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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.
If you’re an “accidental” project manager, you’re likely familiar with the stress and chaos that can come from being overworked and unorganized. You may have fallen into the role, unsure of what’s expected of you or where to start, and suddenly you’re juggling a million tasks and to-do lists. As a marketer myself, I can...
As an organization becomes more complex, we find an increasing degree of specialization in functions and roles. These bring the depth of knowledge and expertise required for managing complicated business functions. Along with these specializations comes a need for the domain specific tools that are best suited to the work being performed. To enable our...
In this webinar, founder and CEO of Net Objectives, Al Shalloway, addresses the cost of misaligned teams for large and growing organizations. Al discusses how to make iterative improvements to your organizational structure, resulting in easier management of complex enterprise processes and helping you deliver faster. This session provides a deep dive into: Achieving agreement...
As Software Engineers, we tend to get lost within our ivory towers. We are logical people, and crave logic in the world around us. The real world around us, though, is messy and frustratingly illogical. I am happiest, and most productive, when I have a well-defined Epic to work on, with clear requirements and acceptance...
Virtual teams have become the new norm. People are spread out all over the globe, yet must be able to work together and deliver on business goals. However, when it comes to collaborating, you’ll find there is a lot of talk about getting work done, but little being accomplished. This is because effective collaborative work...
Before joining Tasktop, I spent several years as a Project Manager working with non-profit clients. During this time, one of the biggest obstacles I faced was overcoming the communication barriers between separate teams at our organization. So when approached to co-host a webinar with cPrime on the top challenges facing Project Managers, I jumped at...
If you’re an HPE ALM/QC or HPE Octane user you’ll know that to get true traceability and reporting you need to integrate it with other tools used by software development teams, and there are a variety of ways you can do that. There’s now a new offering available to you – HPE ALM Octane I/O...
In this webinar, I’ll provide guidance around choices you can make that impact your ability to meet your commitments with confidence. You’ll learn how to predict the cycle time of work before it’s finished. I will also explain the basics of queuing theory, and the relationship between queue size, capacity utilization, and cycle times. In...
This is the final installment in a series of posts, in which we describe the trends disrupting the insurance industry – and how Lean can help incumbents survive and thrive amidst the disruption. If you missed the first two posts in this series, start reading here. Human-Centric Business Models Successful InsurTechs are not disruptive because of...
If there’s a word to define the insurance industry today, it’s disruption. Tech-enabled startups are entering the market unburdened by legacy systems or mindsets, and challenging even the largest insurance companies with innovative strategies, products, processes, and customer experiences. Much like what the financial world has experienced in recent years, new regulations are emerging to...
