Say goodbye to 6-month enterprise PPM rollout marathons and recurring $20/user Power Apps licensing fees. PPM Compass 360 gives your PMO clear 4-way RAG governance, milestone phase gates, an interactive 3×3 risk & issue matrix, dedicated My Portfolio manager cockpits, team capacity, and financials—running 100% inside your SharePoint tenant on standard lists.
Test drive the actual user experience from ppm-compass-360.sppkg. Explore realistic multi-industry projects across Medical Devices (EU MDR / FDA 510k), BioPharma, Automotive, and Aerospace. Use the built-in Portfolio Switcher (▾) to isolate business units, test the My Portfolio cockpit, interact with the 3×3 risk matrix, or run in-browser exports.
PM_APP_Projects, PM_APP_Milestones, etc.). Supports up to 20,000 items with built-in indexing and growth band safeguards.
Many organizations get pushed towards Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps + Dataverse) or heavyweight PPM software, only to realize the recurring costs and complexity are staggering. Here is how we compare.
| Evaluation Criteria |
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PPM Compass 360 (This App)
Lightweight Project Portfolio Management
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Power Apps / Power Platform
Project for Web / Dataverse Accelerator
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Heavy Enterprise PPM
Planview, Clarity, Jira Align
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| Extra User Licensing | $0 / User (Included in M365 E3/E5) | $20/user/mo (Power Apps Premium) or $5/user/app | $45 - $120/user/mo + minimum seat commitments |
| Annual Cost (100 Users) | $0 Recurring Fees | $24,000 / year + Dataverse capacity fees | $54,000 - $144,000 / year |
| Underlying Database | Standard SharePoint Lists (100% In-Tenant) | Microsoft Dataverse (Subject to strict storage quotas) | Vendor Cloud / External SQL Database |
| Deployment Speed | 5 Minutes (Upload .sppkg to App Catalog) | Weeks (Solution ALM, environment routing, DLP setup) | 4 to 9 Months + Implementation Consultants |
| Performance & Experience | Instant load (Native SPFx client-side bundle) | Noticeable load delay (Heavy Power Apps player boot) | Complex multi-nested navigation & forms |
| Data Governance | Native SharePoint Site Permissions & Purview DLP | Separate Power Platform Security Roles & Dataverse | External SaaS vendor security audit required |
Adjust the sliders below to see what your organization would spend on Power Apps premium licenses versus running PPM Compass 360.
• Power Apps benchmark: ~20 €/mo per contributor + ~10 €/mo per stakeholder + storage.
• Enterprise PPM benchmark: ~45 €/mo blended user cost + support retainer.
Retained directly in your IT budget by avoiding per-user Power Apps licensing.
Every capability listed below is backed by real SharePoint lists and client-side code running inside ppm-compass-360.sppkg.
Track Red, Amber, and Green status across four distinct dimensions: Timeline, Budget, Resources, and Scope, alongside an overall project health score and mandatory RAG commentary.
Enforce governance milestones and stage-gate approvals. Track baseline dates against actual forecast dates to immediately identify schedule slip, with one-click snapshot capture in PM_APP_MilestoneSnapshots.
Standardized 3×3 Likelihood × Impact scoring matrix (Low, Medium, High). Filter risks visually by cell density and worst severity, and convert materializing risks into active issues with a single click, preserving audit trails in PM_APP_RisksIssues.
Maintained independently by Finance in PM_FIN_ProjectFinancials. Tracks CAPEX/OPEX approved budgets, actuals YTD, and forecast-at-completion variance with zero risk of accidental editing by PMs.
Visual monthly FTE percentage tracking for Developers, PMs, Architects, and QA. Spot over-allocated team members immediately across multiple concurrent projects (PM_APP_ProjectAllocations).
Create executive monthly progress summaries with key achievements and next steps. Once published, reports are cryptographically marked "Locked against further edits" to ensure regulatory and PMO audit compliance.
Dedicated Portfolio Manager workspace with 5 interactive KPI drill-down tiles (RAG Health, On-Time Delivery, Financial Burn with data gap transparency, Active Blockers, and Phase Distribution), secondary compliance tracking, and scoped portfolio roster.
