Your path to business agility
The year 2020 will go down in history for many reasons, but one of the most lasting changes will likely be the rapid transformation that so many companies have made to relying on remote teams. While certain industries and companies had already been primed for this transition, others have been grappling head-on with the challenges...
Welcome to the latest installment of our PMO Spotlight series, wherein we delve into our customer’s PMO to uncover the personal histories and unique viewpoints behind the customer use case. Sam Fairfield of Businessolver sat down with us to discuss his background and journey into a Project Management career, as well as Businessolver’s customer experience...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey made headlines last week when he announced that all employees can choose to work from home even after the coronavirus shelter-in-place orders end (this week he extended the policy to Square, where he’s also CEO). Google and Facebook have told employees who are able to work from home that should plan...
Almost daily, we hear from companies that they want to create “a single source of truth” for portfolio management at their company. Software providers list “single source of truth” as a key feature of their products. And, in the midst of our months-long shelter-in-place, leveraging the collective wisdom of the company to make critical decisions...
Successful project management is an art form. It requires a delicate balance of understanding which projects are most beneficial and which resources are available at what times.
A big part of being an effective project manager is being able to streamline file sharing in project management. A file sharing system can go a long way in minimizing bottlenecks and other setbacks. It gives team members and external collaborators access to up-to-date information, while also providing an avenue for management and stakeholders to contribute to the project. In other words, the system keeps everyone on the same page by ensuring...
Contributors: Jon Terry, Susan Gibson, Siraj Sirajuddin We recently hosted a webinar titled, “How to Identify Your Value Streams” with Jon Terry from Planview and Siraj Sirajuddin and Susan Gibson from Temenos+Agility. During the webinar, we shared the importance of identifying value streams and how to do so in a responsible and virtual manner. Throughout...
Moving fast is a necessity for enterprises looking to stand the pace with the tech giant oligopoly and other startup technologies disrupting most industries. This need for speed has resulted in the adoption of various ways of working to accelerate the flow of work across the software delivery value stream, from Agile frameworks such as...
Following the disruption wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, global businesses are squinting their eyes through the dust of the aftermath. Little has prepared them for what Brian Solis calls the “Novel Economy”. Yet despite all the uncertainty and hardship, Brian—Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce—remains upbeat that opportunity abounds, and that “anything is possible” — especially...
Some organizations are better prepared, equipped and determined than others to unleash their agile teams and put them in a position to succeed. They’re wisely doing the right things, and they’re just as wisely not doing the wrong things — which can be a tougher challenge and a greater accomplishment, since old habits die hard...
