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Alvaria Workforce
Formerly Aspect Workforce Management

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What is Alvaria Workforce?

Alvaria Workforce (formerly Aspect Workforce Management), is a suite of software which combines call center workforce management with advanced analytics features like call recording, speech analytics, eLearning for training, data sharing for schedule optimization across call center or branch locations,…

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What is Alvaria Workforce?

Alvaria Workforce (formerly Aspect Workforce Management), is a suite of software which combines call center workforce management with advanced analytics features like call recording, speech analytics, eLearning for training, data sharing for schedule optimization across call center or branch…

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What is Alvaria Workforce?

Alvaria Workforce (formerly Aspect Workforce Management), is a suite of software which combines call center workforce management with advanced analytics features like call recording, speech analytics, eLearning for training, data sharing for schedule optimization across call center or branch locations, and desktop analytics for monitoring and analyzing discrete actions like employee keystrokes and application usage.

The Basic, Advanced, and Enterprise tiers include increasingly advanced sets of analytics and workforce management capabilities.

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TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Aspect Workforce Management is a versatile solution that addresses various business problems related to workforce management in call centers. Users have found the platform to be powerful and easy to use, with customizable capabilities that meet their specific needs. The software's collaboration and communication features are particularly commendable, allowing project managers to easily interact with their teams and generate progress reports. This has been beneficial for both end users and consultants in multiple implementations across companies of different sizes and industries.

One of the primary use cases of Aspect Workforce Management is its ability to forecast call volumes and analyze trends in customer service departments. This enables the generation of schedules that best align with the demands throughout the day, optimizing resource allocation. Moreover, the software provides real-time adherence monitoring, ensuring that agents adhere to their schedules effectively. This reduces unnecessary overtime and costs.

By replacing manual scheduling processes, Aspect Workforce Management offers detailed reports that can be shared with upper management. These reports help address issues related to overstaffing, understaffing, and employee morale. The software is also widely utilized within organizations for scheduling breaks, lunches, and time off based on business needs.

Additionally, the availability of a mobile app adds convenience by allowing users to manage their schedules even when they are not in the office. However, some users have expressed a desire for improvements in the user interface of the app.

Overall, Aspect Workforce Management facilitates communication and synchronization among employees within large companies with multiple sites, enhancing operational efficiency in various workforce management scenarios.

Based on user reviews, the recommendations for Aspect are as follows:

  1. Consider the overall package and invest in vendor training. Users advise looking at the complete offering when considering Aspect. It is recommended to invest in vendor training and create a prioritized implementation plan to fully utilize all the features of Aspect. The application is considered only as good as the person using it, so correct setup and management are emphasized.

  2. Carefully vet Aspect's cloud environment and ensure support for schedule models. Reviewers recommend using Aspect for huge and multi-skilled contact centers but caution about carefully vetting out Aspect's cloud environment. It is advised to ensure that the required schedule models are fully supported by Aspect.

  3. Utilize Aspect Workforce Management and take advantage of available training. Users highly recommend getting Aspect Workforce Management. It is suggested to keep track of everything added to the tool since everything is linked together. Taking full advantage of all available training for Aspect, familiarizing oneself with the near time adherence view, and utilizing Aspect's great configuration support are also recommended.

It is important to note that these recommendations stem from user experiences and opinions.

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Rachel Honeywood | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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I work with a company that provides cloud computing services for multiple telephony/call center applications including Aspect Workforce Management. Aspect Workforce Management addresses many business problems such as administration, scheduling, forecasting, reporting, and adherence. It really is a one stop solution to managing the workforce of a company's call center. Not only does Aspect Workforce Management improve service level in a call center environment, it also increases efficiency of not only agents but also back office professionals.
  • Scheduling: The software not only provides ways to perform bulk scheduling and quick changes to hundreds (or thousands) of individuals at a time, it also provides optimizers for breaks, meetings, and projects; as well as shift and request bids, and a request management feature that allows automatic scheduling of vacation like segments without any user intervention after the initial setup.
  • Forecasting: The software provides many different ways to forecast. You can use user-supplied data or historical patterns. In addition, you can perform as many 'what-if' scenarios are you like to see how changes will affect your forecast and see how real-time schedule changes will impact the intra-day forecast before proceeding.
  • Adherence: The software provides several different adherence views. You can utilize RTA (Real-Time Adherence) to see what states your agents are in on the phone, as well as if they are adhering to their schedules. In addition, you can also access reports and a real-time comparison of schedules to ACD states in the core software. Agents are also able to see their historical adherence reports within a web based client, Empower.
  • Reporting: The software has a multitude of reports which can be set up with a feature called autorun to be automatically e-mailed or exported to a directory however often you need them to be. The filtering capabilities are vast, and if you have crystal reports you can create your own custom reports as well.
  • Security: The security features in the software are very detailed and advanced. Almost everything can be locked down, even the smallest of features. For example, if you do not want an agent to see bereavement in a schedule you can lock that. As many profiles can be created as are necessary.
  • Empower: The Empower module is a web-based application that provides wonderful functionality for agents and supervisors alike. Agents can view their schedules and make requests for schedule changes. They can also see their adherence, and even their personal account balances.
  • Some of the features can be difficult for a new user to learn. Once they have them down, the software functions wonderfully; however, the learning curve can be high.
  • While RTA is a great tool to utilize, the look has not changed in a long time. It has an 'old-school' software appearance that does not match the core system.
  • When dealing with huge sets of data (for example, changing schedules for an entire year for many agents), the software can hang for quite a while. While this is not a frequent occurence and can happen with any application, it can be frustrating for some users.
While I think this software could provide value to any company, the value would be less for very small companies. If you have a call center with 50 agents or less, for example, the value just may not be worth the time and investment. Though this software can be utilized for off-phone employees, it is designed for the call center in mind. Therefore, if you just want software to manage back-office employees you would not need or benefit as greatly from having the entire Aspect Workforce Management suite.
  • Improved service level: By utilizing the forecasting features and scheduling optimizers in the software, service level objections can be increased greatly- especially in a multi-skill environment.
  • Reduced workload for back-office employees: Being able to quickly schedule in bulk, quickly create forecasts, automate reports, and have agents' schedule requests automatically approved or denied can save massive amounts of time.
  • Agent efficency: By providing multiple tools to gauge agents' adherence, you can see massive improvements in the way your call center agents adhere to their schedule; which in turn, improves service level.
While I am aware of several competitors, I have not used their software. IEX, Verint, and Cisco are other options among many.
While I support other customers who utilize the software, the response from our customers is over-whelmingly positive. Many customers who have not had any type of workforce management software in the past use spreadsheets to schedule and forecast agents. This can be extremely complicated and a nightmare to control. The time saved by having a product that can quickly complete these functions for you is worth the investment. Also, we have several customers who had no way to track what their agents are doing and have found many problems in their call-center with the software. After rolling out a program where their adherence was tracked and actually 'mattered', they were able to see increased efficency from their agents.
  • Official Scheduling via Official Segment Worksheet or Official Schedule Editor
  • Submitting schedule requests via Empower
  • Running Reports
  • Monitoring agents in RTA
  • Adding new employees
  • Forecasting (the initial setup if you are not familar with the software)
  • Scheduling via preference-based or a staffing forecast (the initial setup if you are not familar with the software)
  • Schedule Trades (This feature was enhanced in this version of the software. The value add is great, however it is a learning curve)
Yes, but I don't use it
Once the initial set up of the software is complete and/or you are familiar with the software, it is easy to use and runs like a dream. However, if you are unfamiliar with the software or have used a competitor's product, some features can seem difficult to learn or get used to.
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