Four Keys to Demystifying Resource Management

Before I share the final piece in the “best-of” 2014 series for IT and EPMO professionals, here’s a quick run-down of the resources covered so far in this series: The 2014 State of Resource Management and Capacity Planning Report “Four Key Strategies on Managing Resource and Capacity for Enterprise Initiatives” 13-minute video “Why Resource Management:...

The Digital Race, Enterprise Edition

In today’s global, hyper-competitive economy, you’re seeing all kinds of heated races to be the first to digitize an industry. You’ve got Uber battling Lyft to digitize (and displace) the traditional taxi industry. Apple, Google, PayPal, Square and others are slugging it out in a race to digitize the majority of retail transactions. Even seemingly...

Customer Showcase: Univita Health

Univita Health  Improves IT Project Tracking & Reporting with Innotas Univita Health is a leading provider of home health care solutions known for its ability to enable patients to receive the treatment they need from the comfort of their own home. Univita has been providing patients with the care they need for over 25 years, and...

Managing Conflicting Priorities

  Operations teams cite constant context switching as one of their top frustrations. In this webinar, I’ll discuss how to manage conflicting priorities using a Lean flow approach. About This Webinar Learn how bringing visibility to your work can help teams monitor priorities more effectively. Topics discussed during this webinar include: – Why conflicting priorities exist...

Faster VMs with Vagrant and Chef

Developing and testing changes in an environment that is the same as the deployment environment is one of the magic ingredients of the DevOps way. For engineers at Tasktop working on the Integration Factory, provisioning a new VM can occur multiple times in a day, so any inefficiencies in the process are painful. I recently...

Six Steps to Resource Management

We’re at the homestretch! This series features the most popular resources for IT and EPMO professionals of 2014 has so far included: insightful research on the state of resource management and capacity planning as well as a best-practice video on four key strategies for managing resource and capacity when rolling out a new enterprise initiative....

Premium grade fuel for software lifecycle analytics engines

I’ve long taken inspiration from Peter Drucker’s caution that “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Technological progress has been punctuated by advances in measurement, ranging from Galileo’s telescope to Intel’s obsession with nanometers. Our industry is starting to go through a profound transformation in measuring how software is built, but only after...

3 Reasons IT Ops Uses Lean Flow (Kanban for DevOps part 2 of 3)

In this three-part series on Kanban for DevOps, Dominica DeGrandis, Director of Training and Coaching at Planview AgilePlace, explains three key reasons why IT Ops teams and those implementing a DevOps value chain use a lean flow approach to product development. If you’re just jumping in, here’s a link to part one; otherwise, read on for part two. Reason...

Australia Forum Wrap-Up: Designing the Future Through Collaborative Innovation

Innovation has always been a driver of advancement, competitive edge and ultimately global change. No matter the industry, a company that consistently innovates defines the bar by which success is measured. This February, Mindjet hosted an exclusive Innovation Forum in Sydney, Australia, featuring a presentation from AMP’s Director of Design and Innovation,Munib Karavdic. Karavdic leads...

Four Key Strategies on Managing Resource Capacity for Enterprise Executives

Last week I introduced a 4-part blog series for IT and EMPO professionals that features our most popular resources of 2014. We started by looking at The 2014 State of Resource Management and Capacity Planning Report and interactive website which provides insight into how you can work towards maturing your organization’s resource and capacity management...