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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bubble PPM

    Score6.6 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Bubble PPM is a cloud-based Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) software solution from Bubble®. Founded in 1999, the company serves clients globally via offices in London, Cambridge, and Melbourne. Its cloud-based solutions help customers improve the planning, governance, and delivery of Innovation, New Product Development, Engineering, IT, and other initiatives. Their software supports Portfolio Planning, ongoing Project and Portfolio Management, and Resource management.…N/A

    Daptiv (discontinued)

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ADaptiv is a discontinued product that began as a SaaS PPM solution before Changepoint acquired it in 2014. It became part of the Planview product family when Planview acquired Changepoint in 2021. Historically, Daptiv provided a centralized workspace for project planning, task and milestone tracking, portfolio prioritization, resource capacity planning, time tracking, project financial management, document management, dashboards, and reporting. It is no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    Bubble PPMDaptiv (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bubble PPMDaptiv (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsElement 1: One-time fixed SaaS set-up fee One-time investment based on required configuration and deployment. Element 2: Monthly license fee Calculated on #users (per user type). Variable - According to required users/types.
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    Bubble PPMDaptiv (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Project Server
    Score5.1 out of 10
    Microsoft Project Server
    Score5.1 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
    Bubble PPMDaptiv (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    7.7
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bubble PPMDaptiv (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bubble Software
    Bubble PPM is well suited for anyone who manages product related projects, especially new product development. As we've matured in our implementation of the system we found that it is great for managing all projects, but the specific strength is product development to launch. Bubble PPM would not be as appropriate for use as a CRM tool, as the references to people are best suited to users within the organization
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    Discontinued Products
    I would recommend Daptiv for anyone who is look for a collaborative tool that is easy to use and provides excellent results for project management and resource allocation. The tool offers many various capabilities and is not isolated for use with one or two workgroups. Its versatility allows many workgroups across many different organizations to use it. In my previous role, I used Daptiv in both a Project Management and Account Services Information Technology role. In my current workplace, I would like to leverage Daptiv for Product Launch and tracking as well as change request visibility in the Release Management Organization of a pharmaceutical company. Both roles and companies are vastly different however Daptiv would serve a great purpose in both situations although my needs are different.
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    Pros
    Bubble Software
    • I already mentioned the simple user interface for data upload, and the equally intuitive customized reporting. Leadership and "supporting" functions for product development get tremendous value from this because they don't need to hunt down answers anymore. Everything from pipeline planning to operational planning can be built on the same foundation of objective data, rather than many different sources interpreted through many different lenses.
    • But the greatest value I think Bubble Innovator delivers is not really the product itself. It's the sense of partnership and responsiveness from the Bubble Innovation team. The Bubble Innovation team becomes a part of your team. They are valued consultants with helpful input on best practices for stage gate management, portfolio analytics, and report visualization. I have continually been impressed with the responsiveness and effort that their team brings to the table. When we have challenges and need to customize our data or analytics or reporting, they are right there beside us, finding the best solution, sharing prototypes in a test environment, and implementing as fast as possible.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Resource allocation, when fully integrated provides a in depth view of what everyone is working on, as well as their availability.
    • Portfolio reporting provides a good view of where all projects are at in their lifecycle.
    • Time tracking is simple to use.
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    Cons
    Bubble Software
    • Development of custom functionality, and redefining 'standard' options for the software. As Bubble grows and their customer base increases there will be opportunity for this, at present development projects can be slow and expensive. However the standard software options are excellent, but as processes evolve within organisations the flexibility to evolve the software could be made simpler.
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    Discontinued Products
    • In my opinion, APIs / integrations are sometimes coming to their limit
    • In my experience, no general archive available - therefore data sets cannot be frozen
    • Data roll-up for different hierarchy levels (program / project / sub-project) is very limited, in my opinion.
    • In my opinion, when having showing a large number projects navigation on project tab is not very handy
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bubble Software
    The business has been extremely satisfied with Bubble Innovator and is in support of rolling this tool out to our other businesses within the overall franchise.
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    Discontinued Products
    As previously mentioned, we were not able to get the product to solve our particular problem. After time spent implementing a custom solution, it was the decision of the executive team to discontinue the agreement. The costs of training the team didn't outweigh the cost of hiring an employee to do the translation of schedules to web view.
