451 Research Reports on WalkMe’s Digital Adoption Platform: How DAP ties software productivity to the user experience

In January 2020, 451 Research published a report titled WalkMe’s Adoption Platform Positioned as the Productivity Layer of the Employee Experience. Sr. Research Analyst Connor Forrest assessed the digital challenges that organizations face, and how a digital adoption platform (DAP) is an effective solution. He also clarified why WalkMe is poised to emerge as the frontrunner amongst the other digital adoption software options.

We’re happy to provide access to the full report below, but in case you’re pressed for time, we thought we’d break down the highlights for you here.

Why will onboarding new employees continue to get more difficult?

There are very few job roles that no longer require a basic level of digital dexterity. But especially in corporate organizations, executives are becoming more aware of how critical smooth and quick onboarding is to achieve the necessary ROI on software investments.

Forrest explains that this necessity is what has birthed the new and quickly growing space for digital adoption platforms and digital adoption software systems. What we find especially exciting about his description of this new solution, is how he views WalkMe’s unique capabilities:

“One such vendor, WalkMe, has taken its approach a step further, offering task automation (to further boost productivity), contextual support and employee engagement features in an effort to act as the productivity layer within the greater employee experience.”

User experience now extends to the employee experience

The user-interfaced focused experience is a showcase of the new stature of importance that employee experience now has in the business world. WalkMe’s digital adoption platform is a revolutionary shift in tying software productivity to the employee experience for knowledge workers.

Digital adoption solutions are also believed to be a potential crucial player in a company’s ability to recruit and retain top-quality employees.

A 451 Research survey revealed that 89% of people rate devices, apps, and other productivity tools as important for a new employer to provide.

What are the main value points of WalkMe’s DAP?

Forrest asserts that the core value of WalkMe’s platform is the ability to build recorded walkthroughs that can then be shared and repeated to “train” users while they are using the given app. He also adds that automation, cross-app data sync abilities, and analytics are features that dramatically mitigate work friction and improve productivity.

The initial core value of the WalkMe platform is building recorded walkthroughs to ease the adoption of new digital tools. However, the company has since added adjacent value in its ability to automate critical business processes, uplift legacy UI/UX, sync data across apps, provide analytics and insight into the user journey, and contextualize the experience for users.

These features all lend themselves to helping mitigate work friction and improving productivity, which 451 Research believes will be essential for businesses looking to adopt an agile WorkOps framework.

WalkMe features that got the 451 Research nod of approval:

• Walkthroughs
• Tools for native mobile apps as well as PC 
• Analytics on usage and adoption bottlenecks
• AI-powered visibility
• Automation capabilities

“There aren’t many firms that blend the onboarding capabilities of a digital adoption platform with automation in the way that WalkMe does, which makes its offering compelling in the market.” 

Where is WalkMe headed?

Forrest points out that WalkMe’s investment in machine learning and AI for the development of prescriptive analytics to isolate and solve process issues is “a key opportunity for WalkMe to establish itself as the productivity system of delivery for the employee experience.” 

We couldn’t agree more!

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