Tempo Portfolio Manager (formerly LiquidPlanner)

Tempo Portfolio Manager (formerly LiquidPlanner) is a cloud-based project and portfolio management solution that utilizes predictive scheduling to automate project planning, manage uncertainty, and balance team workloads across concurrent projects.

Core Capabilities

• Predictive Scheduling: Operates a dynamic scheduling engine that uses ranged work estimates, team capacity data, and priority hierarchies to generate forecast start and finish dates. The vendor states that the system utilizes Monte Carlo simulations across the portfolio to calculate realistic project timelines without requiring manual date entry.
• Resource Leveling & Workload Balancing: Provides automatic resource leveling across concurrent projects and dependencies. The platform offers workload visibility across 30, 60, 90, and 180-day increments, allowing managers to identify capacity bottlenecks and adjust team assignments.
• Strategic Prioritization & Scenario Modeling: Features real-time scenario modeling that automatically recalculates project schedules and resource allocations when task priorities, scope, or team availabilities change.
• Team Collaboration & Ecosystem Integrations: Includes native task assignment, file sharing, and commenting features, alongside pre-built integrations with Atlassian Jira and Slack to connect developer workflows and team communications.

Product Evolution & Acquisition

LiquidPlanner was founded in 2006 and was acquired in March 2023 by Tempo Software, which subsequently rebranded and integrated the application into its portfolio management suite as Tempo Portfolio Manager.