The Science of Kanban Visualization

Can visualizing your work really make that big of a difference in your productivity? The science of Kanban visualization points to yes.  What is visualization? If you’re trying to be more productive, intentional, or efficient in your work or personal life, you’ve probably heard about visualization. Visualization is a term that simply describes the process...

Empower Impactful Collaboration with Planview AdaptiveWork Go for MS Teams

Planview AdaptiveWork Go is purpose-built to allow you to work the way you want.  This ideology is on full display within the product, as you can execute in either Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban styles depending on the work which needs to be done. This theme also persists in the way that Planview AdaptiveWork Go plays...

Are You Suffering from Virtual Meeting Fatigue? Here’s Your Game Plan

Before the coronavirus pandemic, virtual meetings were scheduled around work. Now, it seems as though work is scheduled around virtual meetings. And while I’m as pro-technology as anyone — especially when it comes to solutions that eliminate geographic barriers — I’ll admit that I’m suffering from virtual meeting fatigue. What’s more, while I like virtual...

New Product Release: What’s New in Planview Hub 20.2

Tasktop’s latest product release—Planview Hub 20.2—is out today to make toolchain integration even easier and powerful, enabling large-scale organizations to accelerate the flow of work and business value across their software portfolio. Key highlights include: More control over operational processes using Conditional Field Flow Conflict resolution at the field-level Enhanced support for Micro Focus ALM...

What Excel is Good For – And What It’s Not

Most businesses today care about efficiency. Not just because of all the things a company can achieve when you work smarter, but because of all the time that opens up for you to spend on family, friends, hobbies, travel, and a full and rich life outside of work. One of the biggest productivity obstacles that...

How to Streamline Your Web Design Projects

As with any project, it’s ideal to keep your web design work as efficient as possible. The less time and revision you put into a given project, the more profitable it is. Since the primary goal of most companies is to increase revenue, web design project efficiency should be at the core of your processes....

The Heartbeat of Scaling Agile: Planview Agile Program Management Bundles

It’s no secret, Planview has been in the project portfolio management game for nearly 30 years. We know project portfolio management – the different flavors and maturity models of how portfolios evolve over time. What you might be surprised to discover is our knowledge and expertise in scaling Agile. I’d like to take a little...

Dynamic Planning: Refocus, Reprioritize, and Reallocate Rapidly

Urgency to switch to digital business is just one way organizations are responding to current disruptions, highlighting the need for dynamic planning. After a virtual meeting with 40 CEOs recently, Fortune CEO Alan Murray wrote: “Companies that previously had been slow to adopt to digital transformation now find themselves on a ‘burning platform.’” As executives...

Focus on Portfolio, not Projects, in PPM

Portfolio managers play a vital role within organizations, yet there are some myths around the role and its intrinsic value. The value of portfolio managers is often misunderstood and understated — often as a result of too much emphasis being placed on projects and execution, rather than portfolios as a whole and how they drive...