With moreover more than 13 years of experience with different customers, I can say that in Clarity 2010 - 2015 the majority of customers were focused on project management 50%, portfolio management 30% (Including financial management on both topics), demand management, resources management and application management the rest.
From 2015 to maybe 2019 the same customers and new customers that we support were more involved in deployment features Outofthebox aligned to support all the portfolio management (Financial management, resource management and capacity vs demand) I can say that they started to focus on the efficiency of the projects management.
So after this from the last 4 years, now I can watch that the use of the product is on the path to the work or the changing mindset from project to product. So I can say that now all the features and the mindset are aligned.
So I can observe now the customers are working, if you can allow me to talk about these three pieces, Planning Management (Roadmaps, People and Funding) 40%, Execution (Product or Project, work) 35%, Strategic & objectives (Business value, Prioritize portfolio items, OKR) 25%. But I think this last piece will be increasing this year and the next.
I think in the case of Clarity is a very complete tool, it depends more on the pains of the organisation or the maturity of the organisation in terms of management. Or even in the current fashion of management then in the capabilities of the product.
The solution is mostly used for strategic portfolio management and is more focused on resource management, demand management, and a little bit of financial management. It differs from client to client for the financial management aspect.
Currently, we're using it as a Project and Portfolio management tool. We temporarily attempted some financial tracking, but one of the problems with companies is they never want to fully adopt a tool. It actually winds up being more complicated to try to just do partial adoption. So, right now, we're mainly using it for project and portfolio management. We're one version or two versions behind the latest one. We are on 16.0.1. We have chosen on-prem deployment, but there are cloud solutions.
Broadcom Clarity PPM has multiple use cases, and with one of the clients that had implemented it recently, the tool was used for capital budgeting purposes. The client is one of the giants in the U.S. that had a PPM tool for managing all the project portfolios, but that tool was developed in-house. It was a homegrown solution, but there were a lot of limitations because some specific expertise was required. The tool was outdated and was difficult to scale, so my company replaced it with Broadcom Clarity PPM as it is an enterprise-level solution with high scalability and could be moved to the cloud. The main business case was for capital budgeting, more like investment management, where there are multiple units and the client proposed some ideas. My company prioritized those ideas and did budgeting accordingly. For example, there are four different business objectives. One is lights on, the second is compliance, the third is business growth, and the fourth is running the business. My company tries to allocate a certain amount or certain funds towards the four business objectives for a particular financial year. My company then considers all the ideas from different stakeholders then tries to prioritize those ideas within Broadcom Clarity PPM.
We were doing projections. I happen to work in an IT organization for the past couple of assignments, however, at the end of the day, my background is in finance, internal controls, and business operations. We were also using the tool for forward-looking projections, to kind of get our head around where we think spending is going to be at the project level, and where there might be holes, either financially or in the need of certain kinds of human resources type kinds of things, just classic project missions.
We have some deployments of Broadcom Clarity PPM on the cloud and others on-premise. We have many use cases for Broadcom Clarity PPM. We have some customers that are in government, they use it to manage IT projects. We have other customers that are from the petrochemical industry, they use the solution for investment management and capital management.
Senior Clarity PPM Technical Consultant at Al Rajhi Bank
Consultant
Top 20
2022-04-04T15:39:34Z
Apr 4, 2022
We use Broadcom Clarity PPM for business. We have many types of business cases which have to be approved, then once approved, we move them from idea to business case to project. We use the platform for different projects.
There are many use cases for Broadcom Clarity PPM. We have worked with large telecommunications companies, enterprises projects, and maintenance projects. We provide ideas with the life cycle management, then we convert the idea to be used in Broadcom Clarity PPM.
I used to work for CA Technologies. After that, I worked for CA Partners. So I have some experience implementing these solutions. As an architect, I have designed solutions. We work with projects. We have integrated the solution where we open tickets into them, and change management. We open tickets, we track all the tickets, we re-work all the details, then we turn it into an idea in PPM. Then we convert it into a project and manage portfolios. We work with all Service Management administrations and then we have to work with the project solution. We work with IT service desks. We have worked with financial services, as well. We have here in Mexico some construction enterprises working with the solution. We have an integrated Service Management with third party solutions, with discovery solutions, with asset management solutions from other brands of their solution, and monitoring solutions, and with in-house solutions. We also integrate this Service Management with SAP financial solutions.
Project Manager at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2021-01-10T12:27:32Z
Jan 10, 2021
I am a consultant and I recommend and implement specific solutions for my clients. I am currently working on behalf of a company that implements this product for its customers. Clarity PPM is a product that I have worked with personally. It is primarily used for project management, project portfolio management, and for reporting services.
Director of Operations at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2020-11-27T22:41:08Z
Nov 27, 2020
We primarily use the solution for time management, product management, resource management, and financial management. We use it for any type of governance that's needed for a project.
Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-09-17T08:06:02Z
Sep 17, 2020
Our primary use case is mostly for financial purposes. We have a finance team and it's used for time keeping as well. Those are the two major things that we use it for, financial budgeting and for time keeping. I am the tech support of our team so I'm responsible for keeping the servers working, upgrading the system and getting certain integrations and the like. I'm a software engineer.
Clarity is the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solution created by Broadcom. The platform aims to help medium and large organizations to manage products and services. Clarity features scoreboards, financial analysis tools, and more.
The platform facilitates the delivery of projects and programs and can accelerate an organization’s digital transformation. It allows users to create initiatives, add budgets and projects with a few clicks, and assign and track teams. It shortens the time...
The solution can be used for strategic planning. It is also used for portfolio and project management.
With moreover more than 13 years of experience with different customers, I can say that in Clarity 2010 - 2015 the majority of customers were focused on project management 50%, portfolio management 30% (Including financial management on both topics), demand management, resources management and application management the rest.
From 2015 to maybe 2019 the same customers and new customers that we support were more involved in deployment features Outofthebox aligned to support all the portfolio management (Financial management, resource management and capacity vs demand) I can say that they started to focus on the efficiency of the projects management.
So after this from the last 4 years, now I can watch that the use of the product is on the path to the work or the changing mindset from project to product. So I can say that now all the features and the mindset are aligned.
So I can observe now the customers are working, if you can allow me to talk about these three pieces, Planning Management (Roadmaps, People and Funding) 40%, Execution (Product or Project, work) 35%, Strategic & objectives (Business value, Prioritize portfolio items, OKR) 25%. But I think this last piece will be increasing this year and the next.
I think in the case of Clarity is a very complete tool, it depends more on the pains of the organisation or the maturity of the organisation in terms of management. Or even in the current fashion of management then in the capabilities of the product.
It is mainly used for project management, developing the portfolio of the project and the budget process of all projects.
The solution is mostly used for strategic portfolio management and is more focused on resource management, demand management, and a little bit of financial management. It differs from client to client for the financial management aspect.
Broadcom Clarity PPM is used in retail, oil, accounting, and industrial companies.
Currently, we're using it as a Project and Portfolio management tool. We temporarily attempted some financial tracking, but one of the problems with companies is they never want to fully adopt a tool. It actually winds up being more complicated to try to just do partial adoption. So, right now, we're mainly using it for project and portfolio management. We're one version or two versions behind the latest one. We are on 16.0.1. We have chosen on-prem deployment, but there are cloud solutions.
Broadcom Clarity PPM has multiple use cases, and with one of the clients that had implemented it recently, the tool was used for capital budgeting purposes. The client is one of the giants in the U.S. that had a PPM tool for managing all the project portfolios, but that tool was developed in-house. It was a homegrown solution, but there were a lot of limitations because some specific expertise was required. The tool was outdated and was difficult to scale, so my company replaced it with Broadcom Clarity PPM as it is an enterprise-level solution with high scalability and could be moved to the cloud. The main business case was for capital budgeting, more like investment management, where there are multiple units and the client proposed some ideas. My company prioritized those ideas and did budgeting accordingly. For example, there are four different business objectives. One is lights on, the second is compliance, the third is business growth, and the fourth is running the business. My company tries to allocate a certain amount or certain funds towards the four business objectives for a particular financial year. My company then considers all the ideas from different stakeholders then tries to prioritize those ideas within Broadcom Clarity PPM.
We were doing projections. I happen to work in an IT organization for the past couple of assignments, however, at the end of the day, my background is in finance, internal controls, and business operations. We were also using the tool for forward-looking projections, to kind of get our head around where we think spending is going to be at the project level, and where there might be holes, either financially or in the need of certain kinds of human resources type kinds of things, just classic project missions.
We have some deployments of Broadcom Clarity PPM on the cloud and others on-premise. We have many use cases for Broadcom Clarity PPM. We have some customers that are in government, they use it to manage IT projects. We have other customers that are from the petrochemical industry, they use the solution for investment management and capital management.
We use Broadcom Clarity PPM for business. We have many types of business cases which have to be approved, then once approved, we move them from idea to business case to project. We use the platform for different projects.
There are many use cases for Broadcom Clarity PPM. We have worked with large telecommunications companies, enterprises projects, and maintenance projects. We provide ideas with the life cycle management, then we convert the idea to be used in Broadcom Clarity PPM.
I used to work for CA Technologies. After that, I worked for CA Partners. So I have some experience implementing these solutions. As an architect, I have designed solutions. We work with projects. We have integrated the solution where we open tickets into them, and change management. We open tickets, we track all the tickets, we re-work all the details, then we turn it into an idea in PPM. Then we convert it into a project and manage portfolios. We work with all Service Management administrations and then we have to work with the project solution. We work with IT service desks. We have worked with financial services, as well. We have here in Mexico some construction enterprises working with the solution. We have an integrated Service Management with third party solutions, with discovery solutions, with asset management solutions from other brands of their solution, and monitoring solutions, and with in-house solutions. We also integrate this Service Management with SAP financial solutions.
I am a consultant and I recommend and implement specific solutions for my clients. I am currently working on behalf of a company that implements this product for its customers. Clarity PPM is a product that I have worked with personally. It is primarily used for project management, project portfolio management, and for reporting services.
We primarily use the solution for time management, product management, resource management, and financial management. We use it for any type of governance that's needed for a project.
Our primary use case is mostly for financial purposes. We have a finance team and it's used for time keeping as well. Those are the two major things that we use it for, financial budgeting and for time keeping. I am the tech support of our team so I'm responsible for keeping the servers working, upgrading the system and getting certain integrations and the like. I'm a software engineer.
We are using it mainly for project management, but also for topics like resource management and portfolio management.
Working on the technical side of this CA tool for last 9 years with different different companies and clients.