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Every business is facing challenges today that are testing them at all levels of the organization. As we enter the fifth month of the coronavirus global pandemic, we thought it was time to take a step back and reflect on what has already been learned to help us all benefit. So we hosted a virtual...
I have a confession: I’m having a Hamilton relapse. Three years ago, the Broadway musical’s soundtrack was playing non-stop in our house. We listened to it over and over on a road trip from Austin to Florida. My husband even surprised me for my 40th birthday by taking me to Chicago to see the play...
Agile In the News Summer is upon us! Many of us are enjoying downtime at home. Although 2020 has not been the ideal year to travel or music festivals – you can still curl up with a tablet and read the latest Agile news. To that end, I’ve complied a reading list for all you...
Desperate times call for practical measures, isn’t that how the saying goes? Sure seems that practicality is the name of the game these days, as the world decides what is and isn’t essential. What is essential in your life? Chances are, your answers have changed drastically in the last month or even within the last...
Many organizations are racing to become Agile. Research indicates that Agile transformation can have a powerful impact a company’s bottom line. The benefits are clear – companies are experiencing better collaboration, heightened productivity, and improved decision making. However, Agile transformation does not happen overnight. It takes planning, coordination, collaboration, training, and know how – at...
As an innovation leader you’re on the forefront of diversity and innovation in your organization. You understand how important crowd diversity is — and that crowdsourcing your employees for ideas can boost employee engagement, company culture, and business results. This blog is about how you can use crowdsourcing in different ways to help address today’s...
I’ve always been curious about the stories behind some of the world’s most impactful technology. Always wondered how profound product visions came to be. Then I witnessed one happen with my very own eyes at Tasktop. A few years ago our Chief Product Officer, Nicole Bryan, called the marketing team, talking excitedly about flight trackers,...
The memory of meeting Tasktop CEO, Dr. Mik Kersten, is eternally sketched into my mind. It was just after I had given my talk at the initial Gene Kim DevOps Enterprise Summit in San Francisco in 2014. During the talk, I had mentioned that Tasktop played an integral role in connecting information across our toolchain...
Business capabilities are the set of competencies an organization requires to execute its business goals. It’s critical to know exactly what these competencies are, and the building blocks required to operate and run the business – the purview of enterprise architecture (EA). This knowledge provides the foundation for making effective changes, especially when disruption hits...
Tasktop’s latest product release from its Value Stream Management platform—Planview Hub 20.3—is out today, making end-to-end enterprise toolchain integration even easier and impactful. You can now tightly integrate Jira Align with the rest of your software delivery value stream to improve the speed, velocity and quality of your deliveries. Alongside a host of new UX features,...
