BigPicture vs. BigPicture Enterprise. Who needs what

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.

Overview module with three predefined Box types Starting BigPicture 7.10, the Program Manager is renamed ‘Overview’.
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. Boxes are available in BigPicture version 8, and the corresponding BigPicture Enterprise ver. 8, and later.
Re-label modules For instance, re-label ‘Gantt’ to ‘Schedule’ or ‘Roadmap’. Relabeling works per Box or per Box type. What’s the difference?
Scope – a standalone work breakdown structure module
Roadmap module
Gantt module
What-if scenarios	one public and one private scenario per Box	unlimited number of private and public scenarios per Box
Resources module
Workload contouring	Flat, Front-loaded, Back-loaded modes	Flat, Front-loaded, Back-loaded, and Manual modes
Show overall assignment Once checked, you can observe a cross-project, cross-Box resources view, for both individuals and teams
Risks module Risks matrix and risks register
Teams module
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.
Calendar module
Reports module Use five predefined progress measuring drill-down/drill-through reports. Choose their format: bar/pie charts, spreadsheet-like reports.
Add new multi-level drill-down and drill-through reports. Customize the grid of the Reports module.
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
Project Management methodologies
	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?
Can users add new Box types, beyond the predefined ones?
Business, technical data & Pricing
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
	Try free	Try free

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.