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Planview AdaptiveWork
Formerly Planview Clarizen

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What is Planview AdaptiveWork?

Planview 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,…

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What is Planview AdaptiveWork?

Planview 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…

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What is Planview AdaptiveWork?

AdaptiveWork is a project portfolio management and professional services automation software to connect and engage the workforce across the enterprise. It enables PMO and professional services teams of all sizes to gain real-time visibility across all their work, automate workflows, and proactively manage risks, to deliver business outcomes.

AdaptiveWork is designed to work across multiple teams to enable cross-company and client task, project, resource, collaboration, and cost and revenue forecasting. It can serve as a single pane of glass to run an organization.

  • Plan – track, manage, and prioritize internal and external client work to plan resources
  • Analyze and report – create a single line of sight and visibility across internal and external client work and share with stakeholders
  • Project and work management – centralize, automate, and optimize planning and administration for all execution to keep teams and customer connected to strategy
  • Team delivery – accelerate delivery with multiple ways of working like traditional project, agile, and hybrid, and collaborate with stakeholders using in-context collaboration
  • Financial management – capture all financials on projects and work, from labor or non-labor, CAPEX vs OPEX, billable vs. non-billable, and adapt as needs change
  • Configurable workflow automation – Trigger actions on literally any item in the system, flexibly

Planview AdaptiveWork Features

  • Supported: Demand and Project Planning
  • Supported: Capacity and Resource Management
  • Supported: Dynamic Reports and Dashboards
  • Supported: Automated PowerPoint Reports
  • Supported: Risk Management
  • Supported: Workflow Automation and Processes
  • Supported: Project Templates
  • Supported: Hybrid and Agile Work Management
  • Supported: In-Context Collaboration
  • Supported: Budget, Time and Expense Tracking
  • Supported: Revenue Forecasting
  • Supported: Rate Cards

Planview AdaptiveWork Screenshots

Screenshot of Complete Portfolio ManagementScreenshot of Integration Through an Array of AppsScreenshot of Real-Time Project ManagementScreenshot of Robust Social Collaboration - From Ideation to Project Delivery

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Planview AdaptiveWork Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesWorldwide
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch

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Planview 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.

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Reviewers rate Performance highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Planview AdaptiveWork are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Time tracking functionality. This was probably the most important aspect of Clarizen for us, and as far as time tracking software goes, it gets the job done.
  • Expense report functionality
  • Backend reports and analytics of time tracking
  • Yes, Clarizen has time tracking functionality. But in the end, so does much other software, and they do it with a better, less confusing interface which is one of the reasons our organization ended up switching. The platform was crowded and made it confusing for users who only used it to track time (like me).
  • Our organization also wanted software that would better house PTO information, in addition to time tracking, and Clarizen's program wasn't efficient enough.
  • The point above also goes with expenses. We wanted a more diligent and robust expense report system. For our needs, Clarizen wasn't it.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Highly customizable, can develop organization specific workflows, modules, etc.
  • Interface (in most instances) is easy to use. Timesheets, project details, and report modules are fairly easy to navigate and understand.
  • Good comms tools like discussions, group pages, automatic reminders and notifications.
  • Reports can be difficult and confusing to build, and don't have a lot of flexibility in terms of layout or formulas.
  • Expense reporting module is not user friendly, lacks ease of use of most competeing tools.
  • Mobile app is limited in functionality and difficult to navigate.
  • Integration with CRM and accounting tools can be difficult and costly, especially if you have customized your Clarizen build.
April Muller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Clarizen's timesheet submission process was straightforward.
  • Searching for projects/time codes was easy.
  • Clarizen tried to offer workplace management and communication features, though we did not use them.
  • The user interface could use work, it's very busy.
  • For our purposes, Clarizen had too much going on. We did not use the "status" or chat features, it should try to focus on doing some things very well instead of being an all-in-one offering.
November 22, 2017

