Your path to business agility
Learn about the Flow Framework®, a structured, prescriptive approach to Value Stream Management in software delivery organizations. It identifies where work slows down so that bottlenecks can be addressed and equips technology leaders to effectively communicate with business stakeholders when setting priorities and measuring outcomes.
In this third installment of our Tasty Dog Food Series, we continue to share stories of how we’re using our own product, Planview Viz™, internally to boost our growth and happiness. This time, I spoke to Jeff McCollum, our Product Value Stream Lead for Planview Hub, who told me how he used Planview Viz and...
In this second installment of our Tasty Dog Food Series, we continue to share stories of how we’re using our own product, Planview Viz™, internally to boost our growth and happiness. This time, I spoke to David Slater, our Product Value Stream Lead for our cloud and development infrastructure as a service. David wears two...
OKR adoption is accelerating. At Tasktop, we’ve seen faster take-up in the last year than in the last half a decade. The OKR software market mirrors that growth; it’s projected to grow by 13.73% CAGR by 2027 to reach $1946.88M. And only this month, OKR-tracking platform WorkBoard announced $75 million in funding. Regardless of market...
How the macroeconomics of a cargo ship should have you rethinking your software flow A short while ago, I wrote a blog entitled Innovation Is Compounding Interest: How Legacy Companies Can Compete and Deliver Innovation Like the Cloud-Native Giants. I made the case that cost of production inefficiencies are not isolated to the cost of...
When The Queen’s Gambit debuted on Netflix in October 2020, it was an instant sensation that single-handedly revived interest in a game as old as time. The titular gambit (a calculated move, according to Merriam-Webster) is a cunning chess opening characterized by its attacking prowess, where the player sacrifices a pawn to gain control of...
I am pleased to share the findings of a Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ study that evaluates the cost savings and business benefits enabled by Tasktop’s value stream management (VSM) platform, Planview Viz™. We commissioned this study to quantify and share what our customers were already telling us – that we were dramatically changing how...
Over the last year, restaurants (like most companies) have been forced to think creatively about how they continue to serve customers without physical interaction. In the UK, many of our favorite food outlets, from the delicious pizzas of Franca Manca to the high-end Indian delights of Dishoom, are creating bespoke packages to enable us to...
Even in today’s economic downturn, where U.S. job postings are down overall compared to 2019, tech hiring is showing signs of being more resilient than average. In fact, seven of the ten most in-demand tech jobs are for developers—and none are for QA. That’s a bit alarming, because the Flow Metrics of several Fortune 100...
One of the most pragmatic and effective Lean practices is modestly called “5S”. It’s all about organizing your workspace for efficient and effective utilization. In plain terms, the 5S’s are: Sort: Sort the necessary from the unnecessary. Set in Order: A place for everything and everything in its place. Shine: Clean up what’s left. Standardize:...
There is little doubt that mastering software at scale produces a competitive advantage. The fact that Amazon is now using former J.C Penney and Sears stores as fulfillment centers tells you everything you need to know. Or does it? Amazon’s developers are not 30x better and faster developers than others. However, they treat continuous improvement...