Instant deep-linking to any project drawer and specific tab via ?project=CODE&tab=TAB for friction-free collaboration, paired with a standardized 6-color milestone status lifecycle (Completed, In Progress, At Risk, Late/Delayed, Paused, Planned).
Engineered for high-compliance sectors: Medical Devices (EU MDR, FDA 510k, ISO 13485/14971, IEC 62304 DHF freeze), BioPharma GMP, Automotive ASIL-D, and Aerospace DO-178C. Multi-select Portfolio Switcher (▾) allows instant isolation or aggregated roll-ups across divisions.
Standard list price 4.990 € / year per site. Save up to 50% with our 3-year commitment, or choose our flexible annual plan. No per-seat fees ever.
Standard annual subscription for your primary SharePoint PMO site collection.
1-year commitment • Billed annually
Limited-time promotional pricing. Lock in our lowest per-site rate for 3 full years before this launch offer ends.
⚡ Limited-time promotion • 3-year commitment (7.470 € total)
Exactly 3× the annual 1-year price. Deploy across all your SharePoint site collections with unrestricted freedom.
Billed annually • Unlimited site collections & hubs
Bundle this lightweight solution into your consulting engagements. Help clients escape spreadsheet chaos, earn 20%–30% partner margins, and inquire about custom white-label branding with minimum commitments.
Your project plans, financial figures, and personnel allocations never leave your Microsoft 365 security perimeter.
SPFx React Client Bundle
Direct HTTPS to your tenant
Standard SharePoint Lists
No data goes out — everything stays 100% in your SharePoint tenant. All computations occur entirely in the user's browser. Project Leaders (PL) can export the entire project snapshot as an Excel file (.xlsx) for deep ad-hoc analysis, in addition to one-click executive 1-pager PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF (.pdf) export options.
Your site data is dramatically safer. Users do not need broad SharePoint "Member" or "Contribute" permissions to the site collection. The built-in Admin Settings page breaks list permission inheritance on PPM lists to grant write access to Visitors dynamically based on their assigned role in each project or portfolio. It also lets administrators hide underlying SharePoint lists from navigation and Site Contents so users cannot bypass the app UI or tamper with records directly.
We intentionally built this app without custom notification servers, external API calls, or hidden background services. It runs 100% inside SharePoint, giving you pristine, structured portfolio data that seamlessly connects with your existing Microsoft 365 toolkit.
No proprietary alerting bloat—leverage your native M365 engine.
Trigger automated Teams or Outlook approval cards whenever a change request is created in PPM_ChangeRequests. Route directly to the Sponsor or Steering Committee.
When a Project Leader publishes and locks a monthly report, instantly email the Sponsor with 4-way RAG highlights and executive commentary.
Original production data remains 100% untouched by AI.
Download the full project snapshot as Excel (.xlsx) with 1 click and feed it to Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT. AI can never accidentally overwrite or hallucinate changes into your SharePoint records.
AI thrives on structured data. With standardized 4-way RAG, baseline-vs-forecast milestone drift, and 3×3 risk matrix scorings, Copilot delivers consistent variance summaries and powers custom Copilot Studio agents.
Direct connector to SharePoint Online lists.
If management wants complex, pixel-perfect executive reports, connect Power BI directly to PPM_Projects, PPM_Milestones, and PPM_Risks using standard M365 connectors.
Blend PPM governance data with your SAP, NetSuite, or HR datasets in Power BI without purchasing proprietary PPM data warehousing modules.
Zero external servers. Zero firewall exceptions. Zero third-party data processing agreements (DPA). Zero Power Apps premium license dependencies. It deploys directly to your SharePoint App Catalog, inherits your existing Entra ID permissions and Purview compliance policies, and gives you complete freedom to build your own flows, reports, and AI agents.
From download to live portfolio in under five minutes.
Upload ppm-compass-360.sppkg to your SharePoint Tenant App Catalog (apps.sharepoint.com). Check "Enable this app and add to all sites".
Open your modern SharePoint PMO site. Edit the page, click the + tool, and select "PPM Compass 360".
Click the built-in "Workspace Setup" button. The app provisions and indexes all necessary SharePoint lists automatically. You're ready to manage!