Clarity
7.6 / 10

What is Clarity?

Application Portfolio Management with CA Project & Portfolio Management (CA PPM) is designed to help organizations simplify and reduce risks of the Application Portfolio, helping you bridge the gap between growing technology demands and available budget. Application Portfolio Management delivers a fact-based decision-making methodology that can reduce the costs and complexity associated with managing a modernized and optimized application portfolio.

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Clarity Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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80 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Clarity?

4% Negative
4% Neutral
92% Positive

Pros

  • Caring
  • Security Protects
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Project Management

85

Project Portfolio Management

84

Analytics and Reporting

82

Tasks and Workflow Management

81

Resource Planning

80

Timesheet Management

80

Lifecycle Management

74

Risk and Fraud Assessment

74

Document Management

72

Mobile

71

What If Analysis

71

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Availability and Quality of Training

89

Breadth of Features

88

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

87

Ease of IT Administration

86

Usability and Intuitiveness

85

Ease of Customization

84

Ease of Implementation

84

Ease of Data Integration

83

Quality of Features

81

Vendor Support

79

Business Value Created

73

Clarity Reviews

Eleanor H.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

This tool is very helpful and easy to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 / 10

What differentiates Clarity from other similar products?

When compared to similar programs, this one stands out owing to the superiority of the company portfolio management features it provides. There is a lot of useful features to choose from, and the dashboards are top-notch. Furthermore, admins have a simple time tailoring the UI to specific user types.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

When it comes to Enterprise Portfolio Management, Clarity PPM has you covered with a powerful and flexible set of tools. All essential functions are present by default, the dashboards are top-notch, and the software's interface can be easily tailored to different user types. Sharepoint dashboards for the Clarity program were successfully integrated. Dashboards can now be automatically updated to reflect changes to the approval status of documents and stage-gates governed by Sharepoint workflows. This approach is considerably easier to implement and maintain than using Clarity workflows. Capacity planning functionality works really well.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Project management is poor. The Clarity project plan UI and MSP integration are difficult to utilize. Project managers use Clarity for ad hoc reporting on critical topics and keep risk and issue logs separately. The product lacked Agile project support, therefore we added a faux waterfall layer. CA's acquisition of Rally may affect this product feature. Capacity planning in Clarity is needed to manage resources throughout the delivery lifecycle. If you need to switch timesheeting solutions, expect pushback and a long acceptance process.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Because it consolidates relevant data in one place, Clarity comes highly recommended from me. Because the negative effects of delaying such judgments are more obvious, this helps dissuade business leaders and department managers from postponing such decisions. Clarity allows us to effectively manage our portfolio and monitor the development of more than 500 projects each year.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features
  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

"Reliable and user-friendly product"

Likeliness to Recommend

9 / 10

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Lindsay H.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Great program for managing projects.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 / 10

What differentiates Clarity from other similar products?

It's different from other programs since it's so comprehensive and flexible that it can be tailored to any business's specific requirements.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The flexibility and abundance of CA PPM's features and capabilities are its greatest strengths. CA consistently releases updates that improve the user interface and provide new features. You don't need any prior familiarity with computers to get it up and running.

What do you dislike most about this product?

As the number of workflows and data sets grows, there may be a delay in performance. There are several aspects in the Portfolio that are inefficient. When the workload increases, the applications appear unstable.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Small and medium-sized businesses can benefit greatly from this all-in-one PPM tool. You can manage your whole project portfolio with this tool, ensuring that everything gets done on schedule and under budget. As an added bonus, it can be accessed through the cloud, making it ideal for first-time users who don't want to spend too much time or money getting up and running with the program.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

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