well done PPM
June 02, 2025

well done PPM

Aphiwat Leetavorn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller

Overall Satisfaction with OpenText Project and Portfolio Management

Budget approval process is lack of consistancy. PPM demand and portfolio management module shaving this out. Project control is weak and not in standard. PPM project resource and financial management module help filling the gap. The software architecture is improved to not required ORACLE database as prerequisite which help reduce the cost. OpenText allows postgresql the free one.

Pros

  • Entry form and configuration
  • Workflow and configuration
  • Dashboard configuration and customization
  • OOTP project resource financial management
  • Portfolio management can compare unlimit profile

Cons

  • Deployment management should be able to integrate with SVN and CI/CD tool
  • Agile project management should bundle in the software or at least license bundled
  • UI customization should be recommended with development tool or IDE and official training course (it can but hard to do)
  • Report JSP should be tech improved. May be jasper or crystal or word /excel template
  • Portfolio profile allow to adjust to fit group of business objectives that you can make roi vs risk comparison
  • Demand management will control budgeting process which benefit to reduce risk and optimize cost
  • Project management will control project progress that has standard tools to control risk issue and scope change (schedule and cost)
  • Policy and enforcement shall be needed to operate PPM to return expected outcome. It might cause big change in org
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.
OpenText PPM is more capable (rich feature), reliable and roadmap + support is more lively.

Do you think OpenText Project and Portfolio Management delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with OpenText Project and Portfolio Management's feature set?

Yes

Did OpenText Project and Portfolio Management live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of OpenText Project and Portfolio Management go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy OpenText Project and Portfolio Management again?

Yes

For organization that has budgeting process for medium to big project PPM is very suitable. For org that has to control projects resources and financial PPM is also suitable. However, the price is quite expensive from it is enterprize software from OpenText. So if org process is already well control no need to be forced, you can use opensource tool or even excel in share drive.

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