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Apr 20 2017

The Gartner Program & Portfolio Management Summit

By Sean Pales | Company news, Gartner | No Comments

The annual Gartner Program and Portfolio Management Summit is happening this June. Expos are taking place in Orlando, FL and London, UK and we’re very excited to be a part of the event. Gartner are globally renowned for their research targeting CIOs and IT leaders and the PPM Summit is the culmination of their combined expertise and knowledge.

Mar 15 2017

Crawl, Walk, Run, Resource Management – FTE or Hours? Part 1

By Sean Pales | Gartner, Resource management | No Comments

Every year, Gartner publishes a very popular research article entitled “Resource Management for Project Portfolio Management: Walk Before You Run.” As its name implies, the research article focuses on the various levels of resource management maturity and the associated challenges and benefits faced along the way.

Mar 10 2017

Get proper resource management — no more Excel!

By Greg Bailey | Company news | No Comments

Your business processes, projects and ultimately profits, depend on your resources. So, it makes sense to leverage cutting edge technology to manage them most efficiently so they go further for your organization. At ProSymmetry, we hold regular webinars to showcase just how useable and powerful our leading resource management solution, Tempus Resource, is for your business, no matter your size. Read More

Feb 22 2017

Think you can succeed in enterprise resource management with Microsoft Project?

By Greg Bailey | Resource management | No Comments

Tens of thousands of organizations rely on the leading desktop scheduling solution – Microsoft Project – to plan, track and manage their projects. And many of those same organizations also use the tool to attempt to track and optimise their enterprise resource management. Read More

Feb 17 2017

Implementing a framework for managing project resources

By Greg Bailey | Resource management | No Comments

Effective resource management forms the cornerstone of everything done in a project-driven business. For this very reason, implementing a solid framework for managing project resources is vital. Read More

Jan 30 2017

Solving the resource supply – demand disconnect

By Greg Bailey | Resource management | No Comments

The concept of managers managing people is simple. And the concept of project managers managing projects is similarly simple. So, why do so many organizations fail when integrating the two parties? In our experience, “matrixed” organizations typically fail as a result of: Read More

Jan 20 2017

The smart move: utilizing smartsheet resource management

By Greg Bailey | Resource management | No Comments

Have you ever used Smartsheet resource management? It’s awesome. It’s easy to use, simple to get started, and inexpensive. Thousands of organizations agree with you. In fact, according to their website 15,000 new projects are started on a daily basis in Smartsheet! That’s insane and very cool. Read More

Jan 11 2017

Tempus Resource: Gartner Cool Vendor

By Greg Bailey | Gartner, Resource management | No Comments

We’ve been quiet for a few months. That’s about to change. The truth is we are experiencing unbelievable growth and that means all hands on deck to add customers, add features and add headcount to our amazing team. During this time some awesome things have taken place. One of the most awesome is being named as a 2016 PPM Gartner Cool Vendor! Read More

Apr 15 2016

Bridging the gap between project management strategy and implementation

By Greg Bailey | Resource management | No Comments

Consistent planning and business strategy implementation are essential for any organization; from keeping up with competitors to adjusting to market trends and just about any other business-related functionality in between. However, studies show that there is a worryingly high failure rate when businesses go from forming a strong PPM project management strategy to successfully implementing it. Read More

Mar 23 2016

How much can you save with a resource management plan

By Sean Pales | Resource management | No Comments

Like any valuation exercise, attaching an estimate of value from a resource management plan or a portfolio management system can be challenging. There are so many techniques and so many variables; oftentimes, the credibility of those variables and their underlying assumptions can quickly be challenged. Other techniques involve non-quantifiable assumptions around relative value. Again, these techniques are prone to simplifying assumption bias. In my opinion, we need a quantitative approach to do this right and – as famed consultant Peter Drucker once said – “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

So, before selecting a method and running the numbers, let’s look at why people seek out resource management plan software. In general, we see a demand for:

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