Item: Wrike
Rating: 9
Author: Rachel Larsen

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Wrike to manage projects and deadlines. I work on the team that oversees our organization's print media, so our main use of Wrike is to keep track of the various writing, editing, and production steps each mailing requires. Wrike is an effective tool for everyone—including both colleagues and external contributors—to see the status of each piece and who is responsible for what.

Pros and Cons

Blueprints in Wrike make it easy to schedule recurring projects. For instance, to create a project for each month's newsletter we just have to adjust the end date; the other dates and assignees fill automatically.
The folder—>project—>task—>sub-task system allows for a range of versatility and depth of organization.
The "add versions" feature allows us to save copies of every version of a document we review for a given task while making it clear which version is the newest. This feature is crucial for us, as editing Word docs is one of the main tasks we do.

I find the Gantt chart feature difficult to understand.
Sometimes when I need to reschedule sub-tasks within a task, rescheduling one sub-task will cause others to reschedule in a way I did not want.
Sometimes I have difficulty adjusting the order tasks or projects appear in.

Return on Investment

Adding versions of a document streamlines our editing process, preventing us from reviewing outdated versions of a document. This feature saves time, especially when working with external contributors who may not know Wrike well.
Blueprints save time because we do not have to manually enter all the details when scheduling a recurring project.

Key Insights

Do you think Wrike delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Wrike's feature set?

Yes

Did Wrike live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Wrike go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Wrike again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Mailchimp, Google Calendar

Likelihood to Recommend

Two specific features that make Wrike a good fit for my department (which oversees our organization's print media) are blueprints and "add version." Blueprints save and recreate details like tasks, length for each task, assignee, etc. so they will automatically repopulate when creating a new project. We use blueprints for recurring projects like our monthly newsletter. All we need to do is enter the new end date and new title for the newsletter; Wrike automatically reschedules the individual tasks and notifies the assignees.

With the "add version" feature, we can keep track of all the versions of a given document while clearly seeing which is the most recent. It helps keep our editing process orderly.

The Wrike choice for print media

Overall Satisfaction with Wrike