LOS GATOS, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 16, 2014) - Info-Tech Research Group reviews vendors in the technology marketplace by assessing the strength of their offering and their strategy for the enterprise. Info-Tech Research Group focuses on those vendors that offer broad capabilities across multiple platforms and have a strong market presence and/or reputation among large enterprises.
Info-Tech Research Group has just released their Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Vendor Landscape for 2014 and bestowed the Value Award to Sciforma. The value score indexes each vendor's product and business strength relative to its price point.
When evaluating Enterprise PPM vendors, the Info-Tech Research Group scored Sciforma as follow:
| Sciforma Score | Feature | Criteria | ||
| Feature fully present | Manage Reactive Work | Ability to request, assign, and track work that happens outside the project scope. Including support escalations and ad-hoc work. | ||
| Feature partially present/pending | Zero-Adoption Strategy | Ability to conduct portfolio-level project planning and status reporting without team adoption to maintain timesheet and task data. | ||
| Feature fully present | Agile Support | Functionality tailored to Agile methodologies, including scrum planning and burndown charts. | ||
| Feature fully present | End-User Portal | Individuals both within and outside of the organizations can access reports without a full license and profile. | ||
| Feature fully present | What-If Planning | Test scenarios to see implication of schedule or resource changes, with option to either implement or cancel all. | ||
| Feature fully present | Lifecycle Management | Continuity between projects through management of request ideas to the completion of a project, with unique workflows per division. | ||
| Feature fully present | Mobile Support | Mobile app or Web functions optimized for mobile usage. | ||
And concluded:
"Sciforma offers one of the most usable and affordable PPM solutions in the enterprise market... offering the most bang for the buck."
Annabelle Stanton, Sciforma US COO was excited that Sciforma was ranked as an innovator: "Our Sciforma logo stands for Innovation. This is a real accomplishment to be recognized as such by Info-Tech Research Group."
About Info-Tech Research Group
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About Sciforma
Sciforma provides a flexible, easy to use Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management software solution for industries and companies of all sizes.
Sciforma recognizes every company is unique. Used by over a quarter million people worldwide Sciforma 6.0 can be utilized out of the box or tailored to fit your company's PPM environment ensuring your processes and methodologies are followed.
Founded in 1982, Sciforma has been a leader in project and portfolio management software whether you require Strategic, Functional or Execution Management. Sciforma's customers apply a variety of methodologies including: Agile/Scrum, Critical Chain, Phase Gate, PMBOK, and PRINCE2®. Sciforma is available on-site, hosted, or in a SaaS environment.
Contact Information:
Kathy Pierce
408-354-0144 x185