We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and Planview AdaptiveWork 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."There are many valuable features of this solution. It is very advanced and once you understand and learn how to use it, it can be quite powerful. The whole package can be quite powerful."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"The solution, overall, is excellent for project planning."
"Technical support is good."
"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."
"It's stable and reliable."
"I found the portfolio management valuable."
"One notable positive aspect is its effective project-tracking capabilities."
"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 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."
"It would be useful if the solution allowed us to share files or project schedules. You may get that with the cloud version. However, it's not available on the on-premises versions."
"The solution needs to be much more stable."
"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."
"Collaboration within the tool is lacking when you compare it to online or cloud-based tools."
"EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available."
"The solution's desktop version is not compatible with the MacBook."
"This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them."
"Work needs to be done on collaboration with SharePoint."
"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."
"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."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while Planview AdaptiveWork is ranked 21st in Project Management Software with 8 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8, while Planview AdaptiveWork 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 AdaptiveWork writes "Has resources management and timesheets but could be more flexible". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas Planview AdaptiveWork is most compared with Planview PPM Pro, Broadcom Clarity , Planview Portfolios, Jira and Smartsheet. See our Microsoft Project Server vs. Planview AdaptiveWork report.
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