Clarizen review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • It is easy to set dependencies for tasks throughout larger projects to know when a resource finishes a piece of the project when the next part will begin
  • It is easy to save off project templates to be used for common projects
  • Clarizen conversations and logging information is fairly easy to use through the site.
  • I still use reporting through salesforce. It seems to be a lot harder to use in clarizen the few times I have tried to use it.
  • It would be great if attachments on the salesforce Work orders automatically attached and pulled through to clarizen so we dont have to upload them twice.
Matthew Tate | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Resource Allocation - Understand how many projects are going at once, forecasts how many hours are needed to complete a project and understand which resource is the best fit for the project.
  • Internal Communication - Clarizen allows for a place to discuss specific tasks or projects between the project team. The ability to leave notes on the task level allows the entire team to review decision points and helpful information that has caused a delay.
  • Gantt charts and combining all projects our company is working on to view at an overall level could be better.
  • Better/easier connectivity with other 3rd party software that we use on a day to day basis would be helpful.
Mandy Langston Manley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Make it possible to see current and future bookings of all resources.
  • Serve as a central hub for timekeeping and travel arrangements.
  • Make it easy to keep track of your own personal time spent on projects.
  • The interface was hard to navigate (e.g., you'd have to click multiple times to get to some of the screens you needed to use most).
  • It was a relatively complicated system to learn so it created the need for lots of onboarding.
  • Most people in my office found it frustrating to use and overly complicated for what we needed it to do.
John Tasinas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ease of use - Clarize is really user-friendly and easy to learn.
  • Very customizable - Clarizen can be customized in many different ways and even has workflows that automate tasks for you.
  • Customer Service - Clarizen customer service is always friendly and helpful.
  • Workflows sometimes don't run.
  • Disconnect between project and task levels.
Brandon Coleman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Identify timeline. Clarizen is very appropriate for timeline management and keeping tasks on schedule.
  • Easily transferable to other colleagues. Our company requires transparency through projects and Clarizen is great at that.
  • Revenue reporting. Clarizen has many features that allow for accurate and timely revenue projections and revenue recognition.
  • It's very program heavy. There is a lot of coding. If this could be simplified I think that would be great
  • There's so much in it, I don't think it's clear on its capabilities. So many features are being lost. I think we need to improve the communication with our point of contact at Clarizen to explain other features. We may know all that are applicable to use, I'm not sure.
  • The layout could use very slight modifications. There is often a lot being displayed that can be overlooked.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy organization of customs.
  • Easy customization.
  • Easily accessible by all parties regardless of if they are in the field or office, being cloud-based is a huge advantage.
  • More functionality for UI customization
  • Easier navigation and ability to limit users to certain aspects
  • Slow response times
Jason Beamer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • The Clarizen tool (V6) is likely the most configurable SaaS tool available in the PPM world - especially when it comes to the user interface. Meeting a company's need for custom fields & workflows to support unique processes is a major selling point of the tool.
  • Training and support for the tool is nearly unprecedented - there is high involvement from Clarizen staff to ensure both Administrators & End-Users have the assistance they need to utilize the breadth and depth of the offering in both a highly usable & highly available manner.
  • I believe one of Clarizen's strongest points of appeal is that it seems to be able to uniquely meet the needs of the SMB all the way up to true enterprise requirements for PMO's.
  • While V6 has brought with it a phenomenal amount of customization of the entire user-interface, I think there is a need for Clarizen to strike a better balance in providing a greater set of pre-configured interface & workflow options for those organizations that don't need that level customization, as it can be overwhelming.
  • The weakest point of Clarizen today in my mind is the "interactive" Gantt - it is surprisingly limited in configuration options and somewhat clunky in its current design.
  • -- That being said, I know that within 2014 they have committed to rolling out a new interactive Gantt consistent with their updated HTML5 UI overhaul and based on the innovation updates, looks very promising.
  • Though it's understandable from the need to "support" the infrastructure (and from a revenue perspective, I'm sure), I think the current licensing limitations on workflow rules, but more importantly custom field creation, as well as the process by which those limitations are "calculated" is a little convoluted.
  • The mobile "app" is desperately in need of some work - it does very little in terms of value of end-users.
  • -- Again, that being said, I know that within 2014 they have committed to rolling out a new mobile app that more consistent with the main UI standards.
Jeffrey Driscoll | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Clarizen merges a host of project, resource, and time management tools under one, integrated solution.
  • It improves visibility to our performance data. Up until now, we've had to use custom solutions or time consuming deep-dives to find out the facts.
  • It doesn't give good direction for how to do the things it does well. Some other PSA software have a method they ask you to adopt. Clarizen is almost too flexible out of the box, but it's also a strength.
Sean Woods, PMP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Resource Utilization, Considering prior to using Clarizen resource utilization was guesswork on the part of the Project Manager I would have to say having any realistic visibility much less the excellent level Clarizen provides is only to be said as exceptional.
  • Clarizen API, We made heavy use of the API integrating Clarizen with two core systems already in use at TCiCT. We integrated actual effort with Service-Now and our homegrown time management software.
  • Project Reporting, Clarizen provides an excellent built in reporting tool that as of late is only getting better with the ability to create custom dashboards directly through the software. Providing management with well laid out project metric data is as important as keeping your project on schedule.
  • Honestly I am so impressed with what Clarizen can do I haven't had time to stop and think about what it doesn't. If I had to pick something I would say it could provide a graphical interface for simple workflow rules.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Resource planning
  • Reporting
  • Ad hoc queries
  • Advanced project management
  • Assigning multiple managers to work items
  • License structure supports anemic customization capabilities (Professional) or robust (Enterprise); nothing in between.
April 08, 2015

