We performed a comparison between JIRA Portfolio and Microsoft Project 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."In a PC environment, it is quite stable."
"I use it to plan and schedule the things I take care of. I can create and share a document if I want to discuss new ideas with my team remotely."
"Having an option to view dependencies between projects and teams is great."
"What I like about the product is its extensive features, particularly the wide set of attributes for tracking issues. Jira Portfolio allows us to track not only the overall project but also specific components within it. This is beneficial for all stakeholders, including developers and business owners. For example, business stakeholders can track all issues, regardless of status."
"The backlog view feature is highly valuable"
"The most valuable feature for me is the visualization and organizing of the tasks. We can have a pick, and then we can stick the multiple issues under that, and then we can again have a sort of hierarchical installation, and that's very useful."
"The solution includes good and fast notifications for other project team members."
"Has good analysis integration capabilities."
"The solution is stable."
"I find the planning features the most valuable to me."
"The standard project planning features and charts are most valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"It's a scalable product, especially the online version."
"It is easy to define timelines with Microsoft Project."
"Dependencies (not typically effectively used in "Agile" techniques) allow understanding of actual project status and challenges."
"I find all the features of the solution valuable."
"There is room for improvement in terms of scalability."
"Portfolio is easy to scale, but we've had some difficulties with it regarding compliance and support."
"There should be an integration of efforts between the cloud service providers' side and JIRA Portfolio."
"I think that front-end development is a little bit buggy in some cases. Some of the features take a while to respond and some need to be more clear."
"The team-centric view is slightly weaker in JIRA compared to its competitors, especially considering how I can evaluate how each resource has been placed, not just in one project but across JIRA."
"If you want to generate a report for individual usage, it's difficult."
"The workflow needs improvement."
"The automation in JIRA Portfolio could improve, it takes some time. We have to do some other tactics to have the same integration. Manually integrating something will take more work than if it was automated, but the automation scripting in the solution is not simple."
"It is a traditional Waterfall-based solution, so it doesn't lend itself particularly well to Agile development. You can record Agile sprints within it, but it is not really an Agile-based product. It can store the basic information about budgets that an Agile set of work is looking to use, but that's about it."
"The dashboard could be improved."
"I have no idea about the cost because it is a corporate decision."
"Its price can be improved."
"I would like to have more access to templates and tools that could be used to teach project management best practices."
"This solution needs more templates focused on types of projects to ease setup."
"Its reporting and its integration with some of the other related systems should be improved. It is not very easy to integrate."
"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."
JIRA Portfolio is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 55 reviews while Microsoft Project is ranked 2nd in Project Management Software with 77 reviews. JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Project is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of JIRA Portfolio writes "Powerful, flexible solution with a bit of a learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Project writes "A stable solution that very accurately runs projects". JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Jira Align, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, Microsoft Project Server, Adobe Workfront and Asana, whereas Microsoft Project is most compared with Asana, Jira, Microsoft Project Server, Smartsheet and Broadcom Clarity . See our JIRA Portfolio vs. Microsoft Project report.
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