#1 most frequent
United States of America
80.0%136 installations of 170
What is Planview PPM Pro?
Planview PPM Pro™ centralizes the management of projects and resources, facilitating governance, and providing visibility for improved decision making. Whether users are just getting started or advancing PMO to the next level, Planview PPM Pro is designed to provide the ability to collect, prioritize, and execute projects, enabling PMOs to focus resources on the work that delivers the most value.
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Who Buys & Uses Planview PPM Pro
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4.1%7 installations of 170
#3 most frequent
France
2.9%5 installations of 170
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Planview PPM Pro in the PMO to track projects, schedules, expenses, and issues/risks.
Pros
- Schedule is easy to create
- Dashboards give quick overview of projects
- issues and risks are easy to track
- Creating projects is easy
Cons
- Tracking resources
- Better visual aids
Return on Investment
- It has sped up the decision making process
- It allows for better oversight
Other Software Used
Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Microsoft SharePoint
Planview PPM Pro Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Planview PPM Pro and Projectplace together to manage our New Product Projects. With 200+ new projects needed a management tool to keep track of progress of all of them.
Pros
- Dashboards
- Reports
- Time Tracking
Cons
- Integration with ProjectPlace
Return on Investment
- more tracking
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it to track all IT Project Requests and track IT labor against those projects. We track project portfolios by business unit. In addition to Projects we also track Administrative, Operational, and Small Enhancement activities. Also use it to manage resources - to see what percent they are allocated for current and future project tasks.
Pros
- Portfolio Management
- Labor Reporting
- Resource Management
Cons
- Reporting (but we are looking forward to Reports 2.0)
- Field level security
Return on Investment
- Visibility to IT Projects
- Ability to view/manage individual Project Portfolios
- Resource utilization
Other Software Used
EasyVista IT Service Manager, Microsoft Teams, SAP ERP
Usability
PPM Pro is great for managing a large number of projects.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
My organization uses PPM Pro for Project and Portfolio Management. It is highly configurable, allowing us maximum flexibility in adding or removing data points and generating many reports and dashboards to monitor project progress and health.
Pros
- Reports and Dashboards.
- Request Queues and Workflows.
- Calculated Fields.
Cons
- Resource reporting integrating with other project reporting.
- User permissions need to be easier to set up and understand.
- Predictive Portfolio Analysis.
Return on Investment
- Our business is based more on controlling project spending v. ROI.
- Planview allows us to track financials through an integration with Oracle.
Alternatives Considered
Trello and Microsoft Project
Other Software Used
Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Excel, Oracle E-Business Suite
Successes with PPM PRO
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Wake County Government utilizes PPM PRO as our Project and Application Portfolio management system. We have been using PPM PRO for over 8 years now and have grown our capability maturity along with the functionality that the tool offers. We have been extremely successful with growth and expansion toward enterprise use within the county to track technology related projects and applications. We are continuing our growth with the use of the resource management functionality and also interfacing with other Planview suite tools like ProjectPlace. We look forward to what new features are slated in this year's Roadmap and how we can incorporate them into our strategic work planning.
Pros
- Project Portfolio Management
- Application Portfolio Management
- Resource Management
- Reports and Dashboards
Cons
- Price per license
- Asset Portfolio Management
- OKRs
Most Important Features
- Dashboards for non-users
- Robust reporting and interfaces with systems like PowerBi
- Interfacing Planview Suite systems like PPM PRO and ProjectPlace
Return on Investment
- Increased visibility into application inventory
- Awareness of technical debt related to projects, application support, resource overhead
- Transparency of IT work to the Enterprise
Alternatives Considered
Planview ProjectPlace
Other Software Used
Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Teams