Clarizen Review

Scott Krangel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Allows you to generate projects for any accounts that you're working with and mark each task complete as they are finished.
  • Allows you to create templates for specific product offerings to be re-used when a new project for the product begins.
  • Allows you to track time spent on a project (this can be done either at the project or the task level)
  • Allows you to generate status reports that will be e-mailed to you and then you can edit and forward to the client/team members
  • Allows you to generate customized reports
  • I would like to see an improved Issues Log that is more easily maintainable for each project.
  • I would like to see the roadmap that can be shared with a client be formatted more like a high level project plan
Jeff Smargon, Prince2 | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Social collaboration - Clarizen's platform allows project participants to interact in real-time through a plethora of channels.
  • Reporting and Dashboards - Clarizen provides a flexible reporting and dashboard approach that provides a wealth of information at your fingertips.
  • Process automation - Scheduled workflow rules allow for increased efficiency for report automation, change/risk management and project accuracy.
  • Backend UI - At times Clarizen can be complicated to customize requiring a higher than normal skillset and or/professional service engagement.
  • Exchange Integration - Clarizen does not have a exchange integration option which requires users to navigate away from the platform.
  • Training - Clarizen training curriculum is not current (YouTube, Clarizen University, etc) which leaves a gap in implementation and or ongoing support.
Lea Mohr | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Clarizen provides an up to date format for easy user interaction.
  • It allows visibility of project status to help minimize email traffic.
  • It allows external customers access to specific projects to allow them to stay on top of the projects with you.
  • The on-boarding experience helped us stay on track to implement the program into our company.
  • It was difficult to determine what level company participants should be in order to be the most effective but least costly.
  • The sales team could be a little pushy to get you signed on with in a certain time frame.
  • There was some confusion about upgrade potential and capability to down grade if necessary.
Stacey Cellier | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Flexible, intuitive, but with the right balance of controls. This features in this product allow us to enable business processes as we grow.
  • You really need to know what you want and how your users will work in the system; the flexibility can be both a strength and a weakness.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Exceptional UX, with a high degree of client accessible customization allowed us to tailor the experience and workflows to our unique business needs.
  • Communication integration and capture, with document association allowed remote/off-shore teams to be more effective. As a more open system we were free to choose a technology for document management that worked best for us; rather than a proprietary system which Clarizen replaced.
  • Client engagement; extremely responsive to feature requests, and worked collaboratively with us to match the tool to our needs. I've never worked with a professional services team who was so willing to teach me how to fish when it came to running and customizing the tool.
  • They may have already addressed this since I last worked with the tool; agile and particularly hybrid project methods are becoming more common. Their initial capability in 2013 was a little weak in this area when compared to software specific tools such as Jira.
Michele Berman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Clarizen is extremely user friendly.
  • The program keeps track of your progress on any project or task.
  • Clarizen can be fully customized to fit your business.
  • One of the areas where I could see improvement would be that the program allows you to know if you are falling behind on a project, it will say "At Risk". I would like for it to go into detail telling how many of those tasks are late. I think that would help eliminate additional time and additional filters.
  • For specific tasks which have a certain turnaround time, it would be nice if the turnaround time auto-populated.
  • Rarely, when an email is sent out through a project or task, there is an error message stating that the email never sent. But, I will receive the email anyway. Probably just a small bug that needs fixing.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy to use.
  • Easy to assign roles and tasks.
  • Easy to change projects based on interconnecting tasks.
  • Great looking Gantt charts.
  • Multiple projects should be easier to sort through and keep track of.
  • Allow for specific people to be able to alter specific things instead of giving control only to PM (Ex. One user assigns budget, one user assigns tasks, etc.).
  • Make it easier to customize project screen.
March 07, 2015

Clarizen PM Tool

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy to use. People can learn pretty fast.
  • Only PMs have to have full license. All other resources/team members can use free e-mail license to update their projects.
  • Project Schedule can be shared with anyone via widget (free).
  • Customized reporting.
  • Resource Management, What if scenarion analysis.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Very easy to use and understand. No need to lose valuable time training for hours on product use.
  • Email reminders ensured all employees understood their tasks and the timeline of their tasks.
  • The interface was not always appeasing and easy to navigate.
March 06, 2015

Clarizen, Keep it up!

Hirendra Vikram | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Intuitive interface, flexibility of customizing interface.
  • Clean interface, where you can focus on the tasks to do.
  • Dashboards is a big strength.
  • Its ability to notify if someone is online!
  • They can improve on Gantt charts.
  • They can improve on including Kanban boards.
  • They can add screen sharing as a feature.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Resource Management is much more straight forward and aligning project lifecycles with resource availability
  • Gives a graphical and numeric look to project status and utilizations
  • Is easy to setup and use
  • Solves time tracking and project management within the same application
  • Allowing for multiple project managers on the same project would be nice.
  • Build the user manual link within the application.
  • More interactive relationship with Salesforce.
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