We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and OpenText Project and portfolio Management 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."The most useful feature of Microsoft Project Server is you can select a function to see the baseline."
"It's fine to navigate for a layperson."
"Resource allocation is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Project Server."
"It's stable and reliable."
"The product is user-friendly."
"The solution scales well."
"The solution has easy integration with Excel."
"It is easily adaptable. In addition, it is easily used on mobile applications."
"It is very important that the platform gives us a single place where we can measure progress toward goals, as we have weekly meetings with the CTO. We present these consolidated overviews and dashboards to him so that he has an overview of all the projects and can see the status of all the problems that we have and we are working on."
"Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) has a very strong workflow engine."
"It's a very detailed tool. As far as an enterprise is concerned, it gives you the flexibility to manage everything: portfolios, projects, finances, proposals, resources, and time... It takes care of even the minor details that need to be captured. The project management functionality is configured really well within the tool. That stands out."
"Overall, they have a very strong workflow management capability. That's a very strong feature because then you can model any process easily. Whether it is a demand management process, a pipeline management process, or your project delivery methodology, it is much easier because of their workflow management capability."
"I like the automated calculations, especially on the resource side. When project managers enter their resource requirements into their staffing profiles, they are automatically translated into labor forecast calculations. PPM automates a significant portion of the forecast calculations. Timesheets are also built-in. We automatically process time sheets and bill them accordingly."
"Has a powerful workflow engine that allows creation of workflow complexities and processes."
"Scenario comparison is the feature most valuable to us and the reason why we decided to choose HPE PPM over other portfolio management products."
"Recent Program Management lifecycle, Program Management aggregation views due to interactive UI (selection of risks, issues, and changes in Program Overview) and “flash look & feel" of this functional chunk, which is different in comparison to other parts of HPE PPM."
"EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available."
"The solution needs to be much more stable."
"We need to be able to compare milestones, calls, and other variables regarding the projects we are working on. I have to contract developers to make reports, which is where things get complicated. They need to develop personal and custom fields for us."
"The solution could improve the ease of access could improve. It can be time-consuming."
"The cost could be lower."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
"It would be better if the solution had some more training or resources available for a person who is new to Microsoft Project Server."
"Resource management has room for improvement because it uses a lot of resources."
"I would also like to see improvement in PPM's reporting and alerts. PPM has reporting capabilities, including HTML reports and portlets. But a majority of clients will build their own reporting platforms, or they will use external reporting platforms like Tableau and QlikView."
"They can make its UI better. Currently, the UI is a bit clunky."
"I was not involved in the initial setup. I know that the project involved a lot of consulting that took a long time."
"The solution can sometimes be a little inflexible and a bit caustic."
"We had a couple of issues with stability or performance degradation about a year ago, around the time of the initial rollout. Since then, we've only had two unexpected outages that were quickly resolved."
"Reporting; need to be able to provide fancy reporting out of PPM, way it is done in OBIEE etc."
"Currently, HPE PPM does not allow “Project” approval, but only simple “Demand Request” approval (mobility)."
"Portfolio scenarios: This is a very powerful feature. However, it’s limited to analyses."
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Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews while OpenText Project and portfolio Management is ranked 10th in Project Portfolio Management with 24 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0, while OpenText Project and portfolio Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Project and portfolio Management writes "Gives management a cohesive place for tracking business strategies and goals, but cosmetic aspects need work". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas OpenText Project and portfolio Management is most compared with Jira, Planview PPM Pro, Smartsheet and Teamwork . See our Microsoft Project Server vs. OpenText Project and portfolio Management report.
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