Articles about Project Portfolio Management and Resource Management
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Meisterplan at 2018 PMI Global Conference – Do Your Plans Work?
The Meisterplan team had a great time participating in the 2018 PMI Global Conference in Los Angeles. We especially enjoyed discussing why portfolio plans work and why they don't. In this post, we share the most common responses we got to the question "Do your portfolio plans actually work? Why?".
How Retrospectives Led to Acceptance for Our Lean PPM Process
Every team wants to improve. That's why at Meisterplan, we simply integrated the Retrospective Scrum element into the Lean PPM process. In this post, Stefan Schneider discusses how having a Retrospective with the Portfolio Board after each Board Meeting has led to greater acceptance of the Lean PPM process.
13 Tips and Tricks to Becoming a Professional Meisterplanner
Meisterplan Customer Success Manager Manuel Schneider offers his insider knowledge with 13 Meisterplan tips and shortcuts to make you a professional Meisterplanner.
Portfolios and Scenarios in Meisterplan – What’s the Difference?
Many new Meisterplanners have questions about the difference between portfolios and scenarios and how to use them effectively. In this article, Kevin Johnson, from our partner Sandhill Consulting explains the difference between portfolios and scenarios and offers some best practices on how to use these two features in Meisterplan.
Meisterplan Gets an A+ for Project Timeline Modifications and Resourcing
Learn more about the recent Meisterplan review by Info-Tech analyst, Barry Cousins, including his first impression, how Meisterplan is different from the competition, and his recommendation on who should try Meisterplan.
Simplified IT Portfolio and Resource Planning Webinar
Jon Furner, CEO of ResultsPositive and Brian Hintz, VP of Business Development and Alliances at Meisterplan discussed how companies can use Meisterplan to simplify their portfolio and resource planning and also gave a quick demo of the tool in an webinar on August 8th. Watch the video of the webinar to learn how you can simplify your planning.
How to Make Difficult Portfolio Management Decisions
Fear of better options (FOBO) is common when managing a portfolio, but how can you make project portfolio management decisions without big regrets? This article gives tips on how to make even the most difficult portfolio management decisions.