Microsoft Project, or MS Project, is one of the most popular project management software solutions today. However, there are some essential features MS Project doesn’t have. If you have experience wor...

Time goes by; new technologies promise more and more; yet somehow projects still fail at an alarming rate. According to a recent study by Wellingtone, only 37 percent of teams deliver projects on time...

Projects fail, that’s nothing new. But each project’s failure can typically be tied to a common reason, most of which can be prevented. Reducing the number of failed projects in your portfolio comes d...

Successful product portfolio management process requires more advanced tools than simple spreadsheets. Companies need solutions that provide them with real-time data, comprehensive visibility into the...

Your organization may already pay for capable AI tools and still not be ready to use them in a real workflow. The gap is rarely the model. It is permission to use the data, a reviewer with time to che...

Planview Portfolios is a strong starting point when your hardest problem is connecting strategy, investments, capacity and delivery across an enterprise. Planisware Enterprise is a strong starting poi...

Schedule variance is a specific project management metric that quantifies project progress by subtracting planned value (PV) from earned value (EV) at a reporting cutoff date. If you get a negative re...

The aerospace and defence industry is a space where giant  corporations manage multi-billion portfolios and deal with challenges that many other industries have the privilege not to encounter. With mu...

Portfolio and project management tools have similar features, but ultimately, some might be more suitable than the others for specific use cases. For many Smartsheet users, their current tool of choic...

Implementing new technology is an important part of business growth and one that allows organizations to greatly improve efficiency, increase revenue, and reach long-term goals faster. But measuring t...

Focusing on simply delivering projects can lead a company to a place where productivity is commendable, but the actual achievement of business benefits is low. Strategic portfolio management (SPM) see...

A company’s strategic goals are big-picture ideas. Those ideas need to be pursued through specific measurable actions to be realized. This is what operational planning does: finds a way to achieve one...