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Project Management done Wrike!
Updated May 09, 2023

Project Management done Wrike!

Michael Fank | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

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.
  • Action item tracking
  • Centralized Data / Single source of data
  • Request Forms
  • Project status tracking
  • Reporting on status and data within Wrike
  • 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 can be modified to track almost any type of project. Their dynamic request forms are a powerful tool to collect and kick off any type of project. Tracking meeting notes and outputs helps keep project teams on track. Getting action items out of email is huge.

Wrike Feature Ratings

Project Management
9.6
Task Management
10
Resource Management
Not Rated
Gantt Charts
10
Scheduling
10
Workflow Automation
10
Team Collaboration
10
Support for Agile Methodology
Not Rated
Support for Waterfall Methodology
Not Rated
Document Management
8
Email integration
9
Mobile Access
10
Timesheet Tracking
Not Rated
Budget and Expense Management
Not Rated
Professional Services Automation
Not Rated
Project & financial reporting
Not Rated
Integration with accounting software
Not Rated

Wrike Implementation

Implementing Wrike was easy (from the software side). The platform is easily formatted to do what you want. Most of our framework was built during the free trial period, which just shows how easy it is to setup. The difficulty in using the software came in changing people's personal workflow. We did utilize Wrike's consulting team to help with the implementation, and this was helpful for 2 main reasons: 1) to get buy-in from the team (they're more likely to listen to a consultant vs. an internal employee when changing). 2) for answering specific use-case questions. After the consulting, Wrike has an awesome community that will help solve more general problems.
  • 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.

Wrike Reliability

The sky is the limit for what can be done in Wrike. We started with 1 use case and within 5 months we migrated several key business practices over to Wrike because they were easier to manage. Use cases so far: process improvement, management review, corrective actions, maintenance requests, month-end financial closing, and document management. As we grow, it's easy to imagine putting even more into Wrike where it becomes a cornerstone for how we do business.
We've had no issues of outages since using. It's readily available when we need it.
All our data loads quickly and is easily accessed. The slowest access is the internal document view takes a few seconds to prep documents the first time they load.