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    Usability
    Bubble Software
    The user interface is highly visual and simple. Literally within 10-15 minutes of my introduction to the software, I was up and running. Of course, deeper capabilities become apparent after additional use, but the basic functionality is very simple to grasp. Where there are consistent challenges reported by multiple users, the Bubble Innovation team is quick to connect and put plans in place to address the challenges.
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    Discontinued Products
    The main thing that I have to apologize for is the UI. Does the job but just not the flexible responsive experience that most users are used to.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Bubble Software
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    Discontinued Products
    In the 3 years I have worked with Daptiv I think it is been down once. The ONLY partial outages I have ever had have been with report automation.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Bubble Software
    Outstanding response times, and solutions to issues requiring support are quickly implemented. For bigger issues or longer term developments, Bubble happily takes the time to meet in person and discuss requirements to drive detailed solutions.
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    Discontinued Products
    Good support team! Developed relationships and were very pleasant to talk to. Daptiv went above and beyond on ensuring the customers were satisfied
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    Implementation Rating
    Bubble Software
    The number of variables made this extremely challenging (org changes, stage gate harmonization, pipeline prioritization, and new governance model). I think the implementation was handled very well in spite of this, and managed to deliver on time and on budget.
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    Discontinued Products
    I recommend using daptiv resources on your implementation to help with setup and training.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bubble Software
    When evaluating Bubble Innovator against the competition, we felt that Bubble Innovator gave us the flexibility that we were looking for. Other solutions tended to have some hardwired functionality. Bubble Innovator was a great fit for managing our projects and was efficient to deploy, especially within our existing business processes.
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    Discontinued Products
    AdaptiveWork might not necessarily have robust Analytical abilities that Daptiv IBM Cognos BI tool have, but from the introduction I have seen of the product it has impressive capabilities. It is still work in progress and still learning about AdaptiveWork and looking forward to implementing and supporting it in the near future.
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    Scalability
    Bubble Software
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    Discontinued Products
    We are quickly able to add more users as needed.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Bubble Software
    • Increased efficiency at several levels - Proejct Teams/Project Managers/Portfolio Decsision Makers
    • Driven consistency of process and reporting across a complex global organization
    • Greater visibility of NPD pipeline has led to improved cross functional alignment on priorites
    • Improved portfolio decision making capability
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    Discontinued Products
    • I am in the process of establishing a hard dollar ROI received from Daptiv. However, there have been many soft dollar benefits we have achieved. Soft benefits include IT teams that are more aligned to business objectives, "one version of the truth" for where work is being performed and resources consumed, and more accurate estimation of project requests.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Bubble PPM Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of the Portfolio Management Dashboards (Fully Configurable)Screenshot of an example of the Project Management Dashboards (Fully Configurable)Screenshot of the real-time metrics and automated project reporting, presented in editable dashboard tiles that display project status indicators, tabulated data, and summary overviews, as well as metric ratios, KPIs, and calculated metrics. The reporting module makes it possible to quickly share summaries for any number of selected projects and automation tools can facilitate the generation of reports that need to be shared at fixed intervals. And because the very latest information is always available, senior management can obtain a presentation-ready report at any time (without adding to the workload of your team)Screenshot of the program and project management tools that allow portfolio managers to manage many processes or projects in tandem. Users can track delivery according to priorities, dependencies, or other drivers. This provides the ability to create and link parent and child projects provides an oversight of all project activity while, at the same time, focusing on higher-level program goals. Line extensions, annual updates, or other Projects can be duplicated in whole or in part and required elements are copied across, saving valuable time and effort. Process measurement tools allow users to spot, analyze, and continuously refine process blockers and bottlenecks.Screenshot of where any number of project management processes can be added to the system and automated, meaning it's easy to accommodate all projects and project types (e.g. New Product Development (NPD), Innovation, Reserach, IT, Project Management Office (PMO) projects).Screenshot of where users can get a view of organization wide, department, team, or person views, of resource allocation and total capacity. They can also assign time to projects by hours, days, percentage, etc. Assigned and required resources can be viewed together or separately. Assignment summaries can be used to see precisely who’s working on what, where the pressure points are, when there’s a risk of becoming overloaded. Where resource gaps could be filled is discovered by assigning underutilized capacity from elsewhere. Automatic charts that graphically flag where total available resources are overtaken by the number of projects required help to support long-term planning.