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    Planisware

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APlanisware is project portfolio management software for product development and R&D. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with locations in Germany, France and Japan.N/A

    Planview Portfolios

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/APlanview Portfolios is an end-to-end project portfolio management and enterprise architecture management tool. It includes two components: Portfolio and Resource Management and Capability and Technology Management. The platform is available as a cloud-based or on-premise service.N/A
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    PlaniswarePlanview Portfolios
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    PlaniswarePlanview Portfolios
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    Community Pulse
    PlaniswarePlanview Portfolios
    Considered Both Products
    Planisware
    Chose Planisware
    Hands down, Planisware is the most configurable system available. Every page has design panels with hundreds of configurable options. In addition, a full suite of widgets that can be designed and configured from scratch provides for implementing any business process against any …
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    Planview
    Chose Planview Portfolios
    We are currently in the process of evaluating but so far Planview seems to fit our needs the best. Portfolios was selected prior to me joining the team.
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    Chose Planview Portfolios
    Planview Portfolios has an extremely robust data structure that supports many different use cases. Its customizability, large suite of features, and great customer service makes it a fantastic and scalable solution for many different businesses and business process …
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    Chose Planview Portfolios
    Compared with other systems, Planview is much easier to use. It has the right balance between functionalities and configuration. It offers a good value against the cost. It offers also a cloud service that help companies to start with the right effort.
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    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    72%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Project Server
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Microsoft Project Server
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Planview PPM Pro
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Planview PPM Pro
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PlaniswarePlanview Portfolios
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (113 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
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    6.7
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    Availability
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    8.3
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    Performance
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    6.7
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    Support Rating
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    7.5
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    In-Person Training
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    6.4
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    Online Training
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    6.4
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    9.1
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    Configurability
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    7.9
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    6.4
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    Ease of integration
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    3.6
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    Product Scalability
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    8.3
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    Professional Services
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    7.6
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    7.2
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    User Testimonials
    PlaniswarePlanview Portfolios
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Planisware
    While not expensive, it is better suited to larger organizations since the requirement for an administrator is not easily maintained at lower user counts. Although the more a site uses it "out of the box" without configuration, the less the requirement for a system administrator.
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    Planview
    Planview Portfolios is well suited to provide a single, central, view of the truth. There is clear expansion capabilities to integrate it as a true Enterprise toolset with existing organisation wide (not just delivery) - you can pick and choose what you need to implement and that list gets longer. The ability to quickly gain an understanding of resources within the overall portfolio and some really clever tools regarding capacity and demand modelling. I think the only challenge we have encountered is modelling our Business as Usual activity to a level of detail - this is due to other tools being very embedded not just in the organisation but across a lot of industries.
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    Pros
    Planisware
    • Apply resource algorithms to timelines
    • Enterprise wide and scalable
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    Planview
    • Manage large portfolios with thousands of projects.
    • Roll up financials across strategic hierarchy for projects around the world.
    • Manage access in multiple ways so we can set up each user/role with just the right permissions.
    • Support a variety of reporting and analytics methods.
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    Cons
    Planisware
    • Organization is still growing and needs to adapt to a rising volume of client needs for consulting, training, core development.
    • Major part of corporate oversight is from Europe and is still adapting to US work requirements, responsiveness, communication channels.
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    Planview
    • Capturing lower-level detailed expenditures within a project so that financial screens can show the details of the roll-up.
    • Reporting flexibility so that end users can create their own quick ad hoc reports for analysis.
    • Capturing matrixed skills on resources to ensure staffing is adequate and better align demand to supply.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Planisware
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    We have been a Planview customer since 1999 and have seen it grow and mature as a tool. We have looked at other tools and have found that PV continues to meet our needs and is easy for our resources to use. They work to stay up on the project management industry and the direction it is going, keep on on current technology so that we can work more effectively, provide excellent customer support and have great pricing for what they offer. We can purchase only the modules we need versus buying a tool where we would only use a portion of the functionality.
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    Usability
    Planisware
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    Planview
    Perfect tool for planning resource time management. Giving flexibility with ease in uptodate . Team collabration . Team aligment. Top management aligment. Close the project with feed back . Team aligment. Expert contribution in task . Task management easy for project manager . Nice tool to have for project manager. Cost contol & project management is very easy with Planview
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    Reliability and Availability
    Planisware
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    Planview
    We are long time Planview users and its availability is only limited to our internal SLAs for nightly backups. I have never experienced any unexpected or prolonged software downtime from Planview itself.
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    Performance
    Planisware
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    Planview
    There are occasions when the system is a bit sluggish. However, it may not always be on the Planview side. We are investing in better tools to monitor our network performance, which will help us diagnose issues more effectively in the future.
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    Support Rating
    Planisware
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    Going through proper channels of support is fine for minor to moderate issues. However, lately the critical issues that arise have been frequent and the standard support cases do not always seem to relay just how critical these issues are and we have to utilize our customer rep to help escalate. Fortunate to have that escalation method.
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    Online Training
    Planisware
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    Planview
    Generally good. Sometimes, users are a bit overwhelmed, and it takes multiple sessions for them to get the hang of it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Planisware
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    Always have a pre-implementation meeting or conference call with Planview to ensure all are on the same page, disclosure of all and any customization (including reports) and plan for support after implementation of a specified amount of time with the assigned implementation resource. And document everything
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    Alternatives Considered
    Planisware
    I wasn't involved in the selection of Planisware.
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    Planview
    We are currently using Planview AgilePlace. Also we use Tasktop Hub for integrating with other applications within the organization. We would like to use ProjectPlace which is integrated with Planview Portfolios in the future.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Planisware
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    Planview
    Did not help purchase product.
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    Scalability
    Planisware
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    Planview
    We are constantly growing and expanding. It is challenging to accommodate different user needs, but the system does provide means of doing that as we desire.
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    Professional Services
    Planisware
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    some resources were great, but too much on their plates to be available
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    Return on Investment
    Planisware
    • This is always hard to gauge since we don't have metrics for "did nothing" to compare against. An old Business Roundtable white paper indicated that a 10% reduction in expense could be attained, but I don't think a general statement like that applies to any specific organization unless they can say their Project Management Maturity level is low.
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    Planview
    • The positive impact is the ability to manage our projects enterprise wide.
    • Managing and reporting on projects and programs via portfolios makes it easy to identify troubled projects/programs that need immediate attention.
    • The negative is that pushing too much change too quickly is hard for us. We need to get our users focused on the basics of PM before we can adopt everything else. We need to introduce change to different companies based on their maturity level. Too much change too quickly is not always beneficial. We need to focus on core competencies.
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    ScreenShots

    Planview Portfolios Screenshots

    Screenshot of END to END VISIBILITY: Planview offers complete visibility across all strategic endeavors, the status, spend, and progress. This gives organizations a connected view of how all initiatives are tracking without having to manage disparate teams and tools.Screenshot of SCENARIO ANALYSIS: Unlike strategic portfolio management solutions that only allow users to create different plans and manually compare them, Planview users can compare plans, analyze investment trade-offs, and prioritize investments across different types of portfolios to ensure delivery of the best outcomes. This helps users to ensure the organization's capacity and investments are aligned to the highest priority initiatives.Screenshot of PERSONALIZED USER EXPERIENCE: Planview can create unique, real-time views based on a job and the status, progress, and other data-oriented use cases. As a result, it can pinpoint where to focus, issues to address, and risks to mitigate in a single view.Screenshot of DYNAMIC PLANNING AND FUNDING: Unlike applications that do not allow for the reprioritization of in-flight initiatives, with Planview you can pivot plans and key priorities at any time, and continue planning as needed based on your organizational strategies and goals. As a result, you get a portfolio mix of investments, initiatives, products, and projects that meet stakeholder and customer expectations.Screenshot of GENERATIVE AI ASSISTANT: Unlike other AI Copilots, Planview Copilot taps into decades of Planview knowledge and learnings from thousands of Planview customers to glean insights, derive recommendations based on best practices, and inform strategic decisions. It connects data across project and product initiatives to help you understand insights from all parts of your organization – and it does this using a natural language interface. As a result, you can surface previously hidden insights, identify delivery risks, and act in seconds.