Compare ESM+Strategy и SOPlanning

Benefits:

The ESM is pefectly aligned with the XPP methdology and makes the Strategy Review Process intuitive and easy to use for clients. Throughout all the... Read more

The ESM is pefectly aligned with the XPP methdology and makes the Strategy Review Process intuitive and easy to use for clients. Throughout all the ESM you have a very friendly environment that allows the users to get used to it easily.

Drawbacks:

At the moment there is no dislikes with the ESM. It may improve some risk and process management features.

Summary:

The ESM + Strategy is helping us to deliver positive results to our clients in their strategy management efforts. The ESM functionalities make all ... Read more

The ESM + Strategy is helping us to deliver positive results to our clients in their strategy management efforts. The ESM functionalities make all the strategy design process to be dynamic and proactive.

Benefits:

1. Excellent support during setup and responsiveness regarding inquiries 2. Flexible enough to accommodate the nuances of our SMS. 3. Ease of nav... Read more

1. Excellent support during setup and responsiveness regarding inquiries 2. Flexible enough to accommodate the nuances of our SMS. 3. Ease of navigation and intuitive layout makes software easy to learn.

Drawbacks:

1. The Gantt chart view is not currently exportable, but I am aware that this is a function they are exploring.

Summary:

The value proposition of the tool consists of three things: 1. Transparency - Provides a holistic view of SMS work from which all stakeholders can... Read more

The value proposition of the tool consists of three things: 1. Transparency - Provides a holistic view of SMS work from which all stakeholders can glean insight and make decisions from. 2. Accountability - Instills discipline around the ownership and reporting of strategic objectives and initiatives. 3. Root-cause analysis - Gives leaders a lens into what forces drive the status of strategic objectives and corresponding metrics.

Benefits:

Easy to use, functionally represent the balanced scorecard methodology well. No learning required if you understand the BSC framework. Its afforda... Read more

Easy to use, functionally represent the balanced scorecard methodology well. No learning required if you understand the BSC framework. Its affordable, scalable.

Drawbacks:

Lacks a robust initiatives prioritization; and initiatives resource allocation, comparison and refinement process.

Summary:

Recommend ESM to those who are resourced contrained but need and will use a web-based software to better their organizational performance effort.

Benefits:

The best thing about this software is that it allows you to create your KPIs from the same database that can enhance decision-making in your busine... Read more

The best thing about this software is that it allows you to create your KPIs from the same database that can enhance decision-making in your business. It can even be filled in real time to be able to make adjustments with your team of the strategy they are carrying out. additionally they can also see their progress so it becomes challenging and inventive

Drawbacks:

Having a systems team that can do the filling work in real time can make your job easier. in case you cannot have this, the tool becomes little us... Read more

Having a systems team that can do the filling work in real time can make your job easier. in case you cannot have this, the tool becomes little useful because the information. shown will not be found on live

Summary:

We used it as a test to try if an incentive strategy worked with our collaborators, however we decided to use other free software that offer us the... Read more

We used it as a test to try if an incentive strategy worked with our collaborators, however we decided to use other free software that offer us the same.

Benefits:

The best thing is this program shows all necessary information at one screen. You do not need to open another window or tab in the browser to see a... Read more

The best thing is this program shows all necessary information at one screen. You do not need to open another window or tab in the browser to see all tasks assign to each user. It's super easy and convenience.

Drawbacks:

There is no option to customize calendar. I would like to have a possibility to change the color of the days of the week for holidays, week ends, ... Read more

There is no option to customize calendar. I would like to have a possibility to change the color of the days of the week for holidays, week ends, user holidays, etc. Also will be nice to create a task on the weekends as well.

Summary:

Mangers from different locations can see in one place the status of all tasks from different departments.

Benefits:

This s/w is simple and straight forward in using. It's very easy customize, no maintenance except upgrading, very stable. We use it already for 6 y... Read more

This s/w is simple and straight forward in using. It's very easy customize, no maintenance except upgrading, very stable. We use it already for 6 years and had no any problems with it.

Drawbacks:

This s/w suits 100 % for our needs and we do not have any dislikes.

Summary:

We use SoPlanning for tracking our Social Media posts and it suits very well. It show the whole picture for time period like week, month, etc and a... Read more

We use SoPlanning for tracking our Social Media posts and it suits very well. It show the whole picture for time period like week, month, etc and also you can see the particular SM message on the same screen. It also has export options in PDF and Excel for creating report for management.

Benefits:

This software is really easy to configure, intiuitive to use even by not skilled people. I use and like very much the dual view People and Project... Read more

This software is really easy to configure, intiuitive to use even by not skilled people. I use and like very much the dual view People and Project Planning, and the really easy way to switch between them. I like the daily view and the view at a glance of people availability for each day.

Drawbacks:

The fact that the same activity for multiple resorces is not treated as one activitiy when changing schedule. The missing of the vertical scrolling... Read more

The fact that the same activity for multiple resorces is not treated as one activitiy when changing schedule. The missing of the vertical scrolling of the plan area ( menu and captions goes out of screen when you have lot of "rows" and you want to see the lower.

Summary:

I'm using the Open source version running on a company's server. This software is really easy to configure, intiuitive to use even by not skilled ... Read more

I'm using the Open source version running on a company's server. This software is really easy to configure, intiuitive to use even by not skilled people. I'm planning and scheduling out of company activities of a group of 10 installers/technicians with need of frequent changes in schedule. SOPlanning alllows me to see at a glance daily availability of people and to book them with very few steps. I'm not using all features, but unlike other products, SOPlanning allow me to plan on a daily base instead of putting durations in hours, and that's what I really needed. All people can login and see their and colleague's work schedules, and, in case I know can limit visibility I'm proficency using SOplanning this way for 2 years and during this period I've experienced 2 or 3 software upgrades that corrected errors and introduced new features, index that the SOplanning developement group is active and gives good support. In general I'm happy with SOPlanning and I will be in trouble if I couldn't use it

Benefits:

The simplicity to implement and the ease of organizing and visualizing project tasks. Your colleagues do not need training to use the software.

Drawbacks:

In general, it achieves all the requirements that our team needed. Probably having a friendlier interface (for example having drag and drop functio... Read more

In general, it achieves all the requirements that our team needed. Probably having a friendlier interface (for example having drag and drop functions) would make it even easier to use.

Summary:

The experience has been satisfactory. Currently, the work team has been able to organize all projects and tasks easily. The gantt chart display mak... Read more

The experience has been satisfactory. Currently, the work team has been able to organize all projects and tasks easily. The gantt chart display makes it easy for the user to organize tasks based on goals, milestones and execution times.