What is PDWare ResourceFirst?
PDWare is a provider of dynamic resource and work planning solutions for strategy and portfolio execution. ResourceFirst, our flagship product, emphasizes prioritization, feasibility and execution as the pillars of successful project and program delivery. ResourceFirst is available for cloud and on-premise installations, providing first-line managers, executives, PMO and EPPMO functions the agility to meet fluctuating work priorities, schedules, demand and staff capacity.
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90 Likeliness to Recommend
2
Since last award
100 Plan to Renew
85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
5
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+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 PDWare ResourceFirst?
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Timesheet Management
Resource Planning
Mobile
Lifecycle Management
What If Analysis
Project Portfolio Management
Analytics and Reporting
Risk and Fraud Assessment
Project Management
Document Management
Tasks and Workflow Management
Vendor Capability Ratings
Vendor Support
Ease of Implementation
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of IT Administration
Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
Ease of Customization
Quality of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Availability and Quality of Training
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
PDWare ResourceFirst Reviews
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2023
Great team great product
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
Cheryl A.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2023
Cost effective and easy to use.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates PDWare ResourceFirst from other similar products?
Reasonable to implement and easy to use. Cost effective. Simple approach by default, and if/when you want complexities those can be built in as well.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Intuitive, and cost effective.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The training repository is helpful and could be improved if there were video tutorials and/or video examples particularly around more complex functionality or configuration options.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Start with a demonstration. Identify what your organization wants in phases in a prioritized manner to get up and running quickly. Keep it simple, so you can get key data in the application and begin to use.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
Philip M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2022
Great product!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates PDWare ResourceFirst from other similar products?
Good balance between resource management and portfolio management. The ability to generate reports using the built in QlikView tool is a huge advantage. Great support from the PDWare team, and this product is reasonably priced!
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
There are many! I would say the ability of our team to generate customized reports is one of the biggest advantages. This gives our management team the ability to view reports on demand and helps with decision making.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It would be good to have more frequent major software releases
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
List out your absolute 'must have' requirements then compare the products. Look at the features, price points, the number of people supporting the product, their collective experience levels, and the number of years the product has been on the market. The product support, in my view, is ultimately what makes this product a compelling candidate.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
