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Enterprise Architecture Solutions

The Essential Project

Composite Score

7.3 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

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What is The Essential Project?

The Essential Enterprise Architecture tool helps you to understand how the people, functions, processes, IT applications, data, infrastructure, suppliers, and customers interact across the business. Essential enables you to spot opportunities to improve and to assess the impacts of planned changes to the operating model. Engage your CxOs and the business in your Enterprise Architecture through Essential's beautiful and interactive visualisations of your organisation.

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Awards & Recognition

The Essential Project won the following awards in the Enterprise Architecture category

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Strategy and Innovation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

2022

The Essential Project Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

Down 1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

93 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 3
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 92%
Negotiation and Contract:: 89%
Conflict Resolution:: 97%
Strategy & Innovation:: 96%
Service Experience:: 94%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love The Essential Project?

0% Negative

5% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Performance Management

Document Management

PCI and EMV Compatible

Repository Management

Data Visualization GIS

Software Distribution

Collaboration

Analytics and Reporting

Risk and Fraud Assessment

Process Architecture

Project Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

The Essential Project Reviews

John W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Extremely pleased with the product and service

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates The Essential Project from other similar products?

Focuses on what matters meta data and the relationships between them, and associated views of it

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The meta model

What do you dislike most about this product?

The approach to defining views and the decoupled nature of the repo and the views (publishing)

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Avoid trying to get the open source version set up, the cloud version is super simple (inc the SSO), and a reasonable price, just jump in.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Highly Flexible product with great support

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Altruistic
Generous Negotitation

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

The Essential Project Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

Down 1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

93 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love The Essential Project?

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Performance Management Includes all aspects of performance appraisals and review design: rollout, conducting, tracking, measurement, and goal attainment.

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

PCI and EMV Compatible Includes system monitoring, remote access control, security alarms, and sensors.

Repository Management Includes storage, access control, and locking of files.

Data Visualization GIS Thematic visualization with the ability to change views, including color, pattern/icon, dot-density, chart, scaled-symbol, and 3D prism themes

Software Distribution Includes electronic data interchange, document management, and financial reporting and analysis.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Risk and Fraud Assessment Includes the ability to document, mitigate, and respond to project risk conditions across the portfolio and detect instances of potential fraudulent claims.

Process Architecture Includes business process, policy, procedure, and project reviews.

Project Management Includes support for elements of individual project management such as phase, task, resource, duration and budget, with Gantt and WBS views.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

The Essential Project Reviews

John W.

Extremely pleased with the product and service

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Highly Flexible product with great support

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Title

Down 1
Since last award

Up 3
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Performance Management

Document Management

PCI and EMV Compatible

Repository Management

Data Visualization GIS

Software Distribution

Collaboration

Analytics and Reporting

Risk and Fraud Assessment

Process Architecture

Project Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness