Work Management for Teams

In today’s project-driven, 24/7 economy, collaborating is a way of life. Typically, modern teams, work with people both inside and outside the company and across the globe to meet deadlines and complete projects on time. Our work collaboration blog category shows you what to look for in a project/work collaboration solution to effectively execute projects and manage teams, tasks, and deadlines. Whether on a team of 5 or 25, learn how to use the best tools when trying to set goals, create a plan, track progress, share documents, and monitor progress. We can help you look for adaptable solutions that are closely related to enterprise social networking platforms.

Supporting Product Strategy to Execution Leveraging The Pragmatic Marketing Framework

As product developers and marketers, it sometimes feels as if we’re lost in the woods without a compass, constantly changing course as we respond to requests for the latest product updates, fielding sales requests, or scheduling yet another status meeting. With so many voices across your business, it’s difficult to establish your bearings and move...

How do I measure the productivity of my software development team?

The eternal question for organizations worldwide – how do you measure the productivity of your software development team? There have been many attempts to answer this question, yet a solid measure continues to elude the industry. For instance, counting output such as the number of lines of code produced is insufficient as there’s little point...

How do I find and eliminate DevOps bottlenecks?

DevOps, like Agile, has transformed enterprise software delivery. Thanks to sprints, prioritization, CI/CD and release automation, organizations are building and deploying software products faster than ever. That pesky bottleneck between code commit and deploy has been all but eliminated, which should ensure better time to value for customers. Yet if your flow time – i.e. end-to-end...

Lean Blogs to Help You Improve Efficiency

A key part of continuous improvement (one of the pillars of Lean) is continuous education – keeping your brain actively engaged with Lean ideas. Reading Lean blogs can keep Lean principles and practices top of mind as you make decisions in work and in life. It can help you remember to use a testing mindset with both...

Gantt Charts: Visual Communication for Better Project Management

There’s no denying that the world of work today is fast-paced and highly technological, and project teams must adapt their communication methods to keep up with the competition. Gantt charts provide the necessary project visibility and flexibility to stay on track and meet project goals. However, you may be unfamiliar with Gantt charts or unsure...

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?...

Designing an API that works with Tasktop: The object model

Designing a REST API that works well with Tasktop is challenging. There are a lot of subtle things that can go wrong during the API design phase that can make it difficult for Tasktop to flow data to and from an ALM system. A first-class entity is an object that the API allows you to...

The False Dilemma: Do I invest in release automation or tool integration?

CIOs may have more dollars to play with in 2018 – enterprise IT budgets are expected to rise by 3 percent – but that doesn’t make their day job any easier. They still need to extract more value from IT to help drive the business. But with all the technology and noise in the market,...

Project Management Team Building

Project success starts at the team level. Equally as important as workplace technology and ample resources, good project management team building allows managers to assemble teams that work together to overcome obstacles and work efficiently to meet deadlines. But what makes a team excel, and how do you build the perfect team to guide you...

Planview at SXSW Trade Show 2018

The city of Austin is alive for yet another SXSW 2018 festival – watch this video to learn more. The conference brings together tech gurus, innovators, artists, musicians, celebrities, and basically rock stars of all types to share the latest innovations and art while inspiring attendees.  We absolutely love the energy of SXSW which is...