We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and Planview PPM Pro 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."I found the portfolio management valuable."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"The solution is stable."
"In the competitive landscape of project management and portfolio management solutions, Microsoft Project Server stands out significantly."
"I like the way you can build the schedule by the Don't Start Before or Don't Start After values. You can use it to build your schedule based on how you change your dates. This is how it actually builds the schedule."
"Project schedule management is very good. Basically, it sits on SharePoint. So, every time we create a project, a new project site is created within that SharePoint environment, which is a very good document repository. It allows us to create issues and risks lists and additional functionality to keep track of what's going on with projects."
"The ability to look at the resource loading is most valuable."
"A single place for all our organisation's project records."
"It is certainly the resource management feature that is most valuable for us. It is the supply and demand. Like most companies, one of the hardest nuts to crack is understanding where your people are and getting them to do the right thing at the right time. So, certainly, out of all the functionality, this has been the saving grace for us because it now provides us with the insight to do future planning and stop taking on more work than we are physically capable of doing as a company."
"Has good visibility."
"The solution is great for viewing projects and timelines."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is reporting."
"It has a nice dashboard view, so you can analyze the progress on a project from a single place. It provides a nice graphical representation of all the project management with visualizations of Gantt chart and customized reports. You can easily track all your progress on project tasks and flag any issues."
"The reporting and dashboards are the most valuable features. For most of what we're using it for almost all of it is pretty valuable to us."
"Flexibility is the most valuable feature of the solution. We're able to do a lot of integrations with ConnectWise, which is another IT services tool that we use. So, we can integrate with that, and it's pretty flexible. We just went live a couple of weeks ago, but already we're able to bring visibility into our resource utilization and project status with clients."
"The status reporting is the most valuable feature as it's easy to use; it's simple for project managers to enter their information, and the reporting features are very flexible."
"We want to expand to the local level where we lack strong IT expertise, we are considering making it more user-friendly."
"EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available."
"I'd like it if we could divide out the project calendars. On one project server, we might follow five projects or more at one time, and we'd like to see all of the items at once so that it becomes a long loop, but one where we can identify different projects in tandem and then focus on which we need to at the time. While I only have visibility into one, I'd like to see several at a time."
"The solution should be made more collaborative."
"We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."
"The solution's desktop version is not compatible with the MacBook."
"The solution could improve the ease of access could improve. It can be time-consuming."
"Project Server could be improved by simplifying how tasks are assigned and reviewed on a daily basis."
"Entering day-to-day tasks is a tedious process."
"I would like to see integration with third-party applications, like the JIRA, Microsoft Project, and financial applications."
"This solution does not work well as a task management system because it is very difficult to expand beyond just the basic tasks, and this would be a worthwhile area for improvement."
"The resource management tab is clunky, inefficient, and slow. And from a portfolio manager perspective, it would be nice if there were an easier way to view enterprise-wide resourcing to manage my team more effectively."
"The initial setup was a little complex. There is so much to customize. It'd be good to have some templates out-of-the-box."
"It takes more time than it should to create a new project because we can't bulk edit things very easily. That is definitely an area that has room for improvement."
"Additional Agile capabilities, including integration with the Agile development app, would be welcome features."
"The integration with some of these other tools that we use, like the Azure DevOps needs improvement. I heard there are few things coming within Planview or PPM Pro itself, but I think it's still future dated. These integrations are key for us from an organizational perspective."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while Planview PPM Pro is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 34 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8, while Planview PPM Pro is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Planview PPM Pro writes "Notifications of approaching project deadlines help us plan and also avoid delays". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas Planview PPM Pro is most compared with Planview AdaptiveWork, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planview Portfolios, Planisware and Microsoft Project. See our Microsoft Project Server vs. Planview PPM Pro report.
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