The main difference between projects and programs is their scope and focus. Project management focuses on efficiently executing specific projects, while program management aligns multiple projects with overarching strategic goals.

Every organization can benefit from continuous improvement. In this blog, we’ll highlight 3 simple Lean tools for process improvement, why they’re important and how Minitab Engage can help you successfully leverage these tools across your organization. Let’s get started!

SharePoint is a great tool for managing and collaborating on documents and as an intranet to disseminate information across the company. In fact, we use it at Minitab for those exact purposes.

We understand that spreadsheets simply won't cut it anymore. Continuous improvement teams need to track and report on things beyond what project managers or technical leaders do. Learn how to get a dashboard view into projects and get the reports and insight needed to make CI a reality.

In a recent quality management class, group discussion centered on frustration in the workplace resulting from lack of appropriate employee recognition. Several people recounted how disappointing it was to go “above and beyond” only to find there was little appreciation for what was accomplished.

In 1969, I had a microphone perched next to the radio, prepared to record each Beatles song played, just to satisfy my obsession at the time. What resulted on my old reel-to-reel player was a series of songs missing the first five seconds of each.

Executives in manufacturing firms have valid concerns about creating disruptions in their organization by replacing or updating a functioning enterprise technology product such as an ERP solution.

Successful system integrators display common traits and practices. Whether you are a system integrator (SI) or an end-user, knowing the qualities that make a SI successful can really make a difference in your business.

Systems integration has many meanings and connotations but the aspect I will focus on is when a company outsources the design, development and implementation of a system for an in-house project.