Acuity PPM

What differentiates Acuity PPM from other similar products?

It is lightweight so no complicated features that we don't need yet.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its UI and UX is easy to navigate.

What do you dislike most about this product?

More integration features to other project management tools.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're looking for a tool that offers full visibility into your IT projects and helps you prioritize effectively using your own scoring framework, this product is a solid choice. It simplifies tracking with real-time updates, making project management more transparent and efficient.

What differentiates Acuity PPM from other similar products?

User friendly, easily adoptable tool that delivers the benefits of portfolio management as well as project management that the whole organization can realize value from.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The easy to use interface drives adoption. The functionality of the tool provides value without being overly complex.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The project management Schedule function needs a bit of maturity still, it is close, but a few things can be improved to deliver better results.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Figure out what level of sophistication your organization really needs to drive portfolio and basic project management practices. Overly complex tools will not drive adoption and may risk not delivering the value you are seeking.

What differentiates Acuity PPM from other similar products?

Acuity PPM is incredibly straightforward in it's approach to managing complex project portfolios and resource management. It has a clean and easy to understand UI, it is feature rich and constantly evolving. The vendor is very customer orientated and actually listens to problems, questions and enhancements that users may have. It has transformed our portfolio and project management into an efficient and well oiled machine. The level of detail is suitable for all users, from Project Managers to Executives/Directors. Acuity PPM has improved our ways of working tremendously.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We love the simplicity of getting to the right data at the right time without having to go through complicated workflows or multiple screens. What you need is at your fingertips when you need it and everything is in one place. There are regular (near monthly) feature enhancements and bug fixes which are well documented and communicated. The vendor runs half-yearly customer focus groups where they listen to how customers use the product and what enhancements are important to them. Most of what's been discussed ends up on their development roadmap and makes it into production within a few months. Very impressive!

What do you dislike most about this product?

I think there is a small gap in the financials section of the software. For our purposes the level of detail which can be entered into the system for cost and benefit tracking purposes is not granular enough. This is only a small dissatisfaction as all the basics are covered adecquately. The other slight dislike is the inability to customise the layout of PDF status reports. The layout is fixed and can't be changed by the enduser. Disclaimer: the status report itself is fully customisable in the platform, it's just when you export it as a PDF that the format is fixed.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Just do it! If you are in the market for a feature rich Project Portfolio Management platform which is fully scaleable and incredibly easy to use then look no further. Do not expect the platform to function as a Project Management tool as that is not the core functionality (having said that, you are able to create a feature rich project plan in Acuity PPM but it's not on a par with MS Project for example). From a PMO perspective, Acuity PPM will make your life infinitely easier and you'll be able to present facts with confidence, safe in the knowledge that you always have access to the latest information all in one place. You'll love it!