BigPicture Enterprise addresses the needs of large-scale organizations; it enhances the way projects and portfolios are managed by delivering high-level PPM features. The ‘BPE’, as we call it at SoftwarePlant, adds an unlimited number of Box types, enterprise-level reporting, ‘Show overall assignment’ sort of features, and more. Let’s enumerate what the Enterprise extension adds on top of the regular BigPicture.
Table 1: BigPicture vs. BigPicture Enterprise
Note: BigPicture Enterprise cannot live alone. So you choose between the ‘Jira + BigPicture’ suite and the ‘Jira + BigPicture + BigPicture Enterprise’ one.
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Overview module
with three predefined Box types Starting BigPicture 7.10, the Program Manager is renamed ‘Overview’. |
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Unlimited configuration of Box types. Create new Box types.
Think of Boxes as high-level, custom containers/parent items, such as portfolios, phases, ARTs. They behave depending on how you program them. |
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Re-label modules
For instance, re-label ‘Gantt’ to ‘Schedule’ or ‘Roadmap’. Relabeling works per Box or per Box type. What’s the difference? |
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| Scope – a standalone work breakdown structure module | |
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| Roadmap module | |
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| Gantt module | |
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| one public and one private scenario per Box | unlimited number of private and public scenarios per Box | |
| Resources module | |
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Workload contouring
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Flat, Front-loaded, Back-loaded modes | Flat, Front-loaded, Back-loaded, and Manual modes |
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Show overall assignment
Once checked, you can observe a cross-project, cross-Box resources view, for both individuals and teams |
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Risks module
Risks matrix and risks register |
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| Teams module | |
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Integration with Tempo
Synchronize BigPicture’s Workload Plans, Holiday Plans, Teams, team members, and Skills with their counterparts in Tempo Timesheets, Planner, Budgets (workload schemes, holiday schemes, teams, roles). |
Until BigPicture Enterprise 8.1 available for Server and Data Center hostings only. Starting BigPicture Enterprise 8.2, available for Cloud, too. |
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| Calendar module | |
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Reports module
Use five predefined progress measuring drill-down/drill-through reports. Choose their format: bar/pie charts, spreadsheet-like reports. |
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| Add new multi-level drill-down and drill-through reports. Customize the grid of the Reports module. | |
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Select the geographic location of your data server
GDPR in the European Union and various US regulators may require that you store your data in a home country or region. The feature will be available soon. Read more |
available for Cloud hosting |
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Project Management methodologies |
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| Both BigPicture and BigPicture Enterprise let you practice a methodology of your choice, such as SAFe, LeSS, AgilePM, PMBoK, PRINCE2, and more. Differences become apparent once you try to blend more than one methodology in a portfolio(s), including in-home, custom-developed methodologies. Three slots available in the regular BigPicture might constitute a bottleneck. BigPicture Enterprise does not have this limit, therefore the Enterprise edition is safer if you practice many methodologies in one organization. | ||
| Number of available Box type slots | 3 | unlimited |
| Preconfigured Box types | Program Program Increment Iteration |
Agile project Classic project Hybrid project Hybrid stage Iteration LeSS Requirement Area Portfolio Program Program Increment SAFe ART Stage |
| Can users edit existing Box types? | |
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| Can users add new Box types, beyond the predefined ones? | |
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Business, technical data & Pricing |
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| Hosting types | Cloud, Server, Data Center | |
| Works with | Jira Software, Jira Core, Jira Service Desk | |
| Jira Cloud, 1000 users tier, Atlassian Marketplace | $0.91/user/month | $0.91/user/month |
| Jira Server, 100 users, Atlassian Marketplace | $2000/instance (50% of that to renew) pricing |
$2000/instance (50% of that to renew) pricing |
| User rating (stars), Atlassian Marketplace | 3.2/4 | 3.6/4 |
| Developer | SoftwarePlant, Cloud Security Participant | |
Boxes in BigPicture Enterprise
The video presents the way Boxes are in BigPicture Enterprise.
Also, check ‘BigPicture Enterprise version 7’ video. Fragments remain valid.
Who uses what
Roughly 20% of BigPicture license holders have the Enterprise extension added on top. When looking at user counts, however, we assume that 50% of the 3 million individuals who use BigPicture every day have access to the Enterprise edition. It’s because blue-chips, and large companies with a distributed workforce, rely on BPE heavily.
Read more: 6 signs your organization should upgrade to BigPicture Enterprise.
