BigPicture vs. Acuity PPM

The era of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) has officially begun, ushering in a remarkable degree of clarity in information, support for agile, traditional, and hybrid approaches, and guaranteeing strategic alignment throughout every level of the organization. Your BigPicture features are further enhanced with new tools tailored for complex enterprises that handle large initiative portfolios. As you move toward agile transformation, timelines undergo a significant overhaul, now featuring the ability to visualize dependencies, easily identify milestones and critical paths, automate scheduling, and integrate seamlessly with agile practices. You have the flexibility to create any portfolio structure, which may include sub-portfolios, programs, projects, phases, and SAFe® ARTs, all while simplifying requirements management. Regardless of the methodology you choose, you can effortlessly optimize your efforts and track progress at both high-level and granular perspectives. Additionally, you can discover customizable boxes—versatile management spaces designed for organizing tasks, deliverables, resources, risks, and more. These boxes facilitate a systematic arrangement of all dimensions of your projects, programs, products, teams, or even entire portfolios into diverse collections, thus enabling standardized tracking and efficient management. Consequently, this approach helps ensure that all components of your organization function effectively and remain aligned with your strategic goals, fostering greater success in achieving your objectives.

Acuity PPM offers a user-friendly software solution designed for Project Management Teams (PMOs) to effectively oversee their project portfolios. It features a Work Intake module that facilitates demand management, enabling users to create and assess new project requests through methods like prioritization, financial planning, and resource management, particularly in terms of capacity planning. Upon the approval of a request, project teams can efficiently monitor progress through centralized status reports that document key milestones, risks, issues, financial strategies, decisions made, lessons learned, as well as project and portfolio roadmaps, along with resource plans, all within Acuity PPM. This comprehensive tracking capability empowers leadership teams to make informed decisions about which projects to pursue for the organization. Moreover, Acuity PPM seamlessly integrates with popular Project Management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Asana, Wrike, and Monday.com, among others. PMOs are often burdened by overly complex software that can overwhelm users, but Acuity PPM avoids this pitfall by offering a modular approach that allows PMOs to incorporate only the functionalities they require, especially considering that many are at maturity levels one or two. This flexible pricing model ensures that users pay solely for the features they utilize, promoting fairness and efficiency in resource allocation. Ultimately, Acuity PPM is designed to support the evolving needs of project management teams without unnecessary complications.