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2018
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6
Acuity PPM is a cloud-based portfolio management solutions designed to help senior leaders manage their strategic investments. Acuity PPM helps you manage work intake, plan resources, prioritize projects, and track project performance through actionable analytics.
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(16 reviews)
As a Sr. Project Manager, I like Acuity PPM as it gives me a clear overview of the project's status, resources, timing, risks, and issues. The dashboard is easy to use and provides all information needed for reporting to stakeholders.
Pros: This software allows us to view all projects underway and, even more importantly, the resources assigned. The dashboards are easy to follow, and detailed project plans and milestones are being tracked in Smartsheet but automatically updated in Acuity PPM via the API integration.
Cons: There is really nothing that I do not like about this product. Feature are being added on a regular basis.
Carl R. · Sr. Project Msnager · Automotive · November 6, 2023
Best decision we made in supporting the build out and roll out of PMO core capability in our organization. Great pricing, great support, continued product improvement, great adoption, great/simple user interface.
Pros: Easy user interface, meets all critical elements of portfolio and project management. Easy adoption from users.
Cons: Notifications, which are coming soon, would be really helpful in terms of keeping information updated and users aware of their responsibilities.
Matt M. · Sr. Dir. PMO · Transportation/Trucking/Railroad · November 6, 2023
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Pros: I like the overall visibility for everybody on our team.
Cons: The only thing that really sticks out is that there are no task reminders.
Jessica R. · Project Manager · Utilities · October 17, 2023
Our rep has been fantastic and very easy to work with which made adoption to this a very smooth process. It no longer have to create multiple spreadsheets to manage my project portfolio and I thank Acuity for that!
Pros: Prior to purchasing Acuity I would often find myself creating spreadsheet after spreadsheet to prioritize our organizations projects with our leadership. I happen to come across Acuity and quickly realized it had everything that I needed to work through these sessions. This is very instrumental in my end of year planning of our project portfolio and project status updates.
Cons: There are still parts being enhanced which is understandable.
Britni H. · AVP Business Optimization and Projects · Banking · November 30, 2022
The entire software makes project transparency across our large organization possible. I would highly recommend this product to anyone seeking a PPM software. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] is always very knowledgeable and kind, quick to answer questions, and much appreciated.
Pros: The ease of being able to display all of your projects, it makes facilitating meetings more effective and streamlined.
Cons: I would like the ability to create custom saved dashboards without being an admin, or having my views publicly available. Having the ability to name each dashboard as well. It would save me time from sorting.
Anna H. · Project Specialist · Financial Services · October 31, 2022
I've found that project management tools are either too simple or too complicated, which leads to a host of problems and workarounds. Acuity PPM has found the right balance!
Pros: The Acuity PPM software is simple to use and intuitive. Our Project Managers were able to integrate the tool into their day-to-day activities, and the output allowed leadership insight into all project work.
Cons: The majority of fields you need are customizable, but there are some I'd have liked to adjust. However, the Acuity PPM team is flexible and often takes feedback making updates to meet customer needs.
Nicholas B. · Project Portfolio Manager · Insurance · June 8, 2021
Very responsive to questions and any minor issues have been very quickly resolved. Users find it useful and easy to use, and management are happy with the overview they get.
Pros: Acuity PPM is a good fit for us as it isn't an overly complex system and doesn't contain features we don't need to use, yet still provides the overview we need and enough detail about individual projects. The status reports are a big positive for us.
Cons: No cons so far, just looking forward to any new features as they are developed.
Sally D. · Project Coordinator · Government Administration · October 8, 2020
Our overall experience with Acuity PPM has been exceptional! They provide excellent customer service and they are very receptive to suggested product features/enhancements.
Pros: $78
Cons: We do not have anything negative to share about the product.
Charlie M. · Strategic Project Manager · Banking · October 2, 2020
Working with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] has been a dream! He listened to our needs and provided suggestions on how to use the software to meet those needs. We have worked with him to import our current portfolio of projects and created a work intake process for new proposals. We look forward to adding a prioritization scoring model and resource management. Whenever we suggest new features or functionality, [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] takes it to his developers to see if those enhancements are feasible. They have completed many requested enhancements. Acuity not only provides the software, but they provide great insight on project portfolio management in general. They send out articles, videos, and tips that have proven to be extremely helpful in my organization. Our experience with Acuity PPM has been excellent. We look forward to a continued relationship with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] and his team!
Pros: Ease of use. How easily we were able to fit our current process into the software and how much more portfolio visibility we gained.
Cons: I would love to have a more robust permission/roles set up.
Jennifer C. · Project Portfolio Manager · Banking · September 29, 2020
Fast and simple project information registration. Excellent tool for an overall project potfolio management.
Pros: Beautiful user interface, very easy to find all the features and portfolio reports. It's simple approach to capturing project information makes it a no hassle process to register all your business project information and its dashboard features portray in one view your overall portfolio status.
Cons: No major issues at the time. Could improve aesthetically the timeline feature.
Miguel P. · Project Manager · Information Technology and Services · August 25, 2020
Not only the tool is great but the support was exceptional, Acuity even accommodated several changes and personalizations (that latter on became standard features in the product), they were super responsive and attentive in helping us make the most of the tool.
Pros: I've used many software applications to manage and track multiple projects but it was not until I discovered Acuity that I came to the realization of how simple it can be to have a true "bird's eye view" of a complex project portfolio. Most of the tools in the market focus in providing Project Managers tools to control in DETAIL each project, but no tool that I know of helps management visualize and track at a high level multiple projects. I love the simple UI, the intuitive access to information and the ease of use of the tool.
Cons: It would be great if it could link and integrate with legacy Project Management tools, for example if a manager wants to drill down into a specific project maybe he could double click on a project in Acuity and launch a MS Project document where the full details of that particular project are presented.
Fernando R. · CEO · Information Technology and Services · August 25, 2020
My experience has been excellent. The best project portfolio management tool i have used so far.
Pros: The best feature is that it is so easy to implement and use. In just a few minutes you can set up the basics of your portfolio and manage your users and views. Also you will have all the important information in one place, forget about powerpoint presentations and spreadsheets.
Cons: i haven't found anything that doesn't fit my needs
Karina P. · Le · Management Consulting · August 24, 2020
Acuity PPM has been used in the classroom as part of a simulation for graduate students in the Lerner College of Business. During a busy semester where time is of the essence the intuitive interface enabled students to come-up-to-speed very quickly. Each student took the role of an executive team member. Executives could quickly rank and approve projects tied to strategic goals. Reporting is very strong – critical information was at our fingertips allowing us to quickly assess portfolio value and risk. Also, having been the Lerner College IT Director (prior to teaching), I managed an IT project portfolio in Excel using nothing short of brute force to garner the information required for executive reporting. If Acuity was available at the time - it would have been adopted in a heartbeat!
Pros: 1. The intuitive interface made it very easy to come-up to speed quickly. 2. Critical information need to manage and assess performance of a portfolio is smartly placed on screens. 3. Acuity gives you just enough but not too much. Larger systems are cumbersome and can be difficult to navigate. 4. Being able to export individual portfolios for additional analysis was very helpful.
Cons: We really like the product and don't find issues at this time.
Barbara C. · Faculty Program Director Technology Projects · Education Management · January 20, 2020
We are doing mainly project tracking and this would include status reports, timelines, etc.
Pros: I will admit I really only use the software for status reports (versus advanced tracking). Given this I am not sure I can speak to some of the features of the software. I would say the status reports section is useful and easy to use. I haven't seen any issues with the software in this regard.
Cons: There was 1 time (about 3 months ago) that I had issues with login (lasted maybe 10 minutes). I didn't report and can't honestly say if the issue was related to the software. But otherwise I have seen/had no issues with the software.
Clay J. · Director · Information Technology and Services · November 18, 2019
Pros: Being new to project management, I appreciate the ease of use of this software. It’s easy to navigate and allows me to effectively track essential information and provide status updates.
Cons: I haven’t experienced a negative aspect of the software. My current project is fairly simple so I haven’t tested the limits of the tool yet.
Jody S. · Total Rewards Operations Manager · Management Consulting · November 17, 2019
Using Acuity is helping to centralize our project portfolio information, and it makes it a one stop shop for project information.
Pros: Acuity is easy to get up and running on - very intuitive. I really like the projects dashboard view (I use it very often), and the ability to drill down into the project details from this view. It is very easy to create a status report, and to refer back to previous status reports as well.
Cons: It would be great to have some additional features (although I'm sure you are working on them), such as: more text formatting in the status reports, ability to export the project list and project status, ability to sort the projects in the portfolio view, ability to easily see plan vs. actuals for dates and budget.
Yvonne M. · Program Manager · Information Technology and Services · November 15, 2019