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LearnOps® vs. Project Management Software: Only One Is Purpose-Built for Learning Operations

Project management tools are generic. They require thorough customization, which results in long implementation cycles. Even then, features such as training intake can be clunky and you won’t get learning operations data, such as request response speed.

With Cognota, the first and only LearnOps® platform, you’ll get functionality and data built specifically to address Talent and L&D needs and challenges, relevant to each aspect of your team’s daily work.

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Strategic Planning and Day-to-Day Operations in Talent and L&D is More Than Project Management

With Cognota, you’ll get Talent and L&D project planning plus a whole lot more — in one platform made specifically with your team’s operational needs front and center.

Why project management technology doesn’t meet the needs of Talent and L&D teams.

Former CLO at McDonalds, Rob Lauber, shares his experiences and insights into Why project management technology doesn’t meet the needs of L&D teams.

Cognota is More Efficient &
Cost-Effective for Talent and LearnOps

Purpose-Built for Talent and L&D Teams

Such as the volume, prioritization, and progress
of training requests and learning initiatives.

Implementation

7-14 Days

Plus Transformational Support

Only Talent and L&D Users Require Licenses

Only Talent and L&D team members require Cognota licenses — business partners submitting requests and tracking project completion get free access.

Generic Project Management Functionality

  • Project Intake
  • Project Management
  • Resource Planning

Implementation

Up to 5 months

All Users Often Require Licenses

Generic project management tools often require all users to have a license, including those outside the Talent and L&D team who need to monitor project status.
Cognota is built to empower you to run Talent and L&D operations like a business, right out of the box.
Many Talent and L&D teams are trying to use generic project management tools to oversee their planning, program assets, project timelines, collaboration and more. But, since generic PM tools were created for project management and not for learning operations, they come with long implementation cycles and require a ton of customization to make them work.

Cognota enables you to hit the ground running with intake,
planning, prioritization, management, measurement and insights to