Clarity PPM Review - why 3 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 23, 2022

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What is Clarity PPM?

Clarity PPM is a Project & Portfolio management (PPM) solution. The software provides an integrated solution that allows companies to manage their services, products, people, and financials to enable them to deliver better projects & programs.

CA Technologies helps companies simplify and resolve their most challenging IT issues in order to accelerate innovation. The company’s portfolio of software and services ensures robust security, reduced IT complexity as well as the maintenance of critical application performance, so that reliability can be improved across the service lifecycle.

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Who is it best for?

Clarity PPM is a cross industry product that can be used for any size of business. It is offered as an on premise and cloud based solution with both a hosted and SaaS delivery option, which is accessible via the web as well as web enable mobile devices.

The product offers a single platform that enables companies to make better strategic investments & business decisions. This includes support for tracking and prioritizing market and customer requirements to make better decisions on how to invest limited resources, as well as optimize their enterprise, IT, service and product portfolios. In addition Clarity PPM offers comprehensive project management capabilities to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and according to requirements. This is suited for companies who want to reduce operational costs while maximizing revenue.

In addition Clarity PPM provides a cloud based solution model which requires minimal technology investment and no software maintenance. This is especially suited for companies looking for a cost effective solution with low overheads and a rapid deployment, so that they can realize a quicker Return on Investment (ROI).

Customers for Clarity PPM include Nordea, Picis, CapGemini, CareFirst, Dataprev, Siemens and Hertz.

Main features and functionalities

Clarity PPM allows companies to centrally manage their portfolio of resources, projects & budgets with support for scorecards to objectively compare requirements across the complete portfolio. The product provides financial transparency by allowing real time control of billing, invoicing & chargeback allocations while allowing effective management of budgets to improve cash flows. There is also support for project control through effective management of schedules, status and costs, while also ensuring projects are staffed with the right people at the right time to deliver the best project service.

The product allows in depth analysis of a company’s application portfolio as well so that better decisions can be made regarding development, investment, consolidation or retirement of these applications. Additionally a company can establish portfolio standards to evaluate portfolio investments against business metrics such as ROI, break even analysis, revenue enhancement, quality improvements and many more statistics. Clarity PPM also has an inbuilt KPI monitor with numerous pre-defined KPIs as well as an advanced Analytics module for in depth analysis and performance monitoring.

There is also an option for portfolio management to categorize current & future investments, with evaluation begin done against strategic goals to optimize both performance and revenues. In this way Clarity PPM helps companies to make better portfolio decisions that align with business strategy and market requirements, while ensuring timely delivery and cost effectiveness. Finally there is a Data Extraction module to allow the export of data from Clarity PPM to third party applications.

What is the actual cost?

The cost of license starts at $50,000 per license. ITQlick pricing score is 4.8 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for Clarity PPM. You can also find here pricing information from Clarity PPM's website.

Pros

• The solution allows companies to centrally manage their portfolio of resources, projects & budgets to optimize performance and improve revenues
• Clarity PPM is offered as both an on premise and cloud based solution
• Mobile device access of the application is supported by Clarity PPM
• Clarity PPM offers advanced Analytics and a KPI Monitor for performance monitoring
• The product provides project management optimization to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and according to requirements

Cons

• Clarity PPM does not offer a free trial or guarantee period of its product
• The product only allows data extraction to third party software and does not support full integration
• Clarity PPM does not include social collaboration features
• User driven customization of the product is not fully supported by Clarity PPM
• The solution does not provide multiple versions scaled to the requirements of different sizes of business

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of Clarity PPM vs alternative software solutions.

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