What are Kanban Board Swimlanes? And How to Use Them

Kanban board swimlanes are horizontal lanes on your kanban board that help to separate and further define your workflow. These lanes allow teams to surface or highlight related work items or tasks that follow a similar process.  Your team might utilize swimlanes to keep track of tasks for different products or cross-team dependencies, for example. It allows you to easily spot...

The Case for Approaching Work Management as Mission Critical

These days, there are no shortage of systems in the enterprise ecosystem – in fact, there is an abundance (or in some cases an excess) of them. However, not all systems have the same profile and importance. Some are auxiliary and enhance work, while others that fall into the category “mission critical” are fundamental and...

How to Choose the Right Task Management Software

The best task management software is the one that most closely fits your company’s processes and objectives. That means it may not be the same for all companies, but there are some basic criteria most companies can use while shopping around. When choosing the right tool for your business, it’s important to factor in the...

The Best Project Management Methodologies for Marketing Projects

Marketing is a varied and nuanced field, and often what works for one client or project won’t be the same fit for another, even in the same field. So, when trying to choose the right kind of methodology for marketing project management, you should consider a number of factors. And with such a wide range...

New Product Release: Planview Viz™ – Measure Your Value Stream Management (VSM) Journey

With Planview Viz, executives and practitioners are able to finally gain cross-value stream insights in one consolidated place. The incredible Fortune 100 adoption since its launch has helped us develop and prioritize the features that companies of this size need today to improve their business value delivery.  We’re pleased to announce some exciting new features...

Let it Flow: Managing Cognitive Overload with Dominica DeGrandis

With the sudden shift to remote working following the global pandemic earlier this year, burnout is hitting an all-time high. The toxic mix of stress, anxiety and instability has seen over two-thirds of employees in the U.S. experience burnout symptoms. While hope may be on the horizon with the promise of the vaccine, what can...

Boost Your Agile Program in 2021

Some of the most successful organizations like Cisco, Lego, and PlayStation have found significant success by using Agile at scale. They have used various Agile disciplines, leveraged PI Planning, built high performance teams, and more to garner success. It’s that time of year for all members within Agile teams to freshen up on Agile Program...

PMO Spotlight – June Stewart

Our PMO Spotlight blog series endeavors to uncover the person behind the use case.  We ask them to share their unique project management backgrounds, strategies, and perspectives.  In this latest edition, the spotlight shines on June Stewart, Head of Project & Resource Management at ITV. Let us start with a bit of background into your...

How to Manage Multiple Project Management Methodologies

As the role of project management continues to expand, the ways in which tasks are carried out can be assigned to a multitude of methodologies. A recent study on the state of Project Management in Manufacturing reported that 74% of respondents that experienced a high level of success used a variety of methods to get...

Advance Enterprise Agility in 2021

With organizations globally making a rapid shift to remote work, many businesses are starting to embrace enterprise agility to work cross-functionally to better plan and deliver value to customers, faster. It’s important that organizations become familiar with Agile transformation, Lean budgeting, and Lean Portfolio Management to maximize the success of their transformation journey. We produced...