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Personal recommendations are everything in business. They are endorsements from people who have tried your product and service and were so satisfied they wanted to share that positivity. In an ultra-connected online environment they have also taken on a huge role in our decision-making process, with 68% of people doing more business with a firm...

How PMOs can future-proof their role in the office of tomorrow

The digital revolution is changing every aspect of the workplace, but few jobs will be reshaped as fundamentally as those in the project management office. The research firm Gartner predicts that by 2030, as much as 80% of the traditional work of the PMO (data collection, tracking, and reporting) could be performed by AI. The...

5 Things 2020 Taught Us About Innovation

Slutet på ett år - men särskilt slutet på de mest bisarra 12 månaderna av vår nuvarande mänskliga erfarenhet - innebär en period av eftertanke och lärande. Och om det fanns en lärorik stund för företagen i 2020, är den övergripande lärdomen (om än inte den mest uppenbara) att en förändring utan motstycke kräver ett oöverträffat svar i form av smidighet och innovation. I den här artikeln ska vi ta reda på hur företagen reagerade på ett sådant turbulent år. Du får lära dig fem...

Agila gruppnamn: Vad finns i ett namn?

I traditionella organisationer behöver team inte tänka så mycket på sitt teamnamn, eftersom det vanligtvis definieras av deras funktion: Marknadsföringsteam, säljteam osv. Men namn på agila team? De kräver lite mer eftertanke. Att välja ett unikt namn för ett Agile-team kan vara en rolig och kreativ övning som hjälper till att stärka teamets identitet och...

AI och projektledning: Vad kommer att förändras till det bättre?

Computing technology is meant to make life easier for all mankind, adding convenience to all kinds of processes that might otherwise require human time and effort. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), which encompasses machine learning and decision-making capabilities normally ascribed to humans, is the next evolutionary step, and it is already well underway. Already...

De fem bästa metoderna för resurshantering

Despite a widespread acceptance of projects that end up behind deadlines and over budget, there is a surprising lack of motivation to change how projects are organized or to take preventative measures. A study in the Harvard Business Review, found that the average cost overrun was 27%, which is a business-changing margin of difference. Similar...

The Power of Progress Trend Analysis

Every task, milestone and project in Planview AdaptiveWork features two invaluable parameters that are usually not used to their full potential – these are ‘expected progress’ and ‘% complete.’The following article demonstrates how careful observation of these two parameters, and the relations between them, provides actionable intelligence and insight to any project. The ‘expected progress’...

5 Ways to Turn Conference Calls into Effective Meetings

Move over, email. Step aside, cubicles. Take a hike, undersized parking lot. There’s a despised new addition to the ENTERPRISE LEAST WANTED LIST, and it took a Planview AdaptiveWork survey to force it out of the shadows and into the spotlight: conference calls. About the Survey The aforementioned survey, which was conducted online by Harris...

How to Manage and Make the Most of Your Marketing Assets

In the digital sphere, it can often seem like the world is awash with too much content, yet quality content is still king and shines through the mass of poorly produced work. McDonald’s isn’t about to create a campaign around a random picture of a burger taken by one of their executives; a quality burger...

Failing Fast Is Fine—If You Fail Right

Silicon Valley’s “fail fast” mantra has become gospel in recent years. Its evangelists promise failure, defined as a series of product tests and tweaks, leads to success. They urge failing fast, failing forward and failing often. They pepper TED talks with failure confessionals, and let’s not forget FailCon, an entire conference dedicated to the concept....