Planview Recognized in Gartner’s First Critical Capabilities Report for IT Project and Portfolio Software Applications, Worldwide

AUSTIN, Texas – October 13, 2016

Planview® has been recognized in the September 2016 Gartner Critical Capabilities Report for IT Project and Portfolio Software Applications, Worldwide. Out of nine solutions evaluated, Planview Enterprise received the highest product score for every use case analyzed by the research firm.

Gartner’s Critical Capabilities report provides a comparative analysis that scores competing products or services against Gartner’s set of critical differentiators. Gartner’s Critical Capabilities reports complement the Magic Quadrant analyses, providing deeper insight into the products and services offered in a region by multiple vendors. Planview is recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications, Worldwide.

Gartner defined three main use cases for IT PPM applications, based on client needs:

• IT Project Portfolio Investment Governance. IT organizations in this use case are working to create a portfolio of major IT programs and projects.
• IT Project Portfolio Execution. This is comprehensive IT PPM at the execution level, ensuring that projects within an approved IT project portfolio are executed on time and on budget.
• Emergent IT Work and Project Management. This covers more adaptive IT project management allowing for rapid changes, and new tasks and requirements to be added while keeping control of projects.

“We feel our scores in Gartner’s first Critical Capabilities Report for IT Project and Portfolio Software Applications is validation of our strategy over the last several years,” said Patrick Tickle, chief product officer at Planview. “Our investments in Planview Enterprise have been all about advancing the planning and execution promise, while bringing Projectplace into Planview in recognition of today’s emergent work modes. The use cases Gartner defined for IT PPM are exactly what we see in the marketplace and our product line is built to support these.”

Additional Resources

Gartner Critical Capabilities for IT Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications, Worldwide, September 2016 report is available at:

• Critical Capabilities for IT Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications, Worldwide

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications, Worldwide, 2016, published May 24, 2016.

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