Project Portfolio Management

The PMO is under constant pressure. From maintaining standards for project management practices to planning and delivering projects – the PMO needs to be in constant sync with strategy and business outcomes. This PMO blog category provides numerous recommendations from experts to encourage top down and bottom up planning, improve processes, promote stakeholder satisfaction, and ultimately eliminate silos to advance the PMO function. Get expert advice on the pros and cons of adopting a continuous planning model. Experts will also share real-world advice on choosing your next Project Portfolio Management tool and how to #BeThatPMO your business needs.

Thinking Beyond the Annual Plan

In part one of this three part series, I discuss how Companies want to Improve Plan Accuracy and can do so with continuous planning – summarizing key takeaways from a new study and eBook by Ventana Research. This blog is about the need to think beyond the annual plan and to learn about the top four...

The employee engagement era has arrived. Will your organization thrive – or dive?

The idea that the power of employee engagement is an important and positive thing isn’t new. In fact, this goal has been on the organizational radar for so long, that it has burned into the screen. However, the traditional view of employee engagement as an important, but nevertheless optional “nice to have” is no longer...

Work and Resource Management in Today’s Enterprise

Work and Resource Management (WRM) is the concept that organizations need to manage their projects to drive business success from end to end. Many companies get very good at in certain stages of the project lifecycle – for example planning or execution – but not all can do it well from start to finish. From...

3 tips for estimating project duration as accurately as possible

Estimating how long a project will last is crucial to project management, but what if you tend to estimate incorrectly? For one thing, you’re certainly not alone. Many project managers grow frustrated when they see their projects stretch on for weeks or even months beyond the anticipated completion date. If you’re looking for ways to...

How to get projects done without authority

Guest Post by Arnon Yaffe Do you have the responsibility for a project, but little of the authority needed to make things happen? Every so often project managers are assigned to lead projects without being granted the formal authority to get the job done. More so, if you are managing complex, cross-department projects, then this...

An introduction and a farewell: continuing my passion as an entrepreneur

As the founder of Planview AdaptiveWork and as an entrepreneur, I have very much enjoyed growing this company over the past decade into the global organization it is today. Because you have been a very important part of this journey, I wanted to personally share with you today my decision to step down as CEO...

Clarizen’s future – an evolution, not a revolution

After my first week as Planview AdaptiveWork’s CEO, I can say I’m even more pleased to have joined the company.  I’m learning every day about the great foundation of customers, product and team on which we will build the Planview AdaptiveWork of the future. As I told the US team earlier this week, this is...

Companies Want to Improve Plan Accuracy

If your organization spends months on the annual planning process, it’s likely you are familiar with this scenario: After setting the annual plan, inevitable change happens…new information becomes available… projects are organically delayed and new projects are added without any prioritization or revisions to the annual plan or portfolio. There is general confusion over how to improve plan...

The inherent value of enterprise project management

Change, even the good kind of change, can be scary for a large organization. Any time a large-scale initiative alters the way people do their jobs, the anxiety is often apparent from the executive suite down to the newest college intern. Perceived difficulties in change management, and a lack of clarity about expected benefits, can...

Upcoming Innovation and PPM Conferences – Enrich Consulting

It’s time to network and share best-practices!   The next six months is high season for conferences, and Enrich is excited to sponsor eight different events across North America and Europe between now and March 2017. While we recommend all of these conferences as excellent opportunities to network, learn from your peers, and share your...