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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.
Despite their headlong pursuit of tomorrow’s innovations, too many organizations still cling to yesterday’s hierarchies. They conflate “supervisor” with “boss”—the person over and above a team of subordinates. But organizations that truly want to transform themselves and the world around them are flipping that hierarchy upside-down: meet the anti-manager. A new wave of start-ups and...
The benefits of fostering a high-velocity corporate culture may be obvious, but a surprising number of companies have trouble moving quickly enough to beat, or even keep up, with the competition. Businesses have to be fast to maintain relevance. First movers in any field have the easiest time establishing brand recognition and customer loyalty before...
UK Manufacturing Growth Spikes to a Three-Year High Despite the recent recession, unemployment in the UK has not reached the same dire levels as other countries. In fact, as of February-April 2017, the UK Office of National Statistics listed the unemployment rate (for those age 16 and over, seasonally adjusted) at just 4.6%. This is...
As the technology industry faces a growing reckoning of public trust, the all-hands meeting has become a Silicon Valley staple. From Google to Facebook to Uber, CEOs open themselves up to tough questions from employees, especially in times of crisis. At least, that’s what appearances would suggest. Unfortunately, these confessionals often come off as choreographed,...
The scientific consensus on climate change is undoubtable, with 97% of the world’s climate scientists and every scientific institution supporting the idea that humans are directly and negatively affecting the world that we live in. It’s also not only temperature increases that are occurring, increases in carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere, mass insect...
When we say it’s time to lean in to the changing world of work, know that, here at Planview, we also practice what we preach. We’re leaning into a new way of work as an organization and helping our customers do the same. This means not just selling solutions and talking about the new way...
While the UK continues to reach record numbers in terms of its employment and overall engagement in the workforce, another issue is being raised which may undercut the excitement about the pure numbers of people taking up jobs. This is the productivity of employees in the UK, which consistently lags behind its international peers, and...
In the Flow Framework™ there are four flow items that provide value to the end-user of your product: Features (new business value) Defects (quality) Technical debt (removal of impediments to future delivery) Risk (security, governance, compliance) A software organization must devote time to each flow item as they are all crucial to a strong product....
At Tasktop our Product, Engineering and UX teams operate under a single umbrella called ‘Product Development’ to make all our value streams “customer-obsessed”. Our teams do not work in silos or a single project, rather they are focused on optimizing the value stream for a single product – such as Tasktop Integration Hub – to...
Security in the age of ever-increasing technological access to our lives continues to grow as an issue for banks and business in the UK. Not only are larger amounts having to be spent on cybersecurity, such as using ultra-secure cloud-based software, there are also the increased skills that have to be learnt, time taken to...
