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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Workfront

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A

    Atlassian Strategy Collection, with Align

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Atlassian Strategy Collection is an enterprise-scale strategic portfolio management (SPM) and planning suite designed to connect executive business strategy directly to engineering and product execution. Built on Atlassian's unified cloud platform architecture, the Strategy Collection provides real-time visibility into portfolio health, resource capacities, corporate priorities, funding allocations, and operational outcomes across value streams.

    $27,000

    per year

    Pricing
    Adobe WorkfrontAtlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Editions & Modules
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    Starting Price
    $27,000.00
    per year
    Maximum Price
    $3,987,600.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe WorkfrontAtlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Adobe WorkfrontAtlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    In my opinion, Adobe Workfront is more dynamic
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    To manage the organization's work from project to project, the organization uses multiple project management solutions. In comparison to Jira, however, the only useful feature I found is the Gantt chart, which helps give a clear overview for multiple projects at once. Moreover, …
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    Atlassian
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    127 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    92 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    57 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    70 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Adobe WorkfrontAtlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Workfront and Atlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    7.3
    423 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Atlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
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    Ratings
    Task Management8.4423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.3381 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.6333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.0374 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.5379 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.0402 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.0273 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.1281 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.3380 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.2325 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.7313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.7301 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.3301 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.2259 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Adobe Workfront and Atlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    6.3
    241 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Atlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
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    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.6134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing6.1116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting6.8231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software5.9104 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe WorkfrontAtlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (476 ratings)
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.6
    (63 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (19 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    7.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe WorkfrontAtlassian Strategy Collection, with Align
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Since I work remotely from my laptop, when I am finished with work, I enter my hours and submit my time at the end of the week. It's quick, it's easy, and it helps me keep a record of how many hours of vacation and sick time I have used. But when I am on the go, it is a hassle to record my time on my phone because of the lack of responsive design.
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    Atlassian
    The Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft) tools help keep our scrum teams moving in the right direction. It gives Sr. Executives visibility into the progress of our digital transformation efforts. It provides information to our program manager to create the necessary artifacts to justify continued funding of our initiatives. It also supports the SAFe framework, along with some others. And the Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft) tools provide integration to other tools that we use in our portfolio.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Fosters communication between team members.
    • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
    • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
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    Atlassian
    • Effective Sprint planning : Sprint planning can be done using Planning Poker in AgileCraft by clicking Team > Manage > Other > Estimation Games very effectively for distributed teams.
    • Team Capacity Allocation Report: After tasks are created at team or program level, the report from AgileCraft cab be pulled and can be verified that no team member is under or over allocated. A report can be generated by navigating to Team > Manage > Assign Tasks.
    • Effective Requirement trace-ability: To maintain requirements trace-ability follow the steps below:
    • Upload test cases against the story/requirement. once uploaded test cases will be visible under that story
    • Execute Test cases in AgileCraft and mark them as Pass/Fail based on the actual outcome
    • Based on test results, The acceptance criterion's can be marked as “Pass” or “Fail” & if marked failed corresponding defect can be logged & can be attached with the story
    • So against each story we can easily see whether all test cases been executed or not & which acceptance criterion's are failed & how many defects are in open or close state.
    • Daily Scrum: In AgileCraft, the option to run a daily stand-up is available from Team > Manage > Daily Standups. Selecting the sprint number opens the daily stand-up meeting window in which each team member's tasks are visible and hours can be burned against them. Conduct Scrum meetings in AgileCraft, and burn each associate hour against the tasks created during the meeting. The burn-down chart can be generated & viewed during the stand-up to check whether the team is on track.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Adobe Workfront is great for projects that are templated and consistent. It does not work for agile projects. As an example, it is great for packaging because the steps are ALWAYS the same... it doesn't work for broader marketing projects where the duties and people involved shift based on project scope
    • It's difficult to be nimble in the tool- as long as your tasks are consistent, templated and the same each time it works well.
    • Modern tools like Asana, Monday, etc. fill in the gaps for us because each user is a little more self sufficient in managing their work, deadlines, etc. and don't need an admin to assist.
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    Atlassian
    • The initial ticket creation screen lacks some important features, such as assigning "point values" (a measure of effort needed for the ticket).
    • The browser needs to be manually refreshed to see new tickets, which can make things confusing when several people in a meeting are simultaneously creating tickets.
    • The interface on some smaller portions of the software are sometimes difficult to understand.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Workfront is sometimes a bit clunky to use, but overall it works well for our teams when it comes to project management and collaboration across multiple, involved teams. It also has flexibility that allows us to adapt it to diverse use cases, some of which aren't necessarily always the first things that one would think of using workfront for.
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    Atlassian
    There is nothing that can be better than Jira but it needs to keep improving certain areas especially the attachment size area.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Workfront is overly complex, but it is functional as a tool to keep track of projects. It is a shame that sometimes it takes a lot of clicks to find anything. Workfront is slowly modernizing its interface but at the same time, hides certain information away thus making the experience feels worse.
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    Atlassian
    As I have mentioned, some older, less tech savvy, team members have not found it as intuitive. I found it the same when I started using it although it quickly made sense. I think this is because there are lots of features we do not use so this can get in the way of what we do use
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I have found that Adobe Workfront is a reliable resource, because in the post 6 years of using it, rarely has it been unavailable to our team. I think I could count on one hand the number of times the site has been down over my time using it with my team.
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    Atlassian
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    Performance
    Adobe
    I think overall, Adobe Workfront performs well. There have been some times when it doesn't load or run as quickly as our team would like. This is frustrating when it is such a crucial tool that our team utilizes on a daily basis. It can show our workflow when it lags.
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    Atlassian
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    I know that this particular company has it's own Adobe Workfront employee that builds out things they need from the software, and meets with them regularly to troubleshoot. I'm not part of this process, but it's refreshing to see Adobe provide this level of customer service to people, and they're expedient.
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    Atlassian
    Overall support from Jira team is good. It comes at an additional price but it is very efficient. There are no long wait times, you get a dedicated team to look into your issues. The support is available throughout the year and they keep a record of your issues. Overall we are very satisfied with the support they have provided us over the years, it has been very effective for the price that we pay.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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    Atlassian
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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    Atlassian
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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    Atlassian
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Much increased functionality and templating aspects. While I liked JIRA's setup, the Workfront is so much more flexible. The moving away from Jira i was able to show the possibilities of what a full pm software could accommodate and how it all connected in. Also, the pluses of connectivity with the Adobe suite for our creative teams were excellent. From providing updates within other programs, it allowed a much more fluid working process and instant communication.
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    Atlassian
    Microsoft Azure Devops won't have the major functionality of software management like Jira. The customization provided by Jira is having a cutting edge over any project management tool. Adds-on and Plugins feature in the Jira Tool make it as perfect as desired task management tool for any company. One of the best Agile based Project Management Tools.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
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    Atlassian
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    Our organization has thousands of users that use Workfront and it seems to hold up very well. I have not encountered any issues using it and I think it makes it very easy for multiple people to be involved in a project and keep things organized and clear for everyone involved.
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    Atlassian
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • It has given us a platform that allows all creative intakes to come through one place, rather than trying to collect them via multiple sources. This has given us more time to action requests and less time dealing with administration.
    • It allows us to effectively allocate and manage our team's time, which is a significant time saver.
    • It has given us a one-stop location for brand reviews and allows us to push people there when they try to jump the line.
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    Atlassian
    • It has positively impacted our tech teams, allowing them to better organize the tasks and items they are working on and has greatly improved their ability to communicate & review these tasks with other teams.
    • I believe it negatively impacted other departments as lengthy training was required by many associates to attempt using the tool, only to find out it didn't meet our needs, therefore much time was wasted.
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