With many PPM vendors focusing their attention on IT governance, here are some vendors to consider when searching for a solution to model an organization's governance framework (a future article will provide more in-depth coverage of these vendors).
Computer Associate's (formerly Niku) Clarity product incorporates strong resource planning and financial management functionality with top-down portfolio analysis capabilities. Sophisticated real time capture and control of financials make Niku a strong candidate for regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX). Also, its robust resource planning module provides extensive resource management capabilities to support sophisticated IT governance policies. As one of the originators of PPM, Niku is a serious contender for organizations looking for extensive functionality to support their IT governance framework.
ProSight's portfolio management software's real strength lies in PPM and compliance for the government sector. ProSight's focus on government agencies help IT departments comply with a number of government-specific compliance regulations, such as Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), privacy compliance, the Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA), and the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), to name a few. A good number of their clients are US federal government agencies.
Pacific Edge offers a different approach to IT governance by providing its maturity-based Accelerators solution, which allows organizations to incorporate their governance framework in a staged manner. Pacific Edge offers three stages of accelerators with the initiation and visibility of IT governance, the maturity of the execution of a governance framework, and the investment focus of project portfolios. These IT governance stages are priced and packaged to grow with an organization.
Augeo Software offers a PPM solution that is strong in tracking a high number of short term projects that need to comply with an organization's IT governance framework. Augeo 5 is strong in supporting many projects in multiple locations by using project templates and accurately tracking financials and resource utilization. Known for its strong resource planning capabilities, Augeo has attracted large multinational organizations in pharmaceutical, automotive, media, government, high technology, and financial services, especially in Europe.
PlanView's IT governance solution, PRISMS, offers its own best practices process maturity model based on PlanView's functionality. PRISMS provides the ability to measure performance and actuals, analyze and document decisions, execute changes efficiently, and monitor service deliveries with key performance indicators. In addition, PRISMS offers continuous improvement processes, allowing an organization to adapt to new best practices for IT governance. Supporting many of the top companies in the financial and insurance industries has made PlanView a strong vendor to consider for IT governance in those sectors.
Mercury Interactive provides IT Governance Center, where dashboard technology integrates all major components of demands, portfolios, programs, projects, resources, financials, and application changes for real time visibility of project portfolios. Mercury's IT Governance Center tracks all demands made from IT and allows an organization to adapt to the major processes and project control frameworks, such as Six Sigma, CobiT, and ITIL. Known for its testing toolls, service level management (SLM), and focus on application management, Mercury is an important vendor to consider for IT governance frameworks covering SLM and application development (e.g., Six Sigma and CMMI), as well as regulatory compliance (e.g., Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] and SOX).
Computer Associate's (formerly Niku) Clarity product incorporates strong resource planning and financial management functionality with top-down portfolio analysis capabilities. Sophisticated real time capture and control of financials make Niku a strong candidate for regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX). Also, its robust resource planning module provides extensive resource management capabilities to support sophisticated IT governance policies. As one of the originators of PPM, Niku is a serious contender for organizations looking for extensive functionality to support their IT governance framework.
ProSight's portfolio management software's real strength lies in PPM and compliance for the government sector. ProSight's focus on government agencies help IT departments comply with a number of government-specific compliance regulations, such as Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), privacy compliance, the Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA), and the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), to name a few. A good number of their clients are US federal government agencies.
Pacific Edge offers a different approach to IT governance by providing its maturity-based Accelerators solution, which allows organizations to incorporate their governance framework in a staged manner. Pacific Edge offers three stages of accelerators with the initiation and visibility of IT governance, the maturity of the execution of a governance framework, and the investment focus of project portfolios. These IT governance stages are priced and packaged to grow with an organization.
Augeo Software offers a PPM solution that is strong in tracking a high number of short term projects that need to comply with an organization's IT governance framework. Augeo 5 is strong in supporting many projects in multiple locations by using project templates and accurately tracking financials and resource utilization. Known for its strong resource planning capabilities, Augeo has attracted large multinational organizations in pharmaceutical, automotive, media, government, high technology, and financial services, especially in Europe.
PlanView's IT governance solution, PRISMS, offers its own best practices process maturity model based on PlanView's functionality. PRISMS provides the ability to measure performance and actuals, analyze and document decisions, execute changes efficiently, and monitor service deliveries with key performance indicators. In addition, PRISMS offers continuous improvement processes, allowing an organization to adapt to new best practices for IT governance. Supporting many of the top companies in the financial and insurance industries has made PlanView a strong vendor to consider for IT governance in those sectors.
Mercury Interactive provides IT Governance Center, where dashboard technology integrates all major components of demands, portfolios, programs, projects, resources, financials, and application changes for real time visibility of project portfolios. Mercury's IT Governance Center tracks all demands made from IT and allows an organization to adapt to the major processes and project control frameworks, such as Six Sigma, CobiT, and ITIL. Known for its testing toolls, service level management (SLM), and focus on application management, Mercury is an important vendor to consider for IT governance frameworks covering SLM and application development (e.g., Six Sigma and CMMI), as well as regulatory compliance (e.g., Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] and SOX).
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