Project Management done Wrike!
Overall Satisfaction with Wrike
Wrike centralized several excel workbooks into 1 source of information and provided easy tracking and follow-up for action items. The initial use case allowed us to collect employee input and review the management team's response monthly to ensure action items do not stagnate. Immediately after the initial use case, we transferred our monthly review process to Wrike. This centralized the meeting notes and helped us stay on top of action items. In development are a maintenance request system and a process engineering tracker.
Pros
- Action item tracking
- Centralized Data / Single source of data
- Request Forms
- Project status tracking
- Reporting on status and data within Wrike
Cons
- Aggregation and manipulation of data and not just reporting, specifically grouping of data
- Tracking of employee requests has lead shortened the implementation time from 1 mo. to less than 5 days.
- Tracking of management review action items has increased completion rate by 75%
I evaluated Wrike against Monday, Asana, ClickUp, Kintone, and SmartSheets. Wrike had the most robust request form, approval process, and automation engine. All others fell short in 1 or more of those items. Wrike came built with all the necessary tools inside Wrike, other project management software required linking to other software (like Slack for communication or an external request form software).
Do you think Wrike delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Wrike's feature set?
Yes
Did Wrike live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Wrike go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Wrike again?
Yes
Wrike Feature Ratings
Wrike Implementation
- Implemented in-house
- Third-party professional services
The initial build of our use-case was made during the free-trial phase (that's how easy it was to set up). We used a consultant to help with the people implementation as well as specific use-case questions. We used Wrike's business consulting (through cprime).
Yes - Phase 1 - Define purpose and goals Phase 2 - Configure account Phase 3 - Enhance initial build (add extra features) Phase 4 - Plan launch with rest of team Phase 5 - close out.
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled - Changing things is easy. Changing people is hard. Providing a picture of the end state helped my team see where we were going and why we were changing. The why is paramount.
- Change Management - getting people to change their individual workflows
Evaluating Wrike and Competitors
- Ease of Use
- Other
Approval workflow and automation were the most important factors in our decision. We needed a system that could take as much repetitive work out of the process as possible.
I wouldn't change it. I evaluated all the major platforms (Asana, Monday.com, SmartSheets, Kintone, and ClickUp), and they all fell short when compared to Wrike. Wrike had the complete package (approvals, automation, request forms) all build in without needing other software or subscriptions.
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