right side of people management. Basically, you have either a conscious approach to balance work...
The Projectplace team spent four days connecting with people from various professional backgrounds and countries at the SXSW Trade Show at the Austin Convention Center in March. We met small business owners, software developers, data analysts, film industry professionals and certified project managers – just to name a few. We found that many of these...
How would you make sustainable living a reality? If you’re a company like Unilever, you collaborate with a community that’s spread across the world – from employees to entrepreneurs. Just to jog your memory, Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of food, home, and personal care products, reaching two billion consumers a day...
For almost every team that strives to work smarter and increase productivity, technology is part of the solution – and the problem. Research has shown that project managers recognize the need for new technology to support effective ways of working. But in reality, still only half have adopted new tools to increase productivity and save time. As...
