Vision and Trends

At Planview, our vision is simple: to help organizations realize their resource potential. This PPM Vision and Trends category is all about thought leadership. Read about what Planview thought leaders are saying about the work and resource management market as it relates to PPM, work collaboration, and enterprise architecture. We’ll also provide information on industry news, trends, and company stewardship. Whether you are seeking a sneak peek at our product lineup or curious about our latest innovation push, Visions and Trends contain a wide range of information. We’ll help you get your arms around the changing landscape and how to better understand the forces at work and the pace of disruption. We can even help you re-assess how to attack your toughest resource challenges and how to stay on top of new certifications.  

Agile Transformation: 10 Lessons Learned (so far) on our Agile Journey

As a product leader, I get the question all the time: “Do you use your own products?” The answer is, “Of course we do.” It’s certainly true, but up until this point, usage was mainly in a department by department basis, with each department using the product slightly different and not necessarily connected. To provide...

Brexit Set to Upset UK Employment Law

Among the many fields of disagreement during and after Britain’s Brexit referendum in 2016 was the primacy of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Those in favor of leaving the EU argued that it lessened Britain’s sovereignty, while those who wished to remain stated that it was necessary to ensure that legal...

Is the Four-Day Work Week the Future of Work in the UK?

It might sound like a crazy idea and the complete antithesis to the direction most work practices are moving across the world, but could the four-day work week be the future of work in the UK? That is what one major insurance company is suggesting, as it prepares a trial that will see 250 people...

The Flow Framework™ – Defects as Warranty Costs

In my previous posts, I’ve talked about two flow Items from the Flow Framework™ and how they are analogous to other types of financial transactions. Tech debt is similar to financial debt and risk items are similar to security costs. Today, I’m going to discuss how defects are similar to warranty costs.  Why do we...

How Climate Change is Making British People Poorer

While the effects of climate change are scientifically undeniable, many people in the UK and around the world still view it as something of an alien concept. The words themselves conjure up disaster movie images of huge sea storms, baking deserts or animal extinction, but far too often people don’t think of how climate change...

Employees in Britain Still Feeling the Effects of Crisis

Evidence of a mini “left behind generation” is beginning to emerge in the UK, which should serve as a warning signal to those predicting a relatively harmless outcome of Brexit. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, unemployment in the UK rose. However, though Britain is currently going through an unprecedented employment boom, those who...

Digital Transformation and the Changing World of Work – A Blueprint to Innovation [Video]

Digital transformation and reinvention are lofty goals for any organization in this constantly changing world of work and resources. Every organization that aspires to rewire and go after new market opportunities has to face the fact that innovation depends upon ideation from within. Transformation is far more than new projects and ideas. You have to...

The Top Seven Challenges of Doing Business in the UK

The UK is currently going through a surprising economic boom considering the 2016 vote to leave the world’s biggest trading bloc, the EU. Predictions of Britain’s demise were seemingly greatly exaggerated and it has in fact gone from strength to strength since the vote, with unemployment reaching its lowest level in more than 40 years....

UK Minimum Wage Workers Are About to Get a Pay Raise

On April 1st, the UK minimum wage increased to £8.21 ($10.46) giving it one of the highest minimum wages, in real terms as well as a proportion of the median full-time salary, in the world. Known as the National Living Wage, the top rate is paid to employees in the UK aged over 25, with...

How Tasktop dramatically improved its Flow Velocity in one day

In the latest release of Tasktop Integration Hub (19.3), the Product Development team tried out an experiment to deliver even more business value out of our flagship product. In my last blog, I described how Tasktop has made few cultural and process-oriented changes to be more customer-obsessed and ship features faster. Galvanized by the new...