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Spotify has purchased a startup called Podz that could make it easier to find new podcasts to listen to on the platform. Podz chooses a clip using its machine learning model, which was trained on more than 100,000 hours of audio in consultation with journalists and audio editors. This acquisition marks yet another sign of […]
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The AI-powered defense company founded by tech iconoclast Palmer Luckey has landed a $450 million round of investment The company makes defense hardware, including long-flying drones and surveillance towers that connect to a shared software platform it calls Lattice. The technology can be used to secure military bases and monitor borders. Anduril co-founder and CEO […]
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Tractable, which works with automotive insurance companies to let users take and submit photos of damaged cars that are then “read” to make appraisals, has raised $60 million, a Series D that values Tractable at $1 billion, the company said. Its business today is based mostly around car accident recovery — where users can take […]
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Bringg has built software to help retailers with last-mile logistics — specifically to manage, and in some cases even tap, people fulfilling deliveries. It has raised $100 million in a Series E round of funding and has confirmed that the funding values the company at $1 billion — representing a hike of about 4x on […]
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10x Future Texhnologies, a London-based fintech that helps larger, established banks build both next-generation services as well as tools to help their older services work more efficiently, has raised $187 million. 10x will be using the funds both to expand into new geographies like North America, as well as to continue building more technology for […]
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Digital transformation is creating unstable and complex business environments. As a result, traditional companies that want to continue to satisfy and exceed clients’ expectations need to work hard. They need to respond to change with speed and agility. In particular, if they want to succeed in today’s business climate they must become more adaptive at […]
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Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is becoming the main tool for managing complex project environments. Many companies are using this methodology to achieve a better strategic alignment, decrease project complexity, increase project success rate and, last but not least, use company’s resources better. Thanks to PPM companies can achieve business results by maximizing performance, value, and […]
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At the beginning Project Portfolio Management (PPM) was an approach aimed at helping IT departments deliver results in a more efficient and effective way. Over the years, companies and senior managers realized that PPM methodology can be applied more widely throughout the organization. Since then, PPM methodology has changed and today is able to support […]
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Strategic decision-making is extremely important for organizational survival. There could be different types of organizational strategies. For example, there are strategies that could be based on a business line, diversification, innovation, brand, etc. It is important to say that the steps needed to select the different organizational strategies have risks. Risk analysis helps companies obtain […]
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To define an effective organizational strategy, companies should always take into consideration all types of risks that may occur at every level of an organization. As risks are part of the company’s strategy, they can affect portfolios, programs, and even projects. There are two types of risks: positive and negative. These risks can influence the […]
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To deploy strategies, companies need to focus on their business processes in order to reach their goals and create value. The culture of a company is part of its processes as a result of its established values, behaviors, and beliefs. As organizational culture changes over time, companies need to consider their culture when they need […]
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There are companies that deliver high profits and grow above their industry average. These high-performance organizations obtain these results not by chance but by choice. Their leaders have decided to create a high-performance culture and put in place the ingredients that will contribute to their success. Improving the level of employee engagement within the company […]
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Some of the most successful companies in the world are able to create environments their employees love to go, and job seekers desire to work from. Identifying and developing a company culture that is healthy and productive can make a huge impact on an organization’s success. Organizational culture is the set of values, expectations, and […]
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The strategy of a company is defined by the way an organization decides to compete in its own market. Business strategy gives direction to the organization. To create a competitive advantage and beat the competition, companies need to recognize the competencies they need to reach those goals. Developing strategic objectives and financial goals are critical […]
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One of the key tasks of project management is to balance the expectations and needs of stakeholders; especially when there are requirements and priorities that may be conflicting or opposing one another. In fact, to implement their strategies successfully, companies need to take into high consideration stakeholders’ needs and concerns. Stakeholders influence Stakeholders can be […]
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Project Portfolio Management (PPM) helps companies select the right projects, which align with their strategies, to achieve their objectives. Thanks to PPM companies are able to allocate the resources to support those projects. Even if PPM is usually used to improve project success probability, to achieve success companies need also to consider the connection between […]
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To develop new products companies can integrate Project Portfolio Management into the Stage Gate process. This approach works very well for big firms that operate in mature businesses where the portfolio of projects is pretty static. Thanks to this approach companies can review individual projects and make go/kill decisions on each one of them. To […]
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Companies need innovation to increase their market share and profit margin. Thanks to innovation, companies are able to put new successful products on the market. To get the most out of each new product, companies need to deliver them on time. Unfortunately, what usually happens is that most companies have a lot of projects they […]
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The definition of strategy is a long-term plan of action used to reach a specific goal or a set of objectives. To get the most out of their resources companies should link strategy and new product resource allocation. In addition, depending on their strategies, companies decide to focus on specific markets, technologies and products. In […]
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The trend of interest in the field of PPM and strategy topics has increased regularly in the last decades. It is expected to continue to increase in the future. Project Portfolio helps companies to achieve their organizational strategies and objectives. Organizations can use PPM to identify projects and portfolios that best align with their objectives. […]
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Companies can use projects as a powerful strategic tool to produce a competitive advantage and business value. Unlike the past, projects will become more and more important for driving a company’s strategy into new directions. Organizations should use project portfolio planning in order to plan their strategy. Let’s see how to use PPM for different […]
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Strategic management helps companies to innovate their processes and products. Strategy allows organizations to determine the best configuration of systems, processes, products, and resources to reach their objectives. Once a company has chosen its strategy it has to implement it. To implement their strategies companies can use Project Portfolio Management. In fact, they can use […]
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Organizations need to define a strategy in order to achieve success. Defining a strategy is a critical factor for the future of a company. In fact, the right strategy will produce growth, profit, or any other objectives the executives have set. At the same time, an inappropriate strategy not only will fail to yield benefits, […]
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Interest in project portfolio management has increased during the last few years. it has happened because organizations increasingly need efficient strategy processes to address the challenges in their changing environment. Basically, organizations increasingly need to innovate in order to survive. Project portfolio management allows the coordination of one or more portfolios to achieve the organization’s […]
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Organizations execute their strategies through the creation of strategic initiatives. The execution of the organization’s strategy happens through the use of programs and project portfolios. Senior management It is important to consider that strategic transformation can only be accomplished when senior management engages deeply in project management. In addition, the managerial perspective has changed from […]
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Today, companies are constantly under pressure to innovate and grow. To reach these objectives they need to find an efficient way to implement their strategies. Nevertheless, in many organizations a gap exists between the development of strategy and its successful implementation. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) contributes to close this gap. Project portfolio management (PPM) can […]
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