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.  

The Key to Getting More Done? Down Time.

In a global economy that rewards strivers, concepts like rest and relaxation can start to take on the sepia tones of old photographs. Technology has blurred the lines between work life and the spaces where life actually happens. But a healthy balance is one of the most important factors in determining success. Overlong hours can...

Major Blow for UK Car Industry as Two European Parts Factories Close

The dark clouds hanging over Britain caused by its impending exit from the European Union (Brexit) are beginning to look ever more ominous for business in the country, with the UK car industry in particular seeming to be in quite a precarious position. Already one of the most at-risk industries in the country, recent reports...

UK Consumers Could Lose EU Legal Rights in Event of No-Deal Brexit

fThe realities of life in the UK after Brexit are beginning to become much clearer as the country gets closer to the March 29, 2019 “divorce date” from the world’s largest trading bloc. Much of what Brexit will mean for citizens of the UK is still dependent on the type of deal that will be...

Is Automation a Threat to UK Worker’s Pay?

The side-effects and consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are coming clearer into view and their effect on wage growth and labor welfare have been noted by the Bank of England’s chief economist, Andy Haldane. The effects of automation, he declared, could knock 1% per year off wage growth for UK workers, in all likelihood...

Half of 20-Somethings in the UK Have No Savings

Statistics concerning the future for millennials in the UK continue to paint a bleak picture according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The headline figure is that 53% of 22 to 29-year-olds have no savings whatsoever, essentially living paycheck-to-paycheck. The rise of the gig economy and insecure working conditions, such as...

Driving Digital Transformation with Work and Resource Management

Digital transformation initiatives fail for a number of reasons. Sometimes it’s due to a misunderstanding of what digital transformation actually is; other times, it’s because of an unwillingness to adapt to an ever-changing professional environment. According to Ventana Research, successful digital transformation requires the highest level of work and resource management to return the greatest...

What Software Needs to Learn from Physical Product Delivery

In the Age of Mass Production, which began at the turn of the 20th century, we witnessed engineering organizations master complex product delivery.  Since that time, product complexity has continued to grow, fueled recently by an ever-growing number of electronic and software components. For example, in the 2000s, approximately 40 percent of a car’s cost...

How the Flow Framework® Maximizes Your Wins from Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®)

Many organizations have invested heavily or are considering investing in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) to improve their enterprise software delivery, where complex product work spans dozens of Agile development teams. Enterprises that have made strong strides down the SAFe path have trained and certified their teams, hired internal coaches, adopted new tools and implemented new...

Project to Product – Value Stream Networks

My review of the Project to Product book continues from Value Stream Metrics, with a tour of the Value Stream Network based on a study of no less than 308 toolchains and three more epiphanies. To avoid the spoiler, you will have to read the book for the context and the profound impact of the latter :-). The last part...

A Fresh Approach to Maximizing Value of Government IT

One of the specific goals of The Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) is to “promote transparency in existing IT assets and allow better planning, acquisition, and management of software licenses and IT resources.” Essentially, FITARA provides new ways to maximize the value of government IT and, at a basic level, answers the following: What...