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    Daptiv (discontinued)

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ADaptiv is a discontinued product that began as a SaaS PPM solution before Changepoint acquired it in 2014. It became part of the Planview product family when Planview acquired Changepoint in 2021. Historically, Daptiv provided a centralized workspace for project planning, task and milestone tracking, portfolio prioritization, resource capacity planning, time tracking, project financial management, document management, dashboards, and reporting. It is no longer available.N/A

    RSMeans data, from Gordian (Costworks)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ARSMeans data, from Gordian (formerly Costworks) is a construction and estimation software offering acquired by the Gordian Group in 2014. It includes cost books and construction project estimating software tools.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Estimating
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    Ratings
    RSMeans data, from Gordian (Costworks)
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Takeoff tools00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Job costing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cost databases00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cost calculator00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bid creation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Daptiv (discontinued)RSMeans data, from Gordian (Costworks)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (18 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Daptiv (discontinued)RSMeans data, from Gordian (Costworks)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    I would recommend Daptiv for anyone who is look for a collaborative tool that is easy to use and provides excellent results for project management and resource allocation. The tool offers many various capabilities and is not isolated for use with one or two workgroups. Its versatility allows many workgroups across many different organizations to use it. In my previous role, I used Daptiv in both a Project Management and Account Services Information Technology role. In my current workplace, I would like to leverage Daptiv for Product Launch and tracking as well as change request visibility in the Release Management Organization of a pharmaceutical company. Both roles and companies are vastly different however Daptiv would serve a great purpose in both situations although my needs are different.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    Well Suited: Construction cost estimates for new larger projects where the construction will start within the next 6-9 months. Budgetary estimates for future buildings through its square foot models. Not Well Suited: Not accurate enough on small projects where labor, travel to sites, and OH&P are a higher percentage of unit costs than on larger projects where these costs are spread out across more units.
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    Pros
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    • Resource allocation, when fully integrated provides a in depth view of what everyone is working on, as well as their availability.
    • Portfolio reporting provides a good view of where all projects are at in their lifecycle.
    • Time tracking is simple to use.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    • CostWorks is very good at generating quick and valid estimates for standardized facilities such as office buildings, schools, etc. It allows you to validate other cost estimates at the UniFormat level when doing an estimate validation.
    • CostWorks' database of detailed line-items is a very resourceful asset when it comes to finding a very specific line-item. Sometimes, when using Success or MII, I will have CostWorks open on the other screen so I can find an item that the other softwares just don't have and build it into the other software from the CostWorks entry.
    • CostWorks does a very good job of generating reports that are both well-developed and have enough detail at the summary level to be able to sit with a client or a project manager and have them follow along and understand without being overwhelmed with detail and numbers.
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    Cons
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    • In my opinion, APIs / integrations are sometimes coming to their limit
    • In my experience, no general archive available - therefore data sets cannot be frozen
    • Data roll-up for different hierarchy levels (program / project / sub-project) is very limited, in my opinion.
    • In my opinion, when having showing a large number projects navigation on project tab is not very handy
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    • small project costs where labor is a bigger portion than materials on cost
    • markup factors on governmental projects
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    As previously mentioned, we were not able to get the product to solve our particular problem. After time spent implementing a custom solution, it was the decision of the executive team to discontinue the agreement. The costs of training the team didn't outweigh the cost of hiring an employee to do the translation of schedules to web view.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    The main thing that I have to apologize for is the UI. Does the job but just not the flexible responsive experience that most users are used to.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    In the 3 years I have worked with Daptiv I think it is been down once. The ONLY partial outages I have ever had have been with report automation.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Good support team! Developed relationships and were very pleasant to talk to. Daptiv went above and beyond on ensuring the customers were satisfied
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    I've never had the need to discuss CostWorks with a vendor.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    I recommend using daptiv resources on your implementation to help with setup and training.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    AdaptiveWork might not necessarily have robust Analytical abilities that Daptiv IBM Cognos BI tool have, but from the introduction I have seen of the product it has impressive capabilities. It is still work in progress and still learning about AdaptiveWork and looking forward to implementing and supporting it in the near future.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    CostWorks is a unique software for estimating as compared to the other softwares I have listed above. PACES is mostly used for federal modeling and really cannot be compared to Costworks. It has its own developed modeling database and has its own quirkiness and issues. MII has been developed for the USACE and utilized a user-developed folder structure and RS Means Database. I use CostWorks along side this software to find line-items that are not in the MII RS Means Database. Success has been developed for NAVFAC and again, utilizes a user-developed folder structure and RS Means Database. When I use this software, I ALWAYS have CostWorks open on the other screen as Success' RS Means database is extremely lacking when it comes to the number of detail line-items. Timberline is by SAGE and I use it mostly for DOS and FAA work. Of the 3 RS Means Database softwares, this one has the most detailed database for reference, however, there are times when I do have to look up an item that Timberline does not have and the first software I open is CostWorks.
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    Scalability
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    We are quickly able to add more users as needed.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
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    • I am in the process of establishing a hard dollar ROI received from Daptiv. However, there have been many soft dollar benefits we have achieved. Soft benefits include IT teams that are more aligned to business objectives, "one version of the truth" for where work is being performed and resources consumed, and more accurate estimation of project requests.
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    The Gordian Group, Inc.
    • I don't really see any "negative" impacts on my business or my ROI by purchasing CostWorks. It's a valuable tool that we use, however, some of my colleagues do not use it or use it very infrequently.
    • I find it well worth the cost even though we don't develop complete estimates in CostWorks due to client dictated softwares.
    • It has provided very quickly-built estimating models that let our team and project managers know that the RFP or the task that they are contemplating bidding on or starting to work on is actually feasible to construction given the budget and directive.
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