I wanted to start a conversation around how different teams here manage their PMO setups and which project management tools or PMO software you rely on most.
I’ve been exploring a few project management softwares and program management software options lately, trying to figure out what really works best for large or multi-project environments. There are so many tools out there labeled as the best project management softwares or best PMO software, but in reality, every organization’s workflow is unique.
For those running enterprise-level operations, how are you handling your project portfolio manager needs? Are you sticking fully with ERPNext’s Projects module, or are you integrating it with external enterprise project management software or programme management software?
I’m also curious how you structure your management program inside ERPNext, especially when dealing with multiple projects or programs that share resources, dependencies, or reporting. Do you manage them directly in ERPNext or connect to another program management software solution for higher-level visibility?
Would love to hear what has worked best for your teams, which features you find essential for PMO work, and what you wish ERPNext did better in this area.
How do you manage your PMO workflows today - is ERPNext enough on its own, or do you pair it with another system?
Hey, thanks for sharing that! Really appreciate it.
Yeah, I’ve gone through the ERPNext Project Module docs before, it’s got a solid foundation for tracking tasks, milestones, and timesheets. The reports are decent too once you get the filters right. For straightforward internal projects, it definitely covers most of what’s needed.
I was mostly curious how others here are using it for larger PMO-level work, like when you’re managing multiple projects across teams or programs with dependencies and shared resources. That’s where I sometimes find the need for deeper portfolio tracking or custom reporting that goes beyond the default module.
Have you customized the ERPNext module for that kind of setup, or are you using it mostly for individual project tracking?
To be honest, we ran our PMO purely on ERPNext’s native Projects module for about 8 months and it started falling apart once we hit 3-4 active programs. The costing and timesheet side is solid, but trying to get a clear view of who’s working on what across different client projects? Not really built for that.
We tried Monday and ClickUp for a while but the sync was a mess. Our margins report was always late because someone forgot to copy task updates over, and the devs absolutely refused to log time in two places.
So we ended up building a workspace app that sits right inside ERPNext. Basically just adds a proper Kanban board, backlog view, and workload reporting on top of the native tasks and timesheets. No external sync needed since it reads straight from ERPNext docs. Attached a screenshot of our main board if you’re curious.
That said, for true program-level stuff—like mapping dependencies across projects or seeing exactly when a shared developer is over-allocated across two programs—I still think ERPNext has gaps. We handle it with a mix of the workload view and some manual spreadsheet triage right now, which isn’t ideal.
Curious what others are doing for resource allocation across programs? That’s the one piece I haven’t seen solved cleanly without buying a separate enterprise PMO tool.
The project module is very abandoned. It’s also hard to understand how such an important module has remained almost unchanged for 5 or 6 years. I reckon that with the speed at which everything is moving, they might finally take it on as a project this year with the addition of the Commit Company team.
When Gameplan first appeared, many people were very confused, myself included, wondering if that was the direction projects were going to take.
