Bridging the gap between off-the-shelf software and homegrown solutions: Part 2/2 — Companies are searching for ways to respond to change quickly, while they want to restrict their employee’s creativity as little as possible. In the past, a fast software solution usually meant off-the-shelf standard software. As a result, processes and work steps were usually predefined to a high degree leaving little…

You will not master tomorrow’s challenges with yesterday’s solutions: Part 1/2 — Today’s world is constantly changing and is, therefore, more challenging than ever. Due to high pressure to change, all industries are in motion. This is critical for the survival of many companies. They have to search for new solutions constantly to adapt to change and to keep thriving. As Charles…

On modern Low-Code platforms — such as the project management software cplace — data is generated at breakneck speed; the significance and value of this data for analysis purposes is often underestimated. Process data that is generated interdisciplinarily and across departments in collaboratively used software is often of particular importance. …

How we made our first-ever virtual customer event happen — The cplace DIGITAL CONFERENCE is our most successful event format ever — and we are aiming even higher for cplace DIGI CON 2021! And all this despite the fact that DIGI CON was our very first major digital conference. We’ll bring you along to see how the format was originally…

Oh, 2020! What a year you have been so far! Shall we address the elephant in the room first? Yes, the Corona pandemic has been challenging us all in ways and forms we never thought possible. Our thoughts go out to those who have been particularly affected by Covid. As…

Part 1 of this blog post covered the basics: The project background, the main objectives, and how virtual collaboration with BMW Group worked using cplace. Part 2 of this blog series focused on the actual process of creating a functional, sophisticated MVP at an extremely fast pace and provided insights…

Please find the text in German below the English version. The challenge of a complex project portfolio Even in quiet times — if there ever were any — the coordination of the project pipeline in research and development (R&D) is a challenging task for most companies. Changing objectives and boundary conditions require continuous questioning and adjustment of…

Because all good things come in threes. Step 3: innovate. We’re counting down the time until cplace DIGITAL CONFERENCE 2020 not in days anymore, but in hours. Get ready, we’re starting off tomorrow, the 22nd of October at 1:30 pm CEST. And it’s not too late to register — don’t…

Because all good things come in threes. Step 2: co-create. We’re literally counting down the days to cplace DIGITAL CONFERENCE. In the second installment of the blog series leading up to the digital project management event of the year, we’ll discuss the second ingredient of the cplace magic potion: co-creation. …