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Broadcom Clarity vs Planview AdaptiveWork vs Planview Portfolios comparison

 

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Delivery Transformation Lead at Banca Transilvania
Broad perspective on strategic management exists but integration challenges hinder efficiency
The product execution part, such as planning and executing, is done through Atlassian tools, specifically Jira. We wanted to upgrade our ability to understand how all these products and teams are working against strategic goals, tracking expenses and time, but the integration between Broadcom Clarity and Atlassian Jira is very cumbersome and not straightforward. Their integration, even with ConnectALL, is just adequate, but it's never going to be great because they are actively trying to sell Rally. To make Broadcom Clarity a perfect product, I think with Jira, nothing can be done. To be fair, I don't know exactly how Rally integration works as I've only read about it, but I know that in marketing papers, it seems amazing with full-on integration, whereas with Jira, it just doesn't work that effectively.
VishalSingh11 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director BPM at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has resources management and timesheets but could be more flexible
Compared to Broadcom Clarity, there was some flexibility with blueprints, etc. You can create a blueprint for different business groups or different customers. Planview AdaptiveWork doesn't have something like that. If they can build up something like a view price. It's still a traditional way where you have to create different instances for different customers. The PPM solution uses queries if I'm rolling out for different divisions. In that case, I have to create different instances for each region because each division may have a different look and feel. But if I have a blueprint, then it's very convenient. I can create multiple interfaces for different processes. Broadcom Clarity has some access control on those viewpoints.
Monabi Kingsley - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at 3M
Centralized planning has improved resource visibility and supports data‑driven financial decisions
The best features Planview Portfolios offers are visibility enhancement, robust system performance, and comprehensive resource management. This enhanced visibility in Planview Portfolios ensures that all users can easily track progress, identify bottlenecks, and make informed decisions to optimize workflow efficiency. When discussing robust system performance, the system's robust performance in meeting our various work requirements effectively and efficiently stands out. It is very stable and reliable, contributing to a seamless user experience, which enables users to focus on their tasks without disruptions. I also love the financial breakdown, planning and prioritization, and attribute collection on projects in Planview Portfolios. Planview Portfolios has positively impacted my organization since I started using it. It has enabled me to gain insights into the full scope of work consuming resources. I am able to know where the resources are being consumed more, especially which resources are consuming the most. I have been able to leverage resources management and resource time reporting, which enabled the generation of $90 million in annual revenue through labor billing to customers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The CA suite for PPM and Clarity was ranked up very high by several of the independent research companies so we evaluated it with other tools and it came out on top."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the quality of the database; the online database is transactional and we are able to get real-time data."
"The Project Portfolio Management software helped get all of your projects, all of our project costs, and all of our people working on those projects gathered together in one single place so we know what we're working on, and where we're spending our money."
"The most valuable features are the resource management, project management, and tracking time for our employees."
"Right now, it's the PPM piece of it, the scheduling, the Gantt, the task view."
"CA PPM is an amazing product where you can evaluate anything, from concept to cash, all the way."
"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."
"It's definitely met and exceeded all our expectations with regards to the tool."
"Clarizen's reporting features have been critical."
"The feature that has improved our project planning the most is the ability to create custom workflows, which allows us to automate manual tasks that project managers need to perform. The collaboration feature enhances our team's productivity by allowing individuals to see the impact of their decisions on projects owned and managed by other teams."
"Provides visibility into employee utilization, progress on specific client projects and a portfolio view of all programs."
"Slide Publisher has been a lifesaver for us; it saves us five to 10 hours a week."
"Clarizen Slide Publisher has helped increase transparency and communication with project stakeholders for us."
"Clarizen's strength is reporting. Aside from reporting, I also like the ability to create customized workflow and custom actions. The workflow rules are handy. For example, you can create custom fields and dependent picklists."
"I like the project management solution. It's really nice."
"We're still in an early stage. Things will change as we use it more. I did program reports that are important and that will provide us with value."
"This is giving us huge flexibility to accommodate the company's needs."
"Its ability to create summary reports across multiple projects is one of the best features. They have very good data warehousing. You can put that out. You can tell that data warehousing from Planview Enterprise One is excellent."
"Enterprise One provides a variety of types of resource assignments for assigning work to people, and it also allows program managers to group work together and see the resource demands and cost at a consolidated level."
"We are able to see where everyone in the team is in terms of hours, where there is capacity, and where we can actually add them, e.g., other projects that they're not currently staffed to."
"The resource capacity planning is the most valuable feature because you can evaluate your team's capacity by team and what projects they're working on and you can forecast easily by team."
"I would say it works really well for forecasting remaining effort, especially in terms of forecasting the dollar amounts. We've gotten pretty good at adjusting rates because we have a lot of contract workers."
"I have used other PPM tools before, but I found Planview Enterprise to really be the best-in-class for project and portfolio management practices."
 

Cons

"The tool itself is comprehensive, but it's missing input from people like me."
"Reporting could be improved. Both the user interface and administration of Jaspersoft is very confusing and not user-friendly."
"We're looking at adding the Agile piece to it. I want to make sure that that integration is very smooth."
"The only real improvement from my side - I'm spoiled by things like Trello, with the very easy user interface, things like Basecamp - it's very much a static software project. If I was to focus on something it would be that user interface; making that something that is a joy to use, instead of something that feels like data entry."
"​​I would really like a modern UI. I do not want to get on a user interface and feel like I am in the 1990's.​"
"So the only thing that’s missing is that the dashboards do not go into enough detail."
"They won't let me put a button on the UI."
"I would like to see more features around the data warehouse analytics reporting. At the same time, I would like to see some more functionality on the UI side."
"If I start customizing too many things, Clarizen tends to get really slow in our environment and especially if I'm tunneled in an environment, like if I'm connected to my VPN."
"I felt like the slide publisher isn't that user-friendly. I think it wasn't that easy to use or to figure out because of formatting constraints, or maybe we need to get better at understanding some of its limitations."
"It could be more user-friendly. I think it is too overwhelming, initially, in terms of possibilities and so on."
"Have struggled with reporting and user adoption."
"One specific area for improvement could be implementing a development environment to test workflows with live production data."
"When we implement a release, we find numerous bugs and we have to have hot-fixes and patches put in on top of whatever we're testing at the time."
"Planview Portfolios can be improved by making the platform more dynamic and user-friendly, especially for non-technical users."
"Because in the beginning, it was so overwhelming, and we didn't know anything about the tool."
"Its ability to create summary reports across multiple projects is very limited."
"Allowing users to have a link that opens a specific sub-tab or folder is a challenge."
"Improvement in integration should be prioritized, and flexibility with out-of-the-box reporting should also be enhanced."
"I think that the user interface needs some getting used to. It's not immediately intuitive. That's potentially room for improvement. I think also that an organization needs to have good support from some senior management to get something like Planview established."
"The lack of templates harden the initial learning curve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For all the functionalities of the solution, the price is in the market range, since it is a product which offers governance issues and supports the digital transformation, which is where we will go in the next year."
"The price point of Broadcom Clarity PPM is less than Planisware. If a customer comes to me, and the cost is the main parameter for the selection of a tool, then I'll recommend Broadcom because cost-wise, they are less than other solutions."
"The price of Broadcom Clarity PPM is reasonable. My customers pay a license to use this solution on an annual basis."
"It is a little bit costly compared to others, but it is mature. Customer should understand this product is geared towards project management, not financial management."
"We're also moving to the latest version for less than $20,000 for a major corporate system. It's just amazing."
"Broadcom Clarity PPM costs us $500K, and that's only for the installation and kick off within the first year. For each succeeding year, it could cost $200K."
"Cost-wise, the tool is very expensive and some tools might be able to cater to 80% of the functionality provided by Broadcom Clarity PPM but are not as expensive."
"Better understanding of requirements and how it will be implemented (with number of licenses for a given budget) would help."
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"I don't think we have necessarily purchased everything that I would have liked to have seen."
"The cost of other pieces and integrating them in needs improvement."
"We have several hundred licenses. It costs us several hundred thousand dollars a year."
"Our licensing fees are approximately $50,000 USD annually."
"In the time that I've used it, we've doubled up the amount of dollars on our intended projects."
"With the costs, they were very understanding. Knowing that we were an existing customer, they were very much willing to work with us to make sure that we were able to transition to Enterprise One from PPM Pro."
"I don't know about the actual pricing. I have not come across any costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"The licensing part is a bit costly in comparison with the other available PPM tools."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise117
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Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise66
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Broadcom Clarity PPM?
The product execution part, such as planning and executing, is done through Atlassian tools, specifically Jira. We wa...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Clarity PPM?
The purpose for using Broadcom Clarity is strategic portfolio management, connecting the strategic teams with expense...
What advice do you have for others considering Broadcom Clarity PPM?
When assessing the flexibility of Broadcom Clarity in adapting to industry-specific requirements, it can do many thin...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Planview Portfolios?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been that Planview Portfolios is one of the best and a very...
What needs improvement with Planview Portfolios?
Planview Portfolios can be improved as the user interface defaults to the last opened portfolio, which can waste a lo...
What is your primary use case for Planview Portfolios?
My main use case for Planview Portfolios is to ensure governance and decision auditability by incorporating embedded ...
 

Also Known As

Clarity PPM, CA Clarity, CA PPM, CA Clarity PPM
Planview Clarizen
Planview Enterprise One, Troux
 

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Sample Customers

Toyota Financial Services, GameStop, Polycom, Sky, Qantas, Cox Enterprises, Banco Mercantil, Borealis
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