Take control of project delivery and empower your teams
with Planview® ProjectAdvantage (formerly Sciforma) project portfolio management software
Project delivery breaks down when structure, visibility, and coordination are missing. Planview® ProjectAdvantage helps PMOs and Project Managers solve critical execution challenges:
- Disconnected tools and spreadsheets create inconsistent project tracking
- Projects run over time and budget due to limited visibility and late risk detection
- Inconsistent stage-gate or delivery processes across teams
- Resource bottlenecks discovered too late
- Manual reporting slows decision-making and reduces data confidence
Planview ProjectAdvantage features
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Align investments, resources, and execution with strategic business goals.
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Portfolio & Project Scenario Planning
Model resource and budget impacts within your portfolio to evaluate delivery trade-offs before committing.
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Structured Portfolio Prioritization
Evaluate and rank initiatives using scoring criteria, resource availability, and delivery impact.
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Idea & Demand Alignment
Standardize intake, workflow, approval processing, and prioritization of project ideas and business cases.
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Business Case Evaluation
Use scoring, ranking, and strategy-fit criteria to assess potential investments and prioritize value delivery.
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Portfolio Reporting & Dashboards
Gain real-time visibility into portfolio health, resources, and progress with configurable dashboards.
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Plan, execute, and track work across methodologies with visibility and control.
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Gantt & Critical Path Scheduling
Manage complex project plans with advanced Gantt views, critical path scheduling, dependencies, and multiple baselines for change control.
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Hybrid & Multi-Methodology Delivery
Support Agile, Waterfall, Phase-Gate, and Critical-Chain methodologies within one configurable platform.
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Issue, Risk & Change Tracking
Maintain visibility to issues, risks, and change requests across projects and programs.
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Task & Work Breakdown Management
Break down projects into tasks, assign work, and link execution to portfolio objectives.
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Workflow Automation
Configure approval gates, lifecycle workflows, and repeatable processes to standardize delivery and reduce manual handoffs.
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Budget & Cost Management
Track budgets, planned vs. actual costs, and benefits throughout project lifecycles. Gain financial visibility to ensure projects are delivered within budget and aligned to business objectives.
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Deliverables & Work Objects
Manage deliverables, risks, and change requests within structured project workflows.
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Optimize resource utilization and align capacity with demand for better outcomes.
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Capacity & Demand Visibility
View resource availability vs. demand to optimize allocation and eliminate bottlenecks.
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Role & Skill Matching
Assign people based on their role, skills, and availability to ensure optimal utilization.
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Workload Balancing & Conflict Detection
Identify under- or over-utilization and resolve resource conflicts early.
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Time & Effort Tracking
Capture actual effort versus planned work to improve forecasting and utilization.
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Resource Forecasting & Scenario Planning
Test resource allocation scenarios to resolve conflicts and balance workload before delivery is impacted.
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Optimize resource utilization and align capacity with demand for better outcomes.
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Configurable Dashboards & KPI Tracking
Create dashboards to monitor progress, budget, resources, and risks in real time.
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Portfolio & Project Health Monitoring
Gain visibility into performance and alignment of initiatives across the enterprise.
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Unified Project & Portfolio Visibility
Consolidate project data in one platform to eliminate manual reporting and improve decision speed.
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Flexible Reporting & Export
Build and export reports tailored to different stakeholder and governance needs.
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Enhance productivity and decision-making with AI-powered capabilities.
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AI-Powered Work Updates in Microsoft Teams
Consult tasks, deadlines, and priorities, log effort, update work items, and submit timesheets using natural language directly from Microsoft Teams.
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AI-Assisted Project Initialization
Automatically enrich project setup with suggested deliverables across phases and gates to accelerate planning and standardize project structures.
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AI-Driven Risk Identification
Analyze project data to identify potential risks and recommend updates to existing risk severity as project conditions evolve.
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Gain clear visibility across all your projects and improve delivery outcomes with Planview ProjectAdvantage
Planview® ProjectAdvantage brings your projects, programs, and portfolios together in one unified system, giving PMOs the structure and real-time visibility needed to strengthen execution, reduce inefficiencies, and deliver more consistently.
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Maximize capacity and staff projects effectively
See resource allocation, costs, and staffing changes clearly using real-time dashboards. -
Deliver projects and products on time & on budget
Manage the entire project lifecycle across any methodology with ready-to-use tools. -
Identify and prioritize the right work within your function
Ensure ideas and demands are prioritized and aligned with objectives, using scoring and sandbox environments. -
Accelerate reporting for smarter decisions
Get clear, role-based insights with dashboards that integrate with BI, ERP, CRM, ITSM, and more.
Accelerate project delivery with structure and visibility
Organizations need to adapt quickly to changing priorities and delivery demands. Planview® ProjectAdvantage provides the structure and real-time visibility PMOs need to adjust plans, manage resources, and deliver consistently across waterfall, agile, and stage-gate environments.
See Planview ProjectAdvantage in action
In this demo, you’ll discover how Planview ProjectAdvantage can help you:
- Centralize demand, projects, programs, and portfolios in one unified system
- Plan with powerful Gantt, WBS structures, and multiple baselines
- Standardize workflows and stage-gate processes to improve delivery consistency
- Optimize resource capacity, budgets, and costs with real-time visibility
- Monitor risks, performance, and progress through role-based dashboards
- Accelerate project setup with AI-assisted deliverable suggestions across phases and gates
Take a quick product tour
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Project phase and gate workflow view showing project stages (G1-G5) with detailed phase information including dates, delays, gate keepers, deliverables progress, and approval status. -
Portfolio dashboard displaying overall portfolio health metrics (score of 85), project status reports with KPI indicators, budget vs. costs analysis, and resource team tensions forecast. -
Multi-project summary view showing key performance indicators (risks, issues, overdue items), comparative budget and cost charts, and resource workload allocation over an 8-week timeline. -
Create new projects faster with AI-generated deliverables aligned to your lifecycle, reducing manual setup and improving consistency. -
Demand analysis view showing estimated effort, cost, and scoring to support prioritization and investment decisions. -
Capture, evaluate, and qualify incoming ideas and demands before they enter the pipeline. -
Visualize resource demand against available capacity to plan and allocate teams effectively.
“Sopra Steria has found in Planview the capabilities required to finely manage Agile projects. The synchronization across Agile and Waterfall projects has greatly facilitated the success of our projects.”
“Planview was the tool that best suited our needs. It was an excellent match in terms of scope, configuration, customization, sophistication, and budget.”
“A lot of Planview’s native functionality is common sense. That is, if you think about it for a moment, you’ll quickly realize that it makes perfect sense to do things this way!”
“For a solution vendor like SymphonyAI Retail CPG, it is key to know our capacity across the whole chain — from product management and maintenance to services. Planview is now the hub of the entire organization, giving us an overview of the production capacity by team and by profile.”
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Today’s PMOs and delivery teams are expected to manage more projects with limited resources while navigating shifting priorities and increasing complexity
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