We performed a comparison between JIRA Portfolio and Microsoft Project Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Agile Planning Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The customized workflows we can define are very valuable. JIRA's private projects is very useful as well. There are also a lot of plugins that they provide."
"Portfolio helps us increase the visibility of projects' status and management with remote workers who make up most of the company."
"Has good analysis integration capabilities."
"Jira Portfolio is useful for tracking time and hours. It's easy to manage, create tickets, and change the status of delivery reports. It's not complicated."
"We have found the solution to be stable."
"The most valuable features of the JIRA Portfolio are the ease of use, many developers are familiar with it."
"In general, the valuable features of the tool are its capabilities concerning dependency reports and task status."
"The product makes it easy to collaborate even though it can use some improvement in that area."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"Capacity management and task baselining are the most valuable features of Microsoft Project Server."
"In the competitive landscape of project management and portfolio management solutions, Microsoft Project Server stands out significantly."
"Microsoft Project Server is easy to use compared to other similar solutions, such as Primavera. It functions similar to Excel or others Microsoft solutions which makes it simple for most people to be able to use right away."
"The solution, overall, is excellent for project planning."
"Microsoft Project Server is simple to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is stable to use, especially since I work with Microsoft for an extended period."
"Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution."
"The solution's look and feel could be a bit more intuitive and user friendly."
"With Jira, an issue that arises is the length of time it takes to show certain data."
"If you want to generate a report for individual usage, it's difficult."
"I think the solution can improve in graphs and the analysis part."
"Some key features like integration, big data warehousing and data modeling need work."
"It's got kind of a steep learning curve."
"The initial setup could use improvement."
"The kanban board could also use some more filters. We just had a project where the deployment for Jira didn't have any ETA, and it's a requirement for the client. We accommodate a lot of issues on the board, so the workaround was to create boards by project, not client."
"It would be useful if the solution allowed us to share files or project schedules. You may get that with the cloud version. However, it's not available on the on-premises versions."
"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 reporting aspects can be improved, which is one of the reasons why I'm using Qlik Sense. In the older on-prem versions, reporting was lackluster, to say the least. Project Online has a better handle on that. However, we will still be using Qlik Sense. We're also looking at an add-on app from a company called OnePlan that adds some additional functionality where Microsoft is not as clean in its approach for things such as portfolio management and some of the trends analysis."
"The solution could improve the ease of access could improve. It can be time-consuming."
"We think that calculations are not working correctly, and there is a need to enter data a couple of times in order to give the correct calculations."
"It should be more agile and more flexible when it comes to customization."
"We want to expand to the local level where we lack strong IT expertise, we are considering making it more user-friendly."
"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."
JIRA Portfolio is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 47 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews. JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of JIRA Portfolio writes "Powerful, flexible solution with a bit of a learning curve". 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". JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Jira Align, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, Adobe Workfront, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Broadcom Clarity , whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and Broadcom Clarity . See our JIRA Portfolio vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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