The Future of Work for Project Teams

Use Social Task Management Tools for Better Project Collaboration In today’s project-driven work environment, collaborating is a way of life. Whether on a team of 5 or 25, most agree that the project manager job is not necessarily a one-size-fits-all role. Appleseed Partners polled 200 professionals based in North America who manage and participate in...

Break Your Hand, It’s Good For You

As a software engineer, the thought of breaking bones in my hand makes me wince. It’s a worst nightmare that I’d really rather not think about. Apart from the pain involved, my hands are the essential conduit that I use to manifest my ideas as code. As I approached a fallen tree at full speed...

Identifying Bottlenecks Using Queue Lanes

Inevitably, every process has a bottleneck: There is some step that has a lower capacity than the steps before or after it. This may be because there are fewer resources dedicated to performing this step, or because it requires more time to complete than the other steps in the process. Regardless, this bottleneck is the limiting...

Continuous Planning and Workflow

At Tasktop, our engineering teams have been using an Agile Scrum process for years, with great results for our software delivery. This process has helped us to reduce waste and provide predictability and visibility in our integration factory, which delivers 4 on-time releases every year.  However, my own team, which had only recently been formed,...

A Word of Thanks from the Planview IdeaPlace Team

It’s the season of turning leaves, warm sweaters, hot drinks, hearty foods, and for many (including the team here at Planview IdeaPlace), giving thanks. And that’s exactly what we want to extend to you — our amazing customers, loyal readers, and passionate advocates and partners. In other words, our crowd. From the very bottom of our...

Too Many Project Collaboration Tools Create Complexity

“Hello, my name is ____ and I’m addicted to email.” For a lot of people, this isn’t really so much an addiction as just a day-to-day reality that ends up sucking hours out of our days and weeks out of years. Instead of connecting teams, tools like email make it more difficult to stay focused...

Mastering the Resource Dilemma [Excerpt and Infographic]

No one plans on letting project deadlines slip, missing business opportunities, or slowing innovation. Whether overcommitting or underutilizing, there is always a high price to pay for not using resources efficiently or focusing them on the most strategic efforts. Just how costly? According to a 2014 benchmark study of 480 planning and resource leaders from...

Real-World Kanban

Your team is stressed; priorities are unclear. You’re not sure what your teammates are working on and management isn’t helping. Sound familiar? If so, watch this webinar to find out how Kanban can help. About this Webinar In this webinar, I’ll discuss how enterprise Kanban can be used to: Improve the full value chain Boost engagement,...

Smart, Not Busy – How to Transform Your Workforce

Managing your workload is for most professionals a major aspect of their jobs. For leaders in modern organizations, your workload is about empowering others to manage. This is an art in itself and can be as inspiring as it is challenging. To meet this challenge, software has been evolving to meet workforces’ needs and tap into...

9 Ways to Engage Your Crowd with Planview IdeaPlace Innovation

As an innovation practitioner, ensuring that program leaders can motivate people to participate in their innovation programs is something I spend quite a lot of time thinking about. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that crowdsourced innovation is extremely effective. But, to be successful, you must find the right approach to consistently — and...