Planview AdaptiveWork

Formerly Planview Clarizen

Capacity Planning, Data Capturing , Reporting and Dashboarding

Although the tool has a lot of flexibility as it relates to configuration, views, etc. other departments struggle with how to use it to manage backlogs, roadmaps, etc. I think there might be better tools within the Planview family of products that offer more options to support all departments across an organization.

Planview AdaptiveWork should look into more resource management focused solutions since it is such a hot item in the market right now for organizational needs.

It is less appropriate for quick jobs that only take a couple of hours.

Gave examples in previous questions.

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.

If you have a need for tracking projects and keeping the teams on the same page with the status and updates within a project, Planview AdaptiveWork works well. I do like how discussion posts automatically go to folks email addresses and every note is stored within the project. I also like the flexibility of reporting and configurations that can be made. Depending on how you use the system and what your needs are, the configurations can sometimes impact each other and it's not automatically known what the impacts will be unless you read through each configuration that has to do with your problem. It would be great if the configurations were more user-friendly instead of easy for people with configurations backgrounds. It's not always apparent which formula you should use for what you need - and the formula options require some training or some experience in coding to understand immediately. If the configurations could be "dumbed down" a bit and then warnings for impacts to other configurations before being saved, that would be helpful.

We have been able to implement many business rules to guide our project managers though the project life cycle correctly. One short coming has been time management. Our users have requested expanded capabilities around this module.

Planview AdaptiveWork is best suited for a professional services organization that relies heavily on project management. It would be less appropriate for a managed services industry.

Planview AdaptiveWork is by far the most flexible project management tool we've ever used. The ability to customize and create solutions to fit our needs is beyond capable. We often find ourselves creating new workflows that make automatic actions in parts of a project, or send notifications, or add users, or update statuses... the list of things goes on and on. Essentially the ability to create an IF statement on pretty much EVERYTHING you can do in the system is unparalleled. If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.

It is well suited to product improvement projects with relatively defined goals and simpler implementation methods. Harder to predict and implement longer term projects which may change in scope over time. A more flexible framework for less defined project goals would be helpful. Great for well defined projects with specific tasks and goals.

AdaptiveWork is an excellent solution for a company where projects often span multiple teams and functions. It does a great job at keeping everyone on the same page on project timelines & milestones, as well as overall project goals.

We use Planview AdaptiveWork for tracking IT service project progress and creating functional reports to assess data.

Planview AdaptiveWork is a robust project management tool, the sky is the limit. There are numerous integrations point, endless reporting, we are just scratching the surface on where we will go with this. The levels of reporting by project, program and portfolio are amazing. It is great to have a tool that is a one stop shop and not have to leverage several software solutions to accomplish project tracking, reporting, capacity planning and with the flexibility of using waterfall vs. agile methodologies. The only problem is I don't have enough time to learn all of these amazing features fast enough.

Planview AdaptiveWork has been a great asset for program and portfolio management. This has allowed us to consolidate multiple project management systems (Airtable, Smartsheet, Trello, etc.) into a centralized system that supports project management, as well as provides program and portfolio management insights. The roll-up views for resources, roadmaps, and programs has helped us share the data that matters most to leadership, without overwhelming them with details or us spending hours manually creating reports. If you just need a project management system, Planview AdaptiveWork probably has too many bells and whistles. It's really a powerhouse to roll-up data and is customizable fit your unique governance, framework, etc. However, if you just need basic project management, it's probably too much.

Still new to Planview. Based on what I know and my experience, it is a better method than most individuals use.

Planview works really well to manage high volume portfolios across teams. It would be less appropriate for a sole practitioner, for example, in a service industry.

Very appropriate as an all encompassing professional services solution. Not as robust as other platforms, such as Smartsheet for example, for project management and collaboration with customers. However, we only have AdaptiveWork.

The tool is pretty intuitive and relatively easy to and navigate. We have setup a process where a "won" project in SalesForce creates a base project in Planview AdaptiveWork and then sends notifications that a new project has arrived. We then apply the appropriate template to match SKUs that has been sold and assign project resources. From there the project manager uses Planview AdaptiveWork daily to track project progress and enter status information. Ultimately financial milestones are tracked and processed, leading to project completion

For our business model, AdaptiveWork has fit the bill for our business needs

The application is highly configurable which allows us to quickly meet changes in our methodology. Adding custom fields or screens can be completed quickly and the configurations are fully supported so don't create problems as enhancements are made across the application. The scheduling functionality is highly effective and allows fully automated project plans.

Taking intake through to project is one scenario that works well.

Less appropriate the maneuverability of the WorkPlan

great for project management and serious projects in general
no suitable for personal task management

While AdaptiveWork has provided lots of insight for management on financials and resource assignments, it still lacks what PM's need to run the day to day needs of a project.

Planview AdaptiveWork is more complicated that a regular project management software. It took a few hours of learning before our team was proficient in it and it still required a bit of maneuvering to get it to work well with how our projects with multiple layers were setup in different teams overlapping at certain tasks too.