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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Planview AdaptiveWork

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APlanview AdaptiveWork is a web-based collaborative work management software. Planview AdaptiveWork enables users to connect employees and partners and create documents, reports and specialized workflow automation. Planview AdaptiveWork is designed to work across multiple teams to enable cross-company task, project, and resource management.N/A

    Planview ProjectAdvantage

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/APlanview ProjectAdvantage is a project and portfolio management (PPM) platform for mid-sized organizations and developing project management offices (PMOs). The platform centralizes project, program, resource, financial, and performance data through configurable workflows, dashboards, and AI-assisted planning tools. The vendor reports that organizations across IT, research and development, and product development use ProjectAdvantage to plan work, allocate…N/A
    Pricing
    Planview AdaptiveWorkPlanview ProjectAdvantage
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Planview AdaptiveWorkPlanview ProjectAdvantage
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Planview AdaptiveWorkPlanview ProjectAdvantage
    Considered Both Products
    Planview
    Chose Planview AdaptiveWork
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview AdaptiveWork
    There were several others I reviewed that I can no longer remember but none of them compared to Clarizen when it came to flexibility. Many factors sold us on Clarizen but most importantly it was that Clarizen was capable of wrapping itself around our existing processes instead …
    Planview
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Planview AdaptiveWorkPlanview ProjectAdvantage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (78 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (26 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.4
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Planview AdaptiveWorkPlanview ProjectAdvantage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Planview
    I've been an AdaptiveWork (Clarizen) admin for the past 14 years, so I've seen much improvement since I started working with the product. I'm very happy we can utilize the hybrid mode by using the cards, I think this was long overdue but it works very well.
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    Planview
    Yes, definitely. We wanted a flexible but robust software and Sciforma seemed to be the best fit
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    Pros
    Planview
    • Many ways to acclimate to the system; documentation, videos, community, and contacts.
    • Planview provides scalable customization options tailored to the unique needs of each business unit or department. Easily add or remove fields in the system. As the admin, it was easy to learn how to configure.
    • Offers flexibility to adapt to existing systems and align with organizational workflows and processes. There are multiple ways to customize each part of the system to meet our needs.
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    Planview
    • Scheduling tasks.
    • Assigning resources and cost items.
    • Managing a team.
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    Cons
    Planview
    • When it comes to reports, it would be great if there was an easy way to roll-up the results instead of having to create configurations to summarize data.
    • The consultant experience has not been great when it comes to more advanced needs for configurations. The consultants are in a different timezone which limits hours to work together and it seems hours are spent trying to determine what the requirement is and when the initial thought is that the configuration is possible, it may result in not being able to assist.
    • Charts in the reports section are not able to be exported
    • When pulling a report together, you need to make sure you pull from the right "item" or level. If you decide you need data that resides in another "item" or level, you need to re-do the report from the beginning.
    • Because the system is so configurable and I imagine different clients use the system differently, when you need something automated in your account, where you need to pull a consultant or SME in, the person doesn't necessarily understand your configurations and how things work so they are unable to give recommendations on how to solve problems that don't impact other configurations you already have set up in the system.
    • Templates cannot be updated unless they are pulled into a project and then re-saved. In the templates module, you are not able to open a template and edit to re-save. Therefore, making updates to a template can be very time consuming having to find a project to use to pull it in, make updates, re-save and then pull out. It would be great if the templates module allowed you to edit the templates and re-save.
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    Planview
    • The largest con for me is the clunky UI. It's not very intuitive, and has a larger learning curve to become a proficient user.
    • Reports are functional, but could use some improvements.
    • It can be slow at times, and you have to wait to make sure your changes are saved before moving on.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Planview
    I give my renewal of this product a 9. It's only because we never know what product may come out next and how other factors in our office political environment may cause impact upon this. If I always had my way, this is what we'd settle on as our de facto project management system.
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    Planview
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    Usability
    Planview
    It is easy to configure, intuitive. The customization process is in some ways better than Salesforce.com. It has a great UI. It does however depend on how it's implemented.

    The design of it is generally fine, however the ability to data upload people from a spreadsheet is an obvious miss.
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    Planview
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    Reliability and Availability
    Planview
    Sometimes it is slow when everyone is entering their time on Fridays or Mondays but other than that we rarely see downtime and maintenance notifications are well in advance.
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    Planview
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    Performance
    Planview
    Reports: Quick to Reasonable

    Most Ancillary Pages: Quick to Reasonable
    (By "ancillary" I mean lesser used/master data maintenance pages - e.g. People, Customers, Individual Tasks, Milestones, etc.)

    Work Plan (with 100 sub items): Reasonable to Slow
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    Planview
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    Support Rating
    Planview
    It's a good experience overall. Clarizen was useful when needed. It's mostly needed for advice on how to do more sophisticated actions or how to change something that was set up administratively. It's seldom used otherwise. The product consistently works, the documentation is acceptable, and the generally intuitive product is easy enough for most staff to pick up without much issue.
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    Planview
    This software allows project and portfolio managers to analyze and prioritize projects based on resource allocation and available effort. It helps you compare the sorecast effort with resource availability. You can email, call or tweet them if you have concerns.
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    In-Person Training
    Planview
    • We worked with a Project Manager on their side. He was very good about developing a project plan to hit our goal. I think we had weekly or twice weekly calls – very steady cadence over 3 month period.
    • Their PM skills were great – kept us on task. For the last week, they sent 2 people on site and they did training for power users. After that a couple of them revisited here
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    Planview
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    Online Training
    Planview
    Our trainer, Alex, is exceptional and knows the product really well. I swear he must have wrote the product himself! His manner with training is very easy going, gives you homework that is applicable to what you need to learn and stages it correctly for you. It was a pleasure to be trained by him.
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    Implementation Rating
    Planview
    We have been able to implement AdaptiveWork pretty easily but it requires updating of resource availability and continuous training as roles change and new people join the company. Other documentation is used such as spreadsheets for longer range planning and project approval
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    Alternatives Considered
    Planview
    Planview AdaptiveWork was the right size, at the right price point that fit our customization and integration flexibility. It is intuitive to use but allowed us to add complexity as our needs grew
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    Planview
    We were looking at vendors but they didn't meet our expectations and weren't flexible enough.
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    Return on Investment
    Planview
    • By implementing Planview AdaptiveWork on a company-wide level, we have been able to remove the other project management tools we have been using and consolidate our costs for technology down to a single tool
    • The ability to incorporate cross-departmental work and communication has streamlined our project management processes to a point where we can work seamlessly together without interruption trying to consider the gaps between tools
    • Reporting capabilities from the unified tool has given our leadership insight and the ability to make strategic business decisions more effectively than ever
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    Planview
    • Before Sciforma we were running projects out of Excel and emails. Using a cloud based application means that everyone is viewing information in real time.
    • Our executive leadership knows that they have one place to go for a real time status on all of our strategic projects.
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    ScreenShots

    Planview AdaptiveWork Screenshots

    Screenshot of AdaptiveWork's Portfolio ManagementScreenshot of Integration Through an Array of AppsScreenshot of Real-Time Project ManagementScreenshot of Social Collaboration - From Ideation to Project Delivery

    Planview ProjectAdvantage Screenshots

    Screenshot of Project Dashboard Summary View - A consolidated dashboard showing project health, status, and key metrics at a glance.Screenshot of Dashboard Summary View - A portfolio-level dashboard summarizing project performance, financials, and overall portfolio health.Screenshot of Resource Forecast and Capacity View - Visualize resource demand against available capacity to plan and allocate teams effectively.Screenshot of Phase Gate - Summary View Page - Track project progression through governance gates with clear milestone visibility.Screenshot of Demand / Idea Qualification - Capture, evaluate, and qualify incoming ideas and demands before they enter the pipeline.