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Planview PPM Pro

Score9 out of 10

155 Reviews and Ratings

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.

Media

What-If scenario planning for analyzing resource capacity and demand.
Portfolio Prioritization using Predictive Analytics
a true top-down portfolio structure to categorize and align work to corporate goals and objectives.
resource focused dashboards and reports that enable complete visibility of where resources are being deployed and the demand for them in the future.
configurable reports and dashboards that can be shared among team members or stakeholders.
Portfolio Prioritization using Predictive Analytics.
a resource workbench to get in-depth resource capacity information at the role, skill, or individual level.
Portfolio Prioritization using score, priority, and Gantt.

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Pactiv Evergreen Review of Planview

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

Planview PPM Pro

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Planview PPM Pro for project and portfolio management as our System of Record for all projects. Planview allows for visibility across all levels of the organization of ongoing and planned projects. Using Planview allows us to have a seamless progression from demand intake to project creation. It also allows us to track project phases and process gates. Another benefit of Planview is that is allows us to manage resources with its resource capacity tracking capabilities.

Pros

  • Easily track project phases and process gates
  • Seamless progression from request to project creation
  • Reporting & Dashboards - Projects/Request Status

Cons

  • There is no collaboration tool (messaging, chat, etc.) within Planview
  • The user interface can be difficult to follow, cumbersome to navigate
  • Creating reports is not intuitive - need training to know how to create even basic reports/dashboards

Most Important Features

  • Project/Request Tracking
  • Visibility to different areas of business in one tool
  • Reporting & Dashboards

Return on Investment

  • Planview has helped to benefit employee productivity
  • We have seen better performance in project efficiency
  • Project Management has been improved

Other Software Used

ServiceNow App Engine, Oracle E-Business Suite, ServiceNow IT Service Management

Planview is a solid program

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