Your path to business agility
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.
You don’t have to be a pirate to find hidden treasure—although it may give you the upper hand. With the right information, anyone can become the hero or heroine to unlock secrets to success—in this case, secrets to work and resource management. While the benefits of work and resource management are (not-so-hidden) jewels, there is...
Not surprisingly, the success of the project portfolio is truly in the eye of the beholder – the stakeholder (execs, customers, the board, etc.). Whether those stakeholders view your projects as successful will likely be based upon the PMOs ability to deliver on its commitments as well as what you can measure. How can you...
As you take another look at your priorities for this brave, new year, Planview CEO Greg Gilmore encourages you to step out of the confines of the annual strategic plan and step into continuous planning to truly deliver on your highest-priority commitments. In his latest CIO.com blog, Greg reminds us all that “success isn’t a...
How do you feel about New Year’s resolutions? Do you have some of your own, and do you stick to them? Many chose to forgo the tradition of making resolutions for one of two reasons: 1) they’re simply too easy to break, or 2) life is already pretty great. Those who feel the latter adopt...
At key moments in life, we need a trusted friend to boldly and with the best of intentions take us aside, and give us an unpleasant — or sometimes just ugly — dose of truth. And if you’re an executive in an enterprise that uses spreadsheets as a project management “tool,” then allow us to...
There are those who think that the number one job of a project manager is — if you’ll forgive the tautology — to manage projects. However, there’s an even deeper and more important role that project managers should perform, regardless of whether they’re developing software, launching a marketing campaign, building a facility or carrying out...
You may have come across “The 12 Days of Project Misery,” which is the lament of project managers who are forced to use dysfunctional project management software. For them, the season isn’t festive — it’s frustrating. But it doesn’t have to be! Their enterprise can put Planview AdaptiveWork’s award-winning project management software under the tree,...
When it comes to planning projects, organizations often use spreadsheets and resource capacity planning templates to help them understand how demand compares with available resources. It can be a long, arduous set up. Eventually, you end up with the tabs of information and pivot tables to help you draw conclusions and make decisions. Spreadsheets might...
Is your organization trying to optimize work portfolios, balance capacity against demand, and link plans and resources to project execution? It’s not always easy to drive change with speed and confidence. Smart companies are always looking for successful project management examples to learn how other companies are achieving their project management goals. At Planview, we...
Ever heard of the game, “Would You Rather?” Let’s play a quick round to help answer the question “What are Project Resources?” You’re responsible for transporting a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill (the boulder does not have to remain in one piece). So, would you rather: Be responsible for carrying the...
