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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOpenText™ 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.N/A

    Planisware

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APlanisware is project portfolio management software for product development and R&D. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with locations in Germany, France and Japan.N/A
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    Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)Planisware
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    Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)Planisware
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)Planisware
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)Planisware
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    For Project Management, Micro Focus PPM includes all most every feature you need. You can manage your projects using work plans, project health, resource assignments, actuals, and costs. Additionally, you can get required approvals with workflows like sponsor approval or CR approvals. However, at project costing we need to make customizations due to lack of several outsource costs on it.
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    Planisware
    While not expensive, it is better suited to larger organizations since the requirement for an administrator is not easily maintained at lower user counts. Although the more a site uses it "out of the box" without configuration, the less the requirement for a system administrator.
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Easy to manage tasks among project's stakeholders
    • Satifying resource management capabilities
    • Complete dashboard (fully customizable screens and integrations)
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    Planisware
    • Apply resource algorithms to timelines
    • Enterprise wide and scalable
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • User Interface needs lot of improvement
    • Too many clicks required to do the job
    • Report creation is horrible
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    Planisware
    • Organization is still growing and needs to adapt to a rising volume of client needs for consulting, training, core development.
    • Major part of corporate oversight is from Europe and is still adapting to US work requirements, responsiveness, communication channels.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenText
    We have many business processes using it along with our project management staff.
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    Planisware
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    Usability
    OpenText
    I would like to give 10 but there are lots thing to improve such as difficult to customize report, agile project integration with alm tool, custom financial an dynamic cost /benefit group type, dynamic project indicator and kpi. However it is because of standard already bundle as out of the box feature.
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    Planisware
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    We have a Change Management Team for internal support of Micro Focus PPM. So, they give close and quick support to our problems. They contact product support when it is necessary. They regularly upgrade the product. Generally, I can say that there is a good support for this product.
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    Planisware
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    Implementation Rating
    OpenText
    phase based delivery and working closely with business and vendor resources are vital
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    HP PPM was more economical than Carasoft. HP PPM was more robust than the Microsoft product
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    Planisware
    I wasn't involved in the selection of Planisware.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • More Streamlined
    • Leadership is very informed now
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    Planisware
    • This is always hard to gauge since we don't have metrics for "did nothing" to compare against. An old Business Roundtable white paper indicated that a 10% reduction in expense could be attained, but I don't think a general statement like that applies to any specific organization unless they can say their Project Management Maturity level is low.
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