Planisware Reviews

The solution can be used for performance monitoring, project management, and support.

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

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

I have been using this solution for approximately one week.

I have found the stability to be good.

The solution is scalable.

We have one department using this solution and it has approximately 50 users.

We use professional consultants to do the implementation of the solution.

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

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Planisware a six out of ten.

I value the project and resource management.

We have found it to be a good project and portfolio management tool.

I would like to see improvements in the following modules:

• Resource
• Project
• Portfolio
• Timecard

I have used it for almost six years.

I did not encounter any stability issues.

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

I would give technical support a very high rating.

We have only used Planisware.

The initial setup was complex. The scripting was OPX2 scripting.

It is an expensive tool.

We evaluated other options. As this is a customized tool, we needed to provide a breakdown of how the organization is going to use it.

This included a technical breakdown of structures and an explanation of the different modules such as resource, project, portfolio, and timecard.

Compared to other PPM tools, Planisware is more advanced. We can do more customizations with this tool.

Overall, I would say this software deserves an 8/10 given the overall balance of features it provides and its flexibility to adapt to organisations.

Planisware integrates in a powerful way project scheduling, resource & costs management amongst other things. Such a mix is extremely useful in R&D matrix organisations. It is not a surprise if PLW is a market leader amongst Pharma companies, which struggle to maintain product portfolios with decreasing resources.

The integrated resource management capability enables fully-loaded project costing, more transparent portfolio reviews and budget preparations. Senior Management has access to one, single truth on projects in the portfolio.

Reporting out of PLW has been a definite weakness. But the recent PEX module is addressing that issue quite nicely, even if the product is still being improved.

All in all, I have dealt with PLW for about eight years. Initially I used it with Legacy systems, then used it to build a brand new project & portfolio management platform (following a rigourous review of three other competitors)

A project this size generates LOTS of issues. Next to change management challenges and the complexity of building such an intregrated, transversal solution amid an existing landscape, the deployment has been, in retrospect, relatively smooth.

We worked hard on building a solid and generic data model, which has allowed us to avoid major stability issues.

Not really. The solid data model, and selection of state of the art servers has guaranteed very decent system performance. Users located across Europe, US, and Asia continue to enjoy stable and equal performances.

We have worked directly with PLW consultants. Their expertise and dedication levels have allowed us to find solutions to the questions and issues which would come up along the way.

Other than stand-alone MSP plans, not really.

The solution we have implemented spans across the whole organisation. As such, we have raised a lot of organisational operating issues and misalignments during the design phase. It was a conscious effort to use the opportunity to challenge and revisit the way the organisation operates.

As a consequence, it is fair to say the technical set-up has been complex indeed.

We worked with dedicated vendor consultants AND an in-house support team already knowledgeable about PLW. I can say that PLW consultants are, as a rule, dedicated, straightforward, competent and experienced individuals. I have dealt with about 10 different consultants (Paris office) and they have all contributed to my general satisfaction of the PLW product.

We did review four options, in an effort to truly choose what would be best for the company. We looked at the (then - around 2010) key names around, i.e. Oracle Primavera, MS Project, and SAP (given the extensive use of that ERP at the company). PLW came out in the end as the most flexible and capable solution for the business needs which had been identified. Please note that the advantage it had in terms of data migration (PLW was already being used in legacy systems) was excluded as a criteria during the selection process.

Know precisely what you want to do. PLW is a very flexible toolbox (as stated by PLW themselves), so make sure to define clearly your goal, keep the end-user in mind and enjoy the trip!