We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management 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."The scheduling and the customization are very powerful."
"The most useful feature of Microsoft Project Server is you can select a function to see the baseline."
"Technical support is good."
"A single place for all our organisation's project records."
"It can scale well."
"The key things are managing interactions, resource allocation, resource-leveling (enterprise) and as a collaborative tool, because we use it across multiple projects at a time."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the tool's reporting is very good."
"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 is scalable."
"We mainly use the solution to support operations and align our ITSM operations with our business goals. This involves coordinating between our application development, support teams, and network engineering teams. When there's an issue at the product or network level, we raise a ticket, and our team works together to resolve it."
"The solution offers a lot of opportunities for integrations. We can integrate with Slack, Azure, all the API alternatives, etc. There's a lot of integration modules provided."
"We like the status report feature. It is something really valuable."
"The most valuable features of ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management are the multiple methodology possibilities for projects. It has hybrid, traditional, and Agile capabilities. Additionally, the solution integrates well with other platforms, such as Microsoft Azure."
"The program is stable."
"The most valuable feature of ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management is incident management."
"Everything is valuable. It is tough to choose a particular feature, but project portfolio management along with agile 2.0 are two key product features that I would suggest for services companies like us."
"Improvements are needed in the technical support process, aiming for a better user experience."
"The check-in, check-out feature makes Microsoft Project Server pretty slow or cumbersome to use."
"Permission management needs improvement."
"When we started using this solution from scratch, we got lost. Microsoft should provide some templates for configurations for certain use cases."
"This is a good product but we have struggled with stability from time to time. The service has stopped intermittently and it has been difficult to find a reason why."
"Collaboration within the tool is lacking when you compare it to online or cloud-based tools."
"Stability of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
"The interface is cluttered with a lot of names and areas. It may not be user friendly enough for a first timer."
"ServiceNow needs to invest more in integration. That's the only thing. It could always extend its portfolio a little bit."
"The product does not give us the freedom to capture all the instances, test cases, and evidence."
"The setup is a bit complex. It depends on the organizational needs, and sometimes, we make customizations based on those needs."
"The timing reporting module, and how it's used is a bit difficult to understand. Everything related to project management is quite extensive. It needs to be simplified. At first, our users didn't want to use it, because it seems a bit complex."
"The price is too high."
"The portfolio management tool is not as good as DevOps or Jira because it requires a Russian site and BitLocker to train users or run projects."
"The interface isn't user-friendly."
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Microsoft Project Server is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management is ranked 3rd in Project Portfolio Management with 27 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8, while ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management is rated 8.0. 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 ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management writes "A very strategic demand management tool that visualizes risks and ratings in a bubble chart". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, JIRA Portfolio and Broadcom Clarity , whereas ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Jira Align, Smartsheet and Broadcom Clarity . See our Microsoft Project Server vs. ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management report.
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