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Adobe Workfront

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What is Adobe Workfront?

Adobe 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…

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8 out of 10
November 10, 2021
Our whole organization uses [Adobe] Workfront for project management. It's the main communication and procedural tool that we use to …
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Popular Features

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  • Task Management (302)
    7.6
    76%
  • Resource Management (274)
    6.8
    68%
  • Document Management (275)
    6.6
    66%
  • Team Collaboration (292)
    6.1
    61%

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What is Adobe Workfront?

Adobe 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,…

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

6.5
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Professional Services Automation

Features that support professional services organizations

5.4
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is Adobe Workfront?

Workfront is a web-based project-management tool acquired and now supported by Adobe since late 2020. It was 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. Editing and updating issues from the project view is styled to work somewhat similarly to a social networking site, bringing team members together in one central location. From the project view screen, issues, documents, and other elements of the project are placed along a tab bar so that they may be addressed with one click directly from the hub.

The platform's Capacity Planner allows a manager to move resources to where they are needed, and has some automation features (e.g. the Set Best Fit option, which attempts to allocate resources optimally within given constraints). Agile project management is supported with features like Gantt charts, an easily viewable and manipulable backlog, and storyboarding. Team members can be managed with the aid of quantitative metrics that show where work would be best allocated.

A free trial is available, after which Workfront comes in four pricing options. The lowest tier is Collaboration for small groups, followed by Work which adds mobile accessibility and time sheets, then Plan which adds additional analytic, planning, and reporting features. Finally, Enterprise Plus offers the highest configurability as well as support and data security.

Adobe Workfront Features

Project Management Features

  • Supported: Task Management
  • Supported: Resource Management
  • Supported: Gantt Charts
  • Supported: Scheduling
  • Supported: Workflow Automation
  • Supported: Team Collaboration
  • Supported: Support for Agile Methodology
  • Supported: Support for Waterfall Methodology
  • Supported: Document Management
  • Supported: Email integration
  • Supported: Mobile Access
  • Supported: Timesheet Tracking
  • Supported: Change request and Case Management
  • Supported: Budget and Expense Management

Professional Services Automation Features

  • Supported: Quotes/estimates
  • Supported: Invoicing
  • Supported: Project & financial reporting
  • Supported: Integration with accounting software

Additional Features

  • Supported: Reports & Dashboards - Build custom reports and dashboards to track, document, analyze, and share your progress
  • Supported: Calendars - Stay organized and on time with customizable, visual work calendars
  • Supported: Notifications - Keep everyone in the know of what's happening and what's still required
  • Supported: Recognition - Motivate team members with real-time feedback and endorsements
  • Supported: Digital Proofing - Keep work moving forward with proofing and reviews in one place
  • Supported: Digital Asset Management - Store, manage and distribute final files and completed digital assets in one central location
  • Supported: Customization - Configure Workfront to suit your needs, processes, and environment

Adobe Workfront Screenshots

Screenshot of Agile StoryboardScreenshot of Assignment RecommendationsScreenshot of Custom DashboardsScreenshot of Gantt PortfolioScreenshot of My Work QueueScreenshot of PM Portfolio Milestones

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Adobe Workfront Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesSeveral
Supported LanguagesSeveral

Frequently Asked Questions

Adobe 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.

Kantata PS Cloud, Project Insight, and Zoho Projects are common alternatives for Adobe Workfront.

Reviewers rate Task Management highest, with a score of 7.6.

The most common users of Adobe Workfront are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Custom form designing and sharing those forms.
  • Access level controls.
  • API integration with attask.
  • Calculated fields.
  • Documentation should be more well organized and detailed.
  • Access level hierarchy can be simplified.
  • Allow owners to disable built in controls like default overview and details tab for users.
Ada Bashir | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Project Management
  • Task management
  • Track of deadlines
  • Helps me to assign tasks
  • Track the progress
  • It can include an option of importing data using excel or csv or anything. Entering tasks one by one gets hectic
  • The Editing of tasks can be made easy.
  • It needs to allow us to add email address of the people to whom the tasks are assigned even if they are not using Workfront
  • Retrieving the deleted task should be made simple
Elissa Lazor | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ability to create waterfall processes
  • Easy to use reporting and dashboards
  • Ability to customize and create user-friendly dashboards per user/group
  • Transfer dashboards to PowerPoint
  • Outbound communication with Slack
  • Export tasks to Outlook calendar
Rob Gokee | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Project management
  • Keeping employees accountable for deadlines
  • Keeping the whole team in the loop with updates in real time
  • It's a very large program - which is a good thing for a large corporation with hundreds of ongoing projects, but can be daunting if you're not used to it
  • Although it's scalable, It could be a bit more user-friendly for small business owners
  • It's expensive - and rightfully so - but for a small biz to incorporate it's definitely an investment
Erik Viager | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Time Tracking
  • Resource Management
  • Proofing
  • Project Collaboration
  • Notifications (sometimes I am emailed when I am tagged, other times I am not)
  • Certain file formats do not render correctly in Workfront Proof (eg, .XLS files)
  • It can be difficult to manage projects if you have not been assigned the correct permissions.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Project Management.
  • Documentation Repository (For individual projects).
  • Dashboards for tracking Actual vs. Forecasted time entry to a project.
  • Customization of Dashboards.
  • It often takes a lot of clicks to get to a location in the application.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy to use
  • Ability to create notes/write comments
  • Ability to add the predecessor link in tasks
  • Ability to add screenshots in the comment section
  • Modern UI - it can use a little improvement there
  • Automation of similar tasks
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Organizing everyone's work
  • Adding visibility to everyone's work
  • Supporting robust customizations
  • Having tasks/projects without a due date (if it is in a backlog or prioritization queue).
  • Navigating can be a little complicated - it is robust, but sometimes a bit of navigating to get to the right area.
Patrick Stephens | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Tracking (in that you don't easily lose track of projects).
  • Cross department friendly (it can be used by anyone who needs a role in the project).
  • Project management (with visibility, employees were less likely to let the project slip away).
  • Conversations, communications, aren't handled very well in the program.
Peter DeMichele | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Accessibility--works well to access via web/mobile
  • Integrations--works well with our SSO
  • Milestones and dependences--creating greater clarity on project statuses
  • While the tool itself is incredible, having a process is helpful prior to installing Workfront
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
  • Notifications - at times it is difficult to receive updates from team members unless you log in.
  • Cumbersome - at least at BJC HealthCare, there's a lot of steps to get things logged.
  • Archive system - you have to set up a whole other folder or archive to put projects that are closed out.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The powerful communication tools ensures that all team members working remotely are always up to date and everyone on the same page
  • Gantt chart is flexible to adjust to changes made on projects and ensures it is easy to track the progress of the team members.
  • The robust automation tools has reduced our team members workload and saves time for everyone.
  • The user interface is not easy to navigate.
  • The software has a learning curve.
  • It is costly for small organizations.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy-to-use interface, especially for tracking time and project tasks
  • Customizable admin settings
  • Extensive dashboards/reporting
  • Probably not a good fit for small teams/companies--best if managed by a dedicated administrator.
  • Tracking projects by the minute feels too granular at times.
  • Would love to see an integration with Marketo campaigns and calendar.
Grace Filkins | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Requests work particularly well for us, updates and information in regards to a request are all in one place. Updates provided to all attached users/teams, documents, hours logged, it makes requests easy, pretty much a one stop shop.
  • Being able to pull reports on our requests and have custom fields that provide all the information we would need without having to go back and fourth in different programs makes it a breeze to provide information to management.
  • Projects, we would like to see more options when it comes to working with projects.
  • Workflows, I would like to see some dynamic workflows. Request A > flows to Request B. Without having to reenter information.
Dominik Ras | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • I have a lot of vision with Workfront; I analyze projects better and better until I find the maximum point of understanding projects.
  • It's been exciting to develop situations that require follow-up of activities in more rigorous processes.
  • The interface is very comfortable and very useful.
  • I do not use it to perform a continuous search because it does not yield the best results.
  • To be able to handle all its tools, there is a specific learning curve.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Centralization of project resources, such as documents, timelines, discussions
  • Easy-to-learn and navigable UI
  • Email notifications of published updates from other users
  • Notifications generated by members of your own organization don't send an email notification
  • Access has to be granted on a project and document level
  • Once a thread is started, you can't un-cc a member if the thread is no longer relevant to them
Katrina Modica | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Export employee time.
  • Tracking time sheets.
  • Managing tasks and projects in your queue.
  • Unless otherwise put, the employee rate can come up as zero.
  • People can still post time unless the other program Workfront is synced to is used to close the project/task.
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