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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Planisware and OpenText Project and Portfolio Management are competing in project management solutions. Planisware has an edge in advanced project analytics and resource management, while OpenText excels in document control and integration.

Features: Planisware excels in advanced project analytics, dynamic resource management, and budget tracking, making it suitable for complex projects. OpenText offers robust document control, strong integration with document management systems, and efficient enterprise-level information management.

Room for Improvement: Planisware could improve its user interface, reduce training requirements for advanced features, and streamline document management further. OpenText can enhance its analytics capabilities, expand resource management functionality, and simplify user interface for better accessibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Planisware offers flexible deployment options with both cloud-based and on-premise solutions and is praised for responsive customer service. OpenText provides seamless integration with existing enterprise systems and flexible deployment but needs improvement in customer support responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Planisware's higher initial setup costs are offset by advanced analytics and resource management, promising significant ROI for complex projects. OpenText offers competitive pricing with lower upfront costs and sound ROI due to its document management integration and efficiency in enterprise-level operations.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Project and portfo...

Ranking in Project Portfolio Management

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Planisware

Ranking in Project Portfolio Management

6th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Project Portfolio Management category, the mindshare of OpenText Project and portfolio Management is 1.9%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Planisware is 9.1%, up from 8.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Project Portfolio Management

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Mahmoud NourElDin

ITSM Consultant at Vodafone

Saves significant time on demand management and helps accelerate delivery

The ease of customization of the tool means I can support multiple departments in our company. Our users find it easy to use the service and the forms. And the Project Management module is one of the best modules that they work on. 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.

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John Andrew Kossey

Planisware configuration consultant at Comcast Business

Capably brings single source of truth to enterprise project portfolio management; provides consequential, flexible data display with effective visualization; integrated use of Agile, Kanban

Historically, some releases--even with extensive delays from initial announcement--had minor, yet troubling glitches. Planisware Enterprise has been addressing this shortcoming with more frequent releases that include helpful improvements. 7.0.0 release was January 2021; 7.0.1 March 2021; 7.0.2 July 2021; 7.0.3 December 2021; 7.0.4 March 2022. 7.1 became available in September 2023. Documentation has become much more thorough and clearly illustrated. Release notes for 7.0.4 has 133 pages. In my experience, small irritations I reported in E7 have been fixed in several days. SaaS provisions that Planisware provides in relation to security are superior to what smaller organizations can afford. Planisware SaaS no longer relies upon third-party providers. Faster data response time is a user benefit. Availability of Planisware software as a service (SaaS) contributes to operational stability; your team still needs to keep the configuration responsive to evolving business needs. Each customer has responsibility for continuing to grow "know why" as well as "know how." Investing in local capabilities on your customer side is vital--both for technical configuration and functional administrators. Over-dependence on the vendor can be needlessly expensive. Discussions with fellow Planisware customers conclude that commitment to achieving and sustaining product proficiency across versions is a key best practice. At-cost Planisware certification courses can provide training for a corporate customer's advanced users (those responsible for maintaining L1 level changes). One function I have requested for P6 and continuing through E7 is a comprehensive, detailed listing of attributes across modules--somewhat similar to attribute display in OPX2 versions (pre-P5). Some few attributes (e.g., Z-order) are difficult to document completely. Pull-down list of hundreds of attributes is insufficient.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"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."

"The portfolio management and the resource management are the key features."

"Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) has a very strong workflow engine."

"The availability of multiple integrated modules is a vital aspect"

"Has a powerful workflow engine that allows creation of workflow complexities and processes."

"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."

"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."

"I like the ease of customization from an admin perspective. I'm really excited about some of the things that are coming in version 10.0.3 as far as what admins are able to do."

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"Planisware offers integration with multiple tools and provides a good level of customization."

"It stands out by automating the intricate mechanics of project execution, eliminating the need for highly technical individuals to manage and reconfigure models."

"There are two things in particular that I enjoy. The first is the portfolio planning section. Another advantage is that it is highly customizable."

"Overall, our company has all disintegrated systems, and with Planisware, we are getting a very integrated view of my portfolio reporting, cost and load, and everything else."

"The area that could benefit from improvement in this Planisware is the project management tool. I have previously used Project Server, which is a Microsoft solution, and I found it to be more user-friendly as it included a client solution. In contrast, with this solution, the only option available is the online version, making it difficult to create activities, milestones, and other necessary components. This is in comparison to Planisware, which offers a more comprehensive solution."

"It has an inbuilt BI tool, which can be compared to Power BI or Tableau."

"Planisware has introduced Agile concepts, making it capable of Agile management similar to Jira and other Agile tools."

"The solution is performance-oriented and easily customized accordingly to many areas, such as performance KPI."

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Cons

"The user interface is very, very old and is missing some functions, such as, for example, re-do, follow, and share functions. The UI is not good."

"Micro Focus PPM should be less dependent on coding. It could also benefit from some updates to the software architecture. These have been on the roadmap for years now, but they haven't been released."

"They can make its UI better. Currently, the UI is a bit clunky."

"Portfolio scenarios: This is a very powerful feature. However, it’s limited to analyses."

"Sometimes features in PPM don't work as expected, or our users request a new feature. Typically, our partner vendor can deploy those changes. But there have been a few instances when we had to raise it with Micro Focus because it's beyond the ability of our partner vendor. When we raise the issue with Micro Focus, it sometimes takes time because it needs support from other customers using PPM, not just our bank. It goes through a voting system. Other customers need to vote for the feature. The features that get the most votes will possibly be added."

"I was not involved in the initial setup. I know that the project involved a lot of consulting that took a long time."

"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."

"User interface continues to be poor. The product does not have a similar view in the different modules, e.g., staffing vs financial management, it looks like you are working with a different product and it is not easy to use or intuitive."

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"The biggest con for Planisware is that if you are not a Planisware partner, you don't have access to their functions, making it difficult for beginners and new team members."

"Its stability should be improved. Its stability is the main issue, but we sometimes also have issues with calculations."

"More integration is needed with other kinds of products for better collaboration."

"The learning curve is steep and there could be more avenues for opening up learning materials to a broader audience, enabling individuals to gain practical experience with the tool."

"The UI and UX of Planisware are not that advanced."

"They do not have anything that can assist customers with multi-year roadmap planning."

"I have experienced some issues, and that’s okay. It tends to be stable when the server's processing power and memory are adequate."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is SaaS without a base fee."

"HPE PPM SaaS model is comprehensive, however, the base fee component has customer resistance to its recurring setup,"

"We have an annual license, and it is fairly priced in comparison to that of other solutions."

"Now, we also received an increase in the support license prices, without any advanced notice. At this point, switching to unify all our licensing under HPE and customer support has been poor."

"There is an additional cost for product support"

"Support and license management are two hurdles for us. Every time we purchase new licenses, it has taken us half a year to implement those."

"A large organization will find Micro Focus PPM affordable, but it may be a bit costly for a small or medium-sized company. The license is based on the number of users."

"It comes with a high cost."

"The solution is expensive and support is an extra cost. There are three license types to choose from, and we only pay for support and cloud services depending on our needs."

"The solution could be less expensive and the cost of scaling is expensive too."

"There are training and certification costs."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

36%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

18%

Energy/Utilities Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

Any experience with Strategic Project Portfolio Management Solutions?

Hi, @Cheryl Joseph Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management solution could be a good candidate, see my review on this product, or if you may need more information to drop me a message. You can...

What do you like most about Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)?

Micro Focus PPM is flexible and easy to use. It's simple to customize and configure workflows.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)?

A yearly subscription needs to be procured for the SaaS version of the product, and the on-prem version is available through perpetual licensing. There is an additional cost for product support, wh...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Planisware?

I don't have any specific details, however, it might be expensive.

What needs improvement with Planisware?

I haven't had the time to work with any other TPM tools, so I can't compare it to other tools just yet.

What is your primary use case for Planisware?

We actually use it for project planning and estimating the cost for the projects, in resource management, and as a timecard application. Users can log their time using the timesheet.

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Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM), HPE Project and Portfolio Management, HPE PPM

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Overview

OpenText Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) combines workflows and data to align investments with strategy. Top-down and bottom-up analytics power this strategic portfolio and project management tool.

Resource and cost scheduling, time tracking, risk and document management in a collaborative environment. Software solution that supports the end-to-end governance of company portfolios, from finance and resource planning, to the life cycle management of products.

Sample Customers

Bank Simpanan Nasional, Smart Communications, Aareon AG

Apotex, Alstom Transport, HP, Stryker, Rexam, Jotun, Gelita, Kraton Performance Polymers, Abbvie, Rio Tinto Alcan, Maruho, Teva, SK Chemicals

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