Meisterplan Reviews & Product Details

For a small team managing a lot of projects and resources, this has been extremely useful and made it very easy to see when, where and how we are using our resources. We were able to immediately populate the tool with our list of projects and resources. It took some time to consider how we want to allocate resources working on multiple projects, but once we settled on a practice for the team to follow, we were all able to get in there daily to keep things up to date in one tool instead of 3 different places. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you are short on time, the learning curve can take a while. But finding time to make use of it is worth it in the long run, and crawl-to-walk doesn't take as long as we initially thought. Now we are running. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's the partnership and their willingness to listen to our business-specific needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Inability to export a change log. I don't have the time to go project to project in MP, or sometimes even get into MP, to see what's been changed and I already have an external dashboard that I use to monitor the portfolio. I can't do basic portfolio analytics like project lifecycles, days in a certain status, etc. and dissect that info by client or project type. Those are important PMO-level metrics that I don't have.

The other thing that I know you're working on now is to have project specific rates for each resource. We manage huge client engagements that oftentimes have multiple rate cards depending on the business segment we're engaged with. Some of our resources are on several projects, but with different rates for each project. I want the ability to do financial forecasting alongside resource forecasting so that can be communicated back to the client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Scenario planning makes it easier to compare options before making decisions.

- Power BI integration helps create useful reports and dashboards.

- It supports planning across Agile, Lean Product Development, and Traditional methods. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Keeping Jira in sync for story points and other details takes extra effort.

- Unused projects can create clutter and need manual cleanup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When we first launched (2019/2020), we were up and running from an excel file to MP in less than a week. User interface is simple, easy to understand. Customizable fields can be created to reflect your business. Its ability to allow users and resources to access information in real time, allows for a variety of access and use. Customer support is responding with solutions within a day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrating with other platforms can be tricky. Documenting terms and definitions of Project fields and selections for training / reference / API has to be done outside Meisterplan. It does not allow for export or import of Project field background information used to set up projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are able to visualize the allocation of our consulting workforce on existing clients and prospective client opportunities.

We are able to forecast our revenue.

It is the core system we use in our weekly management and staffing meetings.

It is easy to use.

Our Meisterplan Customer Success liaison was very proactive and interested in seeing us maximize the value that we got out of Meisterplan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We need a more granular resource skillset tracking and identification tool. For example, if we need to identify a consultant who will be available in June, who is a Sr. .Net backend developer, a minimum of mid-level React front-end skills, has good mentoring skills to work with two junior developers, and is able to be onsite at the client 3 days per week. We were not able to capture list level of detail within MeisterPlan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No setup hassle – cloud-based and ready to go in minutes

Drag-and-drop simplicity for complex project portfolios

Seamless Excel import

Improved planning accuracy and client communication

Great visibility for resource allocation and revenue forecasting

Core tool in weekly management and staffing meetings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We would like a dedicated app or feature that allows our consultants to easily view which projects they are assigned to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Best project portfolio management application I've used in 30+ year career. Keeping project management isolated from portfolio management has been a benefit to us rather than using a full PM/PfM/PPM application; the flexibility in letting diverse business units keep their project management practices that work best for their teams and workflows while bringing together top-down planning is a good balance for our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much down side. I've led F100 PMO teams that were responsible for portfolio and project management tools and processes, including MS Project, Asana, Clarity PPM and Planview. WHile each tool has strengths, Meisterplan was quickest to onboard and least costly to maintain. It is an elegant solution that permits our focus on portfolio and resource management, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visual tool that packs in a lot of information in a clear visual: Project dates, resource loading and profitability, all at once.

Easy to see the effects of changes (drag an element and the system updates the rest)

Easy to use!

Love the option to consider or exclude certain projects from the calculation, as well as the scenario- planning capacity.

Financials are time-related, so that you can match the inflows with dates or milestones. Great for cash-flow management! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Would benefit from some extra customization options (eg: keep milestones fixed once date is in the past, even if the project is prolonged, etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a nice fit to help organise our overall portfolio management. Nice visualisation and overall good layout. Easy to use.Good features. enjoy the data export features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No real dislike just observations:

Can get expensive with named ressources metric for users. One foot in task management and one foot out ,i imagine intension for future release will clarify the direction they are taking with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You always see the current allocation of your resources and with simple drag and drop you move projects and recognize the changes for your resources and financials. Great and intuitive user interface for easy project portfolio planning. Especially the inclusion of financials is great! Interfaces with other systems and tools are interesting option for high level of integration in our entire software landscape. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Planning of part-time resources could be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.