Following the release of SharePoint Project Management Central (PM Central), many of you have asked about the key differences between PM Central and the SharePoint Project Portfolio Dashboard.
PM Central is a complete application solution, fully integrated with 16 Bamboo products, including Bamboo Project Portfolio Dashboard, as well as a selection of pre-built, customizable top level/project site templates. PM Central allows users to manage projects at an enterprise level. At the same time with a Bamboo MS Project plug-in, users can continue to use MS Project to schedule and import tasks from MS Project schedules into SharePoint tasks list. Project Portfolio Dashboard, on the other hand, with a MS Project plug-in to import tasks from MS Project schedules into SharePoint only supports users bringing tasks from MS Project into SharePoint task lists, and shows high-level health indicators in the Project Dashboard.
Bamboo PM Central includes additional tools for industry project management and communication best practices. To assist in your assessment as to which product will best suit your needs, please see the detailed features comparison chart below:
As you can see, if your SharePoint project management needs are limited to importing tasks from MS Project to a SharePoint List, and showing the high-level Project Health data and charts via the dashboard to executives, then the SharePoint Project Portfolio Dashboard is the right tool for you. If, however, you're in the market for a complete turn-key project management application, then PM Central is the way to go. For additional information, we invite you to sign up for a webinar to see both products in action.
Posted
Jul 14 2009, 05:15 PM
by
Bamboo PM Girl