We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project and Planview AdaptiveWork based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Management Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Being able to get a milestone schedule or a breakdown out of it is valuable. It can integrate into Visio, which is helpful."
"Resource leveling is very useful. We like this feature. We like to be able to expand tasks and look at different resources and tasks usages. It is good at assigning tasks to teams. It is pretty compliant with the Project Management Institute approach, which is useful for being comprehensive. It allows us to make little Gantt charts and network diagrams."
"The built-in dashboards are powerful because they show both project and overall progress."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Project are the availability of being online and within Teams. My entire team can use it and see it, versus the full Microsoft Projects, such as Project Professional, you need to have a license."
"I use Microsoft Project to manage project timelines."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is time management."
"Microsoft Project is used to track the project delivery and the project management."
"The feature that has improved our project planning the most is the ability to create custom workflows, which allows us to automate manual tasks that project managers need to perform. The collaboration feature enhances our team's productivity by allowing individuals to see the impact of their decisions on projects owned and managed by other teams."
"Clarizen Slide Publisher has helped increase transparency and communication with project stakeholders for us."
"I like the project management solution. It's really nice."
"Clarizen's strength is reporting. Aside from reporting, I also like the ability to create customized workflow and custom actions. The workflow rules are handy. For example, you can create custom fields and dependent picklists."
"The tool's deployment is complex. Integration and automation also need to be improved."
"The licensing cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"It has a bit of a learning curve since there are a lot of features in it, and we haven't really gotten a chance to train through the whole product."
"There are a few bugs that can affect the stability. This is typical of most applications."
"I would like Microsoft Project to better align with our business needs, with improved consultant support for setup and integration features that show all relevant aspects at the top level."
"The stability of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"We'd like to have more resource allocation and monitoring features."
"In a future release, the dashboard should improve because there isn't one, I had to create my own."
"One specific area for improvement could be implementing a development environment to test workflows with live production data."
"It could be more user-friendly. I think it is too overwhelming, initially, in terms of possibilities and so on."
"If I start customizing too many things, Clarizen tends to get really slow in our environment and especially if I'm tunneled in an environment, like if I'm connected to my VPN."
"I felt like the slide publisher isn't that user-friendly. I think it wasn't that easy to use or to figure out because of formatting constraints, or maybe we need to get better at understanding some of its limitations."
Microsoft Project is ranked 2nd in Project Management Software with 77 reviews while Planview AdaptiveWork is ranked 21st in Project Management Software with 8 reviews. Microsoft Project is rated 8.0, while Planview AdaptiveWork is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project writes "A stable solution that very accurately runs projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Planview AdaptiveWork writes "Has resources management and timesheets but could be more flexible". Microsoft Project is most compared with Asana, Jira, Microsoft Project Server, Smartsheet and Broadcom Clarity , whereas Planview AdaptiveWork is most compared with Planview PPM Pro, Broadcom Clarity , Jira and Smartsheet. See our Microsoft Project vs. Planview AdaptiveWork report.
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