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The growing role of technology in organizations is changing how people collaborate, and how projects are managed. Mobile and wearable technologies are paving the way for true mobility, and – together with cloud and collaboration technologies – enabling leaner, more productive workspaces. Yet, our research project, the Chaos Theory, revealed that despite many technologies that...
Capturing insights and performing sophisticated analytics in real-time for your innovation programs is critical to your success. That’s why we’re so excited to announce the addition of Insights visual reporting and analytics to our Planview IdeaPlace innovation management software. Our new Insights capability provides deep business intelligence and visual analytics that will prove highly valuable...
For those of you in IT or part of an enterprise project management organization (EPMO), we want to share a few of the most popular resources of 2014. In case you didn’t have the chance to read them, they should give you insights into best practices and methods leading organizations are implementing to improve processes...
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. Here’s part one. Reason #1: The work isn’t done until it’s working right in Production. There’s a joke...
Innovation is the epitome of an umbrella term. It’s associated with everything from new ideas to revised processes and modifications, and takes on countless shapes and meanings depending on different industries, organizations, and individuals. This indefinite concept of innovation isn’t, by itself, a structure or process. When done correctly, it’s not a boilerplate, one-size-fits-all solution, nor is...
Classify your work, your way, by using the Custom Icon field. Change the field label to reflect a category of work, and add custom card icons to quickly see the information. Class of Service, used to help further categorize the type work on a card (e.g., need to expedite, regulatory work, date dependent deliverable), is now a...
Per Wising, Projectplace’s joint head of R&D, takes a look in this In the spotlight interview at the challenges IT managers face today and the tools they can offer employees to empower them to work more efficiently and rewarding – whether they share the same desk or work on opposite sides of the globe. First,...
Project managers are under huge pressure to adapt to the growing role of technology in organizations, the increasingly global nature of business, and customers’ evolving expectations. Recent independent research, the Chaos Theory, examined the impact these pressures have on project management and working habits in European businesses. The research reveals that project managers waste up...
This past October, we proudly introduced the latest great feature of our Planview IdeaPlaceEngage innovation software: the new Predictions Module, which, when coupled with patented, advanced algorithms, allows organizations to forecast the revenue, time-to-market, and implementation costs associated with an idea. These predictions provide valuable quantitative data that allows organizations to make better business decisions and...
When planning to implement a Project Portfolio Management software solution, there are several factors to keep in mind that could be the difference between success and failure. Below are six key areas to examine prior to implementation kickoff… How much change will the PPM solution be creating? One of the biggest reasons that PPM implementations...
