Illustration High Level Planning

Why Too Much Detail Too Soon Backfires

In the third post of this five-part series on portfolio planning with Jira data, we look at why asking teams for too much detail too soon can create false confidence before key portfolio decisions have been made.

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Surviving Volatility
Surviving Volatility in the Oil and Gas Industry with Plans That Work

The oil and gas industry's volatility doesn't have to mean volatility for your business. Read on to learn how you can thrive in a dynamic landscape!

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Agile Project Management
Reinventing How A Hospital Operates With Agile Project Portfolio Management

Despite traditional project management methods often being used in the healthcare industry, Munich Hospital adopted the Agile method. Here are some interesting insights from Munich Hospital's Marco Weidemeier on the process of changing the way the hospital works.

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Overview Project Portfolio Management
Is It Possible To Have Too Much Data?

Many businesses believe a chaotic and unsuccessful project portfolio is caused by a lack of project data. This leads them to put great effort into documenting and obtaining as much project data as possible. But is the problem really that they don't have enough data?

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Managing Customer Demands
Managing Capacity and Demand in a Dynamic Business Environment

We've seen it too. It's incredibly difficult to manage capacity and demand in the ever evolving age of digitalization. In this blogpost, we explore some key points in managing these issues in a dynamic environment.

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What is PPM
Okay Google, “What Is Project Management?”

Are you often searching for the key to help all of your projects run smoothly and avoid resource bottlenecks? You might actually need Project Portfolio Management instead of Project Management. Learn more here...

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The Changing Makeup of Teams
The Gantt Chart – The MVP of Project Portfolio Management

Gantt charts are a powerful tool for portfolio and task management used by professionals across a wide variety of industries. Learn more about them, and why project portfolio managers are loving how Meisterplan utilizes Gantt charts here!

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Shift Focus of Projects
G2 Crowd Names Meisterplan as Summer 2019 High Performer

We're excited to announce that Meisterplan has been recognized as a High Performer by G2 Crowd in their Summer 2019 "Project Management" and "Project & Portfolio Management" reports.

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Collaboration in Agile Resource Management
Strict Adherence to Agile Is Actually Not Very Agile

Is "Agile" everything it's cracked up to be? We believe the best use of Agile involves, well, some not-Agile aspects. Read on to learn more!

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PMI Houston 2019
Highlights of PMI Houston Conference and Expo 2019

Read on to learn what all took place at the show, including a demo of our in-tool Jira integration, as well as networking with a diverse range of business professionals on how to Make Plans That Work.

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