We performed a comparison between Broadcom Clarity and Microsoft Project Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Portfolio Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has been able to collect all the data, and in some ways, provide dashboards of aggregated data. "
"Transparency and just having the ability to procure information that is pertinent."
"Broadcom Clarity PPM is a high-value product that helps users become productive. It's a very stable, scalable, and fast platform, even from a self management perspective."
"Absolutely, the most active community I have ever been on."
"The new UX is great because it has helped remove some of those barriers, so that people who are not classically trained project managers can easily get up to speed in using the tool without having to learn a whole other tool set. It's very intuitive, and very collaborative, and very easy to adapt to their existing work styles."
"Upgrades were pretty straightforward. CA took care of everything, we just did the testing."
"Provides transparency through your investment portfolios at the top-level financial all the way down to the work that drives delivery."
"We are able to track budgets, and with timesheets, actuals against budgets."
"Microsoft Project Server is easy to use compared to other similar solutions, such as Primavera. It functions similar to Excel or others Microsoft solutions which makes it simple for most people to be able to use right away."
"Capacity management and task baselining are the most valuable features of Microsoft Project Server."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"It's fine to navigate for a layperson."
"The solution is scalable and easy to expand."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the tool's reporting is very good."
"This is a scalable solution. It is easy to set up and to add clusters to your environment."
"The technical support for Microsoft Project Server and the support is very good. Microsoft support is working very well."
"It should be integrated with CA Service Desk Manager so that, when you have time for a ticket or when someone gets assigned a ticket, in PPM it automatically shows that they have to account for that: that they would both enter time in the past and, also, that this is going to take them time in the future."
"Financials are okay, but there's a lot of room for improvement in financials.Financial plans, if those could be made so that you're not always grouping your financial data by predefined attributes, that would be helpful for us."
"The Broadcom Clarity PPM dashboard needs improvement , because it's too slow. The look and feel of the platform, including its UX, also need some enhancement."
"Could be using more updated technologies."
"I wish patches would be quicker since we're a SaaS customer, and just be a non-event, so we don't have to go through a whole - essentially - upgrade cycle, just to do a patch. As a SaaS customer, I'd like the patch to just happen."
"Maybe we need to bring some financial executive reports to our directors and executives. Maybe we can improve the use of Jaspersoft."
"they could improve the mobile app. I think right now it only offers time sheet. If they can integrate a lot of other components into it I think that would be helpful for the users."
"Look and feel of the user experience."
"The user interface looks quite old and needs to be improved."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
"The solution could improve the ease of access could improve. It can be time-consuming."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
"When we started using this solution from scratch, we got lost. Microsoft should provide some templates for configurations for certain use cases."
"The price of the product must be improved."
"We want to expand to the local level where we lack strong IT expertise, we are considering making it more user-friendly."
"There are certain shortcomings in the documentation part where improvements are required."
Broadcom Clarity is ranked 2nd in Project Portfolio Management with 11 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 25 reviews. Broadcom Clarity is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Broadcom Clarity writes "Good tracking and custom reports with helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Complex and less user-friendly interface, frequent technical issues, and slower speed compared to other project management tools". Broadcom Clarity is most compared with Microsoft Project, Jira, Planview Portfolios, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and Jira. See our Broadcom Clarity vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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