Brief: Planview Acquires Projectplace To Connect Strategy With Work Execution

Planview took a big step toward in connecting the dots between strategic planning and execution when it announced its plan to acquire Projectplace on August 13, 2014. Planview's project portfolio management (PPM) software fits hand-in-glove with Projectplace's software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based project collaboration offering and opens new opportunities against rapidly growing work management vendors, such as AtTask, Wrike, LiquidPlanner, etc. For strategic architects, portfolio management office (PMO) leaders, and enterprise architects, the combined solutions provide a lightweight, highly usable collaboration tool, which allows users to track and communicate planned and ad hoc work items. This offering differentiates Planview from the competition by connecting strategic planning and work execution — providing PMOs and executives with truly integrated demand and portfolio management and robust analytics, which enable team members to collaborate effortlessly.