Product Managers Are the Cool Kids Now

Key takeaways: Something has changed in how serious software organizations operate, and it isn’t getting enough airtime. The decisions that shape what ships, what gets killed, and what gets pushed are moving from project managers to product managers. As Planview’s Chief Product Officer, Louise Allen, put it at Pendomonium recently: “Product managers are the cool…

Profiling Llanos Cuenca and Her Involvement in Women in Architecture

By Holt Hackney Llanos Cuenca is an associate professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and researcher with the Research Centre on Production Management and Engineering (CIGIP). Her academic work focuses on enterprise management, […]

Why Scaling Products Without Architecture Slows You Down

Product-centric operating models are now the default aspiration for digital organizations. Agile adoption continues to rise. Our data shows that 55% of firms in North America and Europe now use Agile or product-centric ways of working, up double digits…

FTC Sues Match, OkCupid Over Alleged Unauthorized Sharing of Millions of Users’ Personal Data

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against Match Group and OkCupid, alleging the companies misled millions of users by sharing sensitive personal data – including photos, geolocation data, and demographic information -with a third […]

After the Plan: How Portfolio Visibility Carries Strategy Through Delivery

In complex portfolio environments, strong prioritization decisions are only as effective as the organization’s ability to sustain alignment during execution. Even when initiatives are evaluated rigorously, ranked objectively, and aligned to capacity targets, execution can drift if priorities, plans, dependencies, and risks are not consistently visible across teams and leadership. This blog post concludes the…

AI Agent Success Doesn’t Depend on the Tool, but the Architecture

By Alessandro Lanteri Organisations are starting to adopt AI agents to rethink how work gets done. The promise is compelling: redefine workflows and bring new adaptability, scalability, and precision to decision-making. Yet many deployments stall or [….