We performed a comparison between JIRA Portfolio and Microsoft Project Server 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."The solution is very stable."
"Jira's Structure, agile, and Kanban boards are helpful. I also like JQuery, which allows you to fetch the relevant set of data. We use JQuery, JQL, and the Structure board a lot. Kanban boards help us monitor daily tasks, and we review the progress using the burndown charts."
"The most valuable features of Jira are the dashboards where we see all the features lined up with the release dates in the portfolio view, it is very good."
"Has good analysis integration capabilities."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The best features of JIRA are its flexibility and configurability, allowing us to tailor it to our specific needs."
"The product's centralized database creates a single source of data for working groups so no data needs to be reconciled."
"The way to manage cards as a KANBAN, is really easy but when you need to track hundreds of projects, you need to be very clear in which way the things must be completed."
"The scheduling feature is the most useful."
"I like being able to manage the capacity in terms of the resources. I also like being able to share documents and information between teams. It's the best solution for collaboration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"The ability to look at the resource loading is most valuable."
"Microsoft Project Server helps organizations in collaboration."
"We are able to know what we are doing, how much we have spent, how much time we've taken, and it tells us how much money is left for the project. It also tells us whether we are below or above our expenditures, whether we are below or above our budget."
"The most valuable feature of the Microsoft Project Server is the level of detail with which I can break down a task and check the dependencies."
"The solution has easy integration with Excel."
"Our major team does not control or manage JIRA server well since sometimes there is trouble using the solution, which is a problem. The solution's speed needs to be improved."
"Their interface is a little unique and I think that's partly because the core of the product has morphed into several sub-products, but the underlying architecture has stayed the same on all of them in that it was originally a help desk ticketing system. It's a very tech-focused product and that's fair given its origins, but if they really want to expand their community of users, then they're going to have to move beyond that a little bit and polish it up."
"The solution's look and feel could be a bit more intuitive and user friendly."
"The product could do with more flexible reporting."
"We are based in India; I would like the product to integrate local pricing. We earn in rupees but spend in dollars. Its pricing could also be lowered."
"There should be an integration of efforts between the cloud service providers' side and JIRA Portfolio."
"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."
"The query features should improve in JIRA Portfolio. For example, if I would have to create my own queries for looking into something such as what business features we have released last month, or the last three months, I don't know if I can do it. The solution requires a certain level of expertise."
"When we started using this solution from scratch, we got lost. Microsoft should provide some templates for configurations for certain use cases."
"It has to be more user-friendly. For instance, there should be some assistance, like when you go to certain sites, people pop up and say, "Can we help you? What are you looking for?" It's not interactive enough."
"We think that calculations are not working correctly, and there is a need to enter data a couple of times in order to give the correct calculations."
"This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
"The cost could be lower."
"We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."
"It needs to be more collaborative from inside the application. It only does project scheduling for me. It would be good if it could do other things and be more collaborative, such as sharing tasks for users. It is not really incorporated into MS Office, so you can't copy-paste stuff. It is on its own, doing its own thing. It is only used for scheduling, and it doesn't work well with anything else."
JIRA Portfolio is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 47 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews. JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8. 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 Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Jira Align, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, Adobe Workfront, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Broadcom Clarity , whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and Broadcom Clarity . See our JIRA Portfolio vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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