Streamlined Project Portfolio Management!
September 14, 2023
Streamlined Project Portfolio Management!
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Planview AdaptiveWork
We use Planview AdaptiveWork to support the Project Portfolio Management lifecycle at our organization. The software has tackled our pain points around project intake and prioritization, consistent project management framework, and resource management. We are still growing users, but we leverage the tool for project, program, and portfolio management. By storing all of our projects in a centralized system, we're able to make data-driven decisions via reporting and capacity planning. Roadmaps and status reports have been big hits with our stakeholders as well!
Pros
- Resource Capacity Planning has been a game changer for us to forecast resource availability as new priorities arise
- Roadmaps are very easy to create at the project, program, or portfolio level
- Customization has allowed us to create unique items for teams and align the system with our brand
Cons
- Dashboards are cumbersome to build because you have to build reports for each widget and they are visually very limited (you can't choose colors, layouts are limited, etc.)
- Out of box features better support bottom up resource planning rather than top down (allocations at the project level)
- You need a fair amount of technical knowledge to customize the system via configurations
- We've gotten so much time back on creating status reports, roadmaps, and roll-up views for stakeholders
- Streamlined intake for all projects, but ability to customize prioritization criteria so each team can objectively weigh projects against their goals
- Improved timeline planning since we can now see the full picture of resource allocation
We've created customized prioritization rubrics, project templates and lifecycles, and access/approval permissions for our individual teams. Each team has a project workflow that supports their unique needs.
We are still learning how to best use dashboards and reporting. It isn't the most intuitive part of the system and the dashboard layouts are pretty limited. Visuals go far with our stakeholders and I really wish the dashboards were more customizable.
We have done any integrations yet
We're still in year 1, but Planview AdaptiveWork has helped streamline our PPM lifecycle, especially around project intake and prioritization.
- Planisware and Sciforma
We felt that Planview AdaptiveWork had the most potential to grow into the system and really liked that we could add on other Planview products if needed in the future. The system also felt more approachable for colleagues who might be less familiar with project, program, and portfolio management.
Do you think Planview AdaptiveWork delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Planview AdaptiveWork's feature set?
Yes
Did Planview AdaptiveWork live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Planview AdaptiveWork go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Planview AdaptiveWork again?
Yes
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