Leading the conversation on digital connected work
Here at Tasktop, we’ve had plenty of interesting conversations with enterprises about whether they should delay adoption of a value stream management (VSM) platform until they’ve had a chance to “clean up their mess”. Beneath the question lies a fear — always legitimate, but especially so in a year of economic distress and highly constrained...
Once the global COVID-19 pandemic hit, many collocated organizations were forced to make the jump to remote work and online project management. This had a profound impact on the labor market, with project managers and teams having a greater responsibility to collaborate and keep an open line of communication. Will companies return to their “normal” working environments once the pandemic is behind us? It’s...
Adapting to the undefined market conditions of the Novel Economy. Serving customers and supporting employees in a digital-first world. Finding your feet amid a whirlwind of voices and opinions. Knowing where to cast your net in a vast sea of data. Maximizing ROI from delicate budgets. Keeping up with and comprehending ongoing transformations and initiatives....
Unplanned downtime costs industrial manufacturers an estimated $50 billion each year. What does an hour, a week, or a month of downtime cost your business? Adopting Lean principles and tools can greatly improve maintenance processes, which is why Planview and Argo Consulting have partnered together. As a global operations consultancy, Argo Consulting leads manufacturing firms worldwide through a results-focused process that improves target costs...
Many, if not all, businesses are undergoing transformations and it’s widely accepted that this type of change is needed to stay relevant and productive. Often times however, it can be daunting for Directors, Heads of Departments and Team Leaders within large organizations to look at the large-scale transformations which their company is going through, and...
When considering how to build a business case for your project there are many factors to take into account. The most important of these are to: Keep it concise, avoid using too much jargon and make it interesting for your audience Explain the objectives of the plan Demonstrate how your project will bring value to...
The goal of a project management tool should be to see an increase in productivity, greater communication between project managers and clearer communication between employees and clients. If your project management tools are standing in the way of these basic goals, then it may be time for a much-needed upgrade. If you’re thinking it may...
Why do we need a compass in real life? To make sure we don’t waste time, energy and resources going in the wrong direction, or worse, getting lost and never reaching our destination. What does transitioning from project to product really mean? It’s about IT organizations moving from a temporary view of managing initiatives to...
You’re Agile. You have the ceremonies in place, you’ve got planning down – and as you move through each increment you discover the need to tweak processes and implement continuous improvement practices. Effective Agile Program Management means having the right Agile metrics to measure team progress, performance, and overall health. We recently hosted a series...
Projects come in all shapes & sizes. Sometimes they are in the form of inbound requests for new marketing material, in the shape of IT implementations, or involve client-specific deliverables. Sometimes these projects are enterprise-wide transformations of processes & systems to support cross-functional initiatives and large portfolios of projects (both internal and customer-focused) along with...
