We performed a comparison between Jira Align and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Agile Planning Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I joined the company because they had a large project, and as a startup company, they needed to scale up efficiently. My task was to review the current baseline, assess the team's capabilities, and propose solutions to increase production capacity. Upon observing the process in Jira Align, I realized we didn't need to invest heavily in expanding capacity."
"Jira is one of the most widely used tools in the market, and it has a vast amount of data already stored in it. Jira Align is crucial in orchestrating this data and providing valuable views and insights. However, it's essential for tools like Jira Align to offer configurable features. While complete customization might not always be feasible for enterprise-level tools, configurable features allow organizations to drive transformation accordingly."
"What I like about Jira is that I can easily keep tabs on the status of different issues and what the team is working on."
"In our workflow, we utilize a dashboard. Our product development backbone relies on two-week sprints. At the beginning of each sprint, we conduct a planning meeting to discuss and challenge the backlogs. Throughout the sprint, we conduct daily sessions to review code, ensure alignment with coding standards, and address any issues. Once all tasks are completed, we proceed with the deployment process."
"The most valuable features in Jira Align are the dashboard and the reporting feature."
"I like Jira's structured project plan, with tasks and subtasks. Jira can use various external plugins. Third-party providers can add new features to the solution. If I need some functionality, I can usually find an app for it. They have thousands."
"The product's most valuable feature is CMDB for services desk management and backlog projects."
"The most valuable feature of Jira Align is the overall team vision."
"The most important feature of ServiceNow IT Business Management is flexibility."
"The performance is good."
"Stable and scalable solution."
"You don't need a lot of plugins."
"The product is quite convenient and user-friendly."
"The PPM module is an excellent service."
"We like the status report feature. It is something really valuable."
"The technical support is pretty good. ServiceNow has consistently provided excellent assistance."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"One feature that needs improvement is the tool's ability to change schedules automatically. Users can't simply drag and drop tasks to reschedule them without notifying the entire team. This lack of functionality can hinder project management control, as changes should be communicated transparently to all team members."
"Maybe some of the terms and the connectivity could be improved."
"I don't know if Jira provides training for people who want to be certified with the solution, so that is one of the problems."
"The synchronization between Jira and Jira Align takes too long."
"Lacks sufficient reporting capabilities."
"The workflows are scalable from portfolio to individual level but can sometimes be complex to navigate."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex."
"The product comes with little options out of the box."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"The price keeps going up, and to remain competitive, it needs to have a competitive edge. I would like to see more of the latest innovations, in terms of AI, ML, and all of the latest cutting-edge technologies, included in the platform."
"When we originally set it up, we had some kind of success manager free of charge, and now it's an additional charge over and above what we're paying."
"We track salaries or paychecks of the resources. They change from time to time, such as every six months or every year. If they can come up with a default or out-of-the-box feature to manage those multiple payable costs so that we can automatically calculate the project costs rolled up. That would be the coolest feature that we can expect from ServiceNow. We would like to have an automatic feature to manage the payable costs. We should be able to manage or maintain multiple pay costs so that while calculating the project roll-up costs for individual projects, the respective pay costs in a particular period are picked up automatically from the backend. Currently, we have to customize that. It is doable. We have done it but through customization."
"ServiceNow IT Business Management could improve by adding better artificial intelligence."
"The product does not give us the freedom to capture all the instances, test cases, and evidence."
"The interface isn't user-friendly."
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Jira Align is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 36 reviews while ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management is ranked 5th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 27 reviews. Jira Align is rated 8.0, while ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Jira Align writes "Creates visibility, has lots of reports, and removes silos". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management writes "A very strategic demand management tool that visualizes risks and ratings in a bubble chart". Jira Align is most compared with OpenText ValueEdge, JIRA Portfolio, Planview AgilePlace, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Rally Software, whereas ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Project Server, Smartsheet and Broadcom Clarity . See our Jira Align vs. ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management report.
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