Your path to business agility
… or, “work isn’t supposed to be this much fun” I’m just about recovered from our whirlwind trip to Nashville for the Agile Alliance’s conference Agile2013. There were 1700 attendees, 200 sessions, keynotes, parties, and a little controversy. On a personal note, I was gratified to see the number of women in technology there… most...
When I was approached to write an article for Financial Executive magazine on the results of the 2013 Long-Range Planning Benchmark Study (conducted by FERF and Ventana Research), I was able to spend time with the data and think about the implications it presented to Finance and the annual budgeting process. As I began writing...
Interested in knowing where your organization ranks in innovation leadership? Here’s an opportunity to do that and more. Participate in the Fourth Product Portfolio Management Study. For the fourth time since 2009, we’re surveying product-centric organizations around the globe to gain feedback on key trends in the industry as well as opportunities and challenges product organizations...
Search Across All of Your Work With a Single Click Is your work spread across multiple boards, making effective project management a complete pain? If so, you’ll love Planview AgilePlace’s powerful new Global Search. Don’t spend any more time navigating from board to board to find the cards you’re looking for. Get a combined view of all your...
In today’s increasingly competitive market place, executive and delivery leadership within professional services firms are taking the time to step back and review their vision and refine their strategies. As the professional services market continues to show signs of growth, often these strategies relate to these business edicts: Create clear competitive advantage Seek continuous improvement...
More organizations than ever are embracing the PMO; however, the PMO’s inability to prove business value, meet stakeholder expectations, and obtain organizational acceptance is limiting its life expectancy to only three years. Why are so many PMOs failing? What can you do to ensure your PMO doesn’t share the same fate? Learn more about the state...
Filling out time sheets is about as fulfilling as doing taxes. This mind-numbing activity is an interesting symptom of what’s broken with the way we deliver software today. What’s worse than the time wasted filling them out is the fact that the numbers we fill out are largely fictitious, as we have no hope of...
This blog kicks off a series of posts featuring the six characteristics of mature organizations in the areas of capacity planning and resource management. Based on a new research study into the state of capacity planning and resource management at large companies, six traits emerged that more mature companies share. I’ve listed them here and...
Just as we powered up the TARDIS for Agile2013, the BBC announced the 12th Doctor in the long-running television program, “Doctor Who.” (Well played, BBC. Your timing couldn’t have been better.) For those who are unfamiliar with the Doctor Who character, here’s a sky-high overview: Doctor Who is a Time Lord who travels through time in his...
The word “innovation” has become a trendy and often overused buzz word in many organizations. The question is, are these organizations really innovating or are they simply passing off product enhancements as such? This is a critical question because without true innovation in place to introduce new products and services, companies are missing out on...
