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.  

UK Business Fraud Hits a 15-Year High

Among the many issues which are now facing business in the UK in the wake of Brexit, it appears that fraud is becoming one of the most prominent. This fact was borne out as UK business fraud hit a 15-year peak, according to accountants BDO, with it costing the UK economy nearly $3 billion. These...

Why Today’s Organizations Need Work and Resource Management

How often do you measure success by how successfully a project was completed? If your answer is “often,” you aren’t alone. Numerous organizations follow this measurement standard, although in today’s work environment, it has become rather outdated—those who stay ahead of the curve have adopted work and resource management. Rather than basing success on project completion,...

Assess the Current State of Your Organization

For part three of this blog series based on the Ventana Research whitepaper, “Five Ways to Increase Efficiency and Innovate Faster,” I will discuss a three simple ways to assess the current state of your organization and begin thinking about how to adopt more modern ways of working. Before we get started, be sure and...

Increasing Amount of New Business in the UK

The shockwaves from the June 2016 Brexit vote for the UK to leave the European Union, where it had been part of its single market since the early 1970s, continue to be felt. Not least politically, where the ruling Conservative party is riven by discord between its pro-business wing and its pro-sovereignty elements. This, along...

Drum Roll Please! Initial Findings From The Enterprise Architecture Survey Are In

Drum roll please! I am very excited to share the initial findings from the December 2017 enterprise architecture survey titled, “The Role of the Enterprise Architect”, conducted by Architecture and Governance Magazine and commissioned by Planview. We compiled feedback from more than 200 enterprise architects from around the globe representing different industries about the state...

The Value of Combining Robust PPM with Lightweight Work Execution [Video]

Most businesses want PPM solutions that can be deployed in the IT organization run by certified, full-time product managers and can be deployed within IT, product development, or professional services departments. The bottom line is to drive the right projects and initiatives for on time, on budget delivery. But what about the accidental project manager?...

Brexit May Cost the UK 75,000 Finance Jobs

The effects of Brexit on the UK economy have yet to be fully felt, with factory output growing at its fastest rate for decades and unemployment at similarly record low levels. This seems to be belying the doom and gloom predictions from before the seminal vote on Britain’s membership of the EU free trade area....

Overcome Hurdles to Maximize Business Value

In my last blog, “What is Work and Resource Management: Part 1 – Adapting to change,” I define work and resource management from the perspective of our friends at Ventana Research. This blog features the Ventana Research viewpoint on overcoming hurdles to maximize business value from their whitepaper, “Five Ways to Increase Efficiency and Innovate...

75% of Brits Would Switch Careers if Given the Chance

Many people from time to time may look at their career and the decisions they have made and feel slight pangs of regret. In the UK however, it has reached epidemic proportions, with the numbers of people saying they regret decisions they have made in their careers eclipsed only by the amount that wish they...