Microsoft Project Server vs. OpenText Project and Portfolio Management

You will be able to do the project management (scheduling, tasks assignment, resources allocation, cost tracking) for all your projects in one place, where the team members can contribute and keep the plans up to date. The web version does the main job right but if you find it more difficult to use you just use the standalone Microsoft Project and upload the changes back to the server.

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For Project Management, Micro Focus PPM includes all most every feature you need. You can manage your projects using work plans, project health, resource assignments, actuals, and costs. Additionally, you can get required approvals with workflows like sponsor approval or CR approvals. However, at project costing we need to make customizations due to lack of several outsource costs on it.

• Ability to update project plans on the move in any location. Plans can even be updated offline and saved back to the server when the connection is reestablished.
• Visibility of resource assignments across the company allows us to plan project start dates easily and effectively.
• Being a Microsoft product, it is intuitive to administer and easy to configure to our individual requirements.

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

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• Resource loading and leveling extremely complicated within the tool
• Software makes incorrect assumptions and changes without user knowledge
• Inconsistencies within the tool make it hard to predict & troubleshoot

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• Project-Cost Management.
• Usability.
• Time Management.

We have many business processes using it along with our project management staff.

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We don't have to worry about maintenance, upgrades, or compatibility issues. All the capabilities we need are there, and are easily customizable.

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.

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We have a Change Management Team for internal support of Micro Focus PPM. So, they give close and quick support to our problems. They contact product support when it is necessary. They regularly upgrade the product. Generally, I can say that there is a good support for this product.

Per Microsoft, Project Online provides more value long-term by reducing infrastructure cost and increase feature release cycle time

phase based delivery and working closely with business and vendor resources are vital

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I have used Basecamp which I recommend for all! This is one of my top tools for not only company projects however for projects, meetings, communication outside of work. We use Basecamp for our membership organization's dental meetings in other states to communicate events, chat with participants, send donation requests and organize events on the platform. There really is no learning curve, it's super user friendly, you don't need any experience prior and it's cost effective.

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HP PPM was more economical than Carasoft. HP PPM was more robust than the Microsoft product

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• Better project management and schedule tracking which in turn improved employee's efficiency.
• Licensing aspect is complex. Issues with onboarding new users to system from licensing perspective.
• Positively, financial review process can be tailor-made which may not require further customization of the tool.

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• More Streamlined
• Leadership is very informed now

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