
Blogs
Celebrate 2024 New Features!
2024 is is coming to an end and it’s time to summarize what we released as major features in 2024, such as AI and modularity.
3 Project Problems and How Gen AI Can Help
Pie brings generative AI to your projects for better planning, task generation, and detailed how-to knowledge to help team members execute tasks. Modularization in Pie has been enhanced to bring more Lego-like approaches for reusability.
The Art of Project Management (with AI)
Have you ever wondered how to plan and execute a project where the result is a like a master painting? It’s on time, within budget, and the resulting business value is perfect. We’ll talk about how to become artful in project planning and execution with the help of generative AI.
What are the World's Top 13 Core Business Processes?
The top business processes that companies use around the world can be summed up in these 13 APQC PCF categories. Learn about what is PCF, what is the list of the core 13, listen to the CEO of a consulting company share experiences and how they implement APQC PCF with Pie.
Gifts from Pie — New Features
Happy Holidays from Pie! Check out the new features of Pie from 2022, including milestones-only views, billing budget reports, sharing with non-members, and more. Be safe, be happy, and make pies!
View the New Project Budget and Milestone Reports
The new project budget report for team billings and costs coupled with the new milestones-only reporting provides two important benefits for project managers and directors. Pie updates these reports in real-time during project execution. View the example videos to see how it works.
Benefits Realization Management for Programs
Many large projects and programs are missing benefits realization management steps. Without benefits management, these programs could easily fail. Read about types of frameworks, and how to implement them for your programs.
Introducing Pie & Jira Integration
Introducing the new Pie Connector for Jira. It's great for hybrid agile projects. Perfect when your development team prefers to use Jira and the rest of the project team, such as program and project managers, client team members, and stakeholders, prefer to use Pie, which is simpler for project, program, and portfolio execution and oversight.
"Just Do It" Doesn't Work. Sorry, Nike
Nike’s “Just Do It” doesn’t work enough to solidify changes for habits. It can take months of repetitiveness to become automated so we don’t need to think about it. Read examples about forming habits to impact life and work, especially project management activities.
Learning Pie with Pie. Sweet!
Imagine learning how to use a tool with that tool. This article introduces the new Learning Pie recipe made available for free to customers.
3 Lessons COVID-19 Taught Us About Project Failures
COVID-19 was a disaster because of no preparation, hard to implement government best practices, and now, little focus on using lessons learned for the future. This post introduces 3 lessons we learned from COVID-19 on how to reduce project management failures.
4 Games for Project Empathy
We all talk about collaboration on projects, but do we talk about project empathy? This article proposes 4 games for your team to help build empathy on projects. Learn about the power of empathy and how it can humanize collaboration and enhance results.
Pie + Microsoft Teams = Game Changer
You can easily communicate with your colleagues in Microsoft Teams and run your organization’s projects all in the same window. Robert Field, a Pie customer, shares how he did it and share’s how Pie is their “linchpin” and “game changer”. Listen to his short video on how easy it is to embed Pie in Teams and the value it brought to his company.
New Pie Features in 2020
Check out our new 2020 Pie features including executive eye-candy dashboards, time tracking, and many more. See what may look appetizing to you to help improve project results. One customer recently said, "the new dashboard is a game changer."
Updating Your Business for COVID-19
Don’t be at risk! Learn how to prepare an execution plan for a possible coronavirus pandemic. This how-to CDC content will help you prepare to reduce employee health risks and ensure business sustainability.
Are Project Managers Too Focused on Scheduling?
My answer is Yes. Instead of focusing too much on project scheduling, focus more on how to deliver better project results. Learn how to do both scheduling and reducing project failures with these simple pointers.
Team Member Selection Criteria: Look for Stars and Sponges
When you look for team member selection criteria, “Stars and Sponges” don’t come to mind. They should! Search for “Stars” who produced great project deliverables, and find team members who are “Sponges” — those who love to learn and grow. I’ll explain why you need both and how to find them.
10 Resource Planning Steps For Humans
This 10-step resource planning article is make for humans who want a straightforward set of steps for project people planning and forecasting. This is written for organizations that have tight budgets and limited available people.
New Resource Management and Planning Features!
Introducing the new set of People Timeline features made for easy resource management and resource planning and forecasting needs. It’s visual, dynamic, and fun to use!
New Pie Integration with 2,000+ Apps
Integration! We’re happy to introduce a new integration feature that could integrate Pie with over 2,000 apps via the Zapier “middle-man” integration platform. Connect Pie with Slack, Teams, Jira, Salesforce, and more!