We performed a comparison between Broadcom Clarity and Microsoft Project Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Portfolio Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is very stable. We are on demand. With on demand, those guys keep it running."
"Project Management features that are excellent in managing the Project Management Life-cycle, along with other related details like Financials, Resources and flexibility to customize, as per requirement."
"The competency and available support are quite good, therefore we do not have any issues with support. Every time that we have a case where we need support, it is clarified right away."
"Being able to look at the data across team members, resources, projects and coming up with the algorithms and resources."
"It makes the whole lifecycle of project management a lot easier than using the legacy systems, which we are retiring every few months because of PPM."
"The dynamism of the application where you can modify it to fit your needs is valuable. For example, you can create fields, metrics, and measures on the fly. You don't have to be limited to what the out-of-the-box format would be. It allows you to generate fields, metrics, and reports off of that with relative ease."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the XFlow, that interface is pretty cool."
"The new UI makes it easier for people to go in there and know what to do. To train people, it's faster, more intuitive."
"It is a scalable solution. We have been able to manage larger scale projects easily using this solution."
"The scheduling feature is the most useful."
"It can scale well."
"One notable positive aspect is its effective project-tracking capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"It is easily adaptable. In addition, it is easily used on mobile applications."
"There are many valuable features of this solution. It is very advanced and once you understand and learn how to use it, it can be quite powerful. The whole package can be quite powerful."
"Capacity management and task baselining are the most valuable features of Microsoft Project Server."
"We use Service Desk Manager as well. We have a custom tool to integrate the two. One of the reasons why PPM was chosen was because, "Well, it must integrate with SDM, because they're the same company." But that was not the case."
"Reporting is not good as they keep on changing reporting environment."
"One of the things that have always been a bit painful is the integration with reporting utilities. The current integration is with Jaspersoft, and there are a number of difficulties with that. If you're using out-of-the-box fields and everything, it is a bit slow and clunky. It has a drag-and-drop interface for the users. On the backend side, there is a report designer. They haven't given or allowed me any training on it yet. So, it has been a bit limited in its features. On one of the earlier report utilities, they had one called Actuate, which had VBA as its base programming language, and you could do quite dynamic things behind the scenes, whereas the Jaspersoft interface seems rather locked. So, you're limited in your options. Being a programmer, you like to have room to be able to invent and create rather than just being limited to a few selection boxes."
"The Work Breakdown Structure in the Tasks: I should be able to drag and drop to a level three instead of just stuck at level two."
"There is a lack of seamless integration with industry standard products."
"Could be using more updated technologies."
"We see it as overhead. Let us collect all the data in one place. Which, it is always nice to have everything in one place, but it does cause that overhead."
"In the timesheet UX, you can't do things like splitting time, managing overtime versus regular time, very easily. That would be helpful."
"Permission management needs improvement."
"Collaboration within the tool is lacking when you compare it to online or cloud-based tools."
"In terms of tech support, it took a long time for them to resolve a ticket."
"It needs to be more collaborative from inside the application. It only does project scheduling for me. It would be good if it could do other things and be more collaborative, such as sharing tasks for users. It is not really incorporated into MS Office, so you can't copy-paste stuff. It is on its own, doing its own thing. It is only used for scheduling, and it doesn't work well with anything else."
"Work needs to be done on collaboration with SharePoint."
"This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them."
"Improvements are needed in the technical support process, aiming for a better user experience."
"When we started using this solution from scratch, we got lost. Microsoft should provide some templates for configurations for certain use cases."
Broadcom Clarity is ranked 2nd in Project Portfolio Management with 136 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews. Broadcom Clarity is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Broadcom Clarity writes "A dynamic solution with a lot of great out-of-the-box calculations, but integration with reporting utilities is a bit painful". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". Broadcom Clarity is most compared with Microsoft Project, Jira, Planview Portfolios, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management and Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and Jira. See our Broadcom Clarity vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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