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Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)

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What is Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)?

OpenTextâ„¢ Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) (formerly Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management) combines workflows and data to align investments with strategy. Top-down and bottom-up analytics power this strategic portfolio and project management tool.

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well done PPM

Incentivized
Aphiwat Leetavorn
CTO in Corporate at Marco Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Budget approval process is lack of consistancy. PPM demand and portfolio management module shaving this out. Project control is weak and not in standard. PPM project resource and financial management module help filling the gap. The software architecture is improved to not required ORACLE database as prerequisite which help reduce the cost. OpenText allows postgresql the free one.

Pros

  • Entry form and configuration
  • Workflow and configuration
  • Dashboard configuration and customization
  • OOTP project resource financial management
  • Portfolio management can compare unlimit profile

Cons

  • Deployment management should be able to integrate with SVN and CI/CD tool
  • Agile project management should bundle in the software or at least license bundled
  • UI customization should be recommended with development tool or IDE and official training course (it can but hard to do)
  • Report JSP should be tech improved. May be jasper or crystal or word /excel template

Return on Investment

  • Portfolio profile allow to adjust to fit group of business objectives that you can make roi vs risk comparison
  • Demand management will control budgeting process which benefit to reduce risk and optimize cost
  • Project management will control project progress that has standard tools to control risk issue and scope change (schedule and cost)
  • Policy and enforcement shall be needed to operate PPM to return expected outcome. It might cause big change in org

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Planview ChangePoint and Broadcom Clarity

Other Software Used

BMC Helix ITSM, OpenText ALM Octane, Jira Service Management

HP PPM - Robust, Flexible and more than a project management tool

Incentivized
Fonda LogstonView profile
Director of Enterprise Programs in Information Technology at Office of Management and Enterprise Services (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • The dashboards and search capabilities allow for an enhanced end user experience, allowing them to customize their views and access to data.
  • The automated workflow tool allows us to define and automate business processes across the organization.
  • The Project tool allows us to track and monitor IT projects across the state.

Cons

  • The Staffing Profile and Resource Management module could be easier to use and allow for more flexibility in determine resourcing leveling.
  • The financial summary could be made more flexible if you were able to put notes on each financial summary line.
  • Allowing for an easier interface from a financial module to the financial summary would allow for easier updating of the actuals.

Return on Investment

  • Positive - allowing for us to be able to automate many of our manual or paper processes.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Project Server and Carasoft

Other Software Used

Cherwell Service Management

Usability

Complete PPM Solution

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy to manage tasks among project's stakeholders
  • Satifying resource management capabilities
  • Complete dashboard (fully customizable screens and integrations)

Cons

  • sometimes it needs some walkthroughs over screens in order to achieve a task
  • Unable to emphasize the important fields of pages (customization may result in messy screens)
  • Old GUI style avoids the advantage of new technologies

Return on Investment

  • The price is high per user, so the ROI might take longer
  • Complete solution (easy to integrate with other HP products to achieve other requirements)
  • May need to build new teams for reporting and operational requirements

Alternatives Considered

CA PPM and Microsoft Project

Other Software Used

JIRA Software, SoapUI Pro, BMC Helix ITSM (Remedy), Pega Platform, Pega Customer Engagement Suite, Pega RPA

Usability

An excellent tool

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Project management.
  • Workplans.
  • Easy personalizations.

Cons

  • Project-Cost Management.
  • Usability.
  • Time Management.

Return on Investment

  • Operational excellence.
  • It leads to time reduction.
  • Sox compliance.

Other Software Used

JIRA Software, Trello

Not a great Project Management Tool

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Time Tracking
  • Project Status Reports

Cons

  • User Interface needs lot of improvement
  • Too many clicks required to do the job
  • Report creation is horrible

Return on Investment

  • More Streamlined
  • Leadership is very informed now

Other Software Used

IBM Marketing Operations, IBM Campaign, IBM Interact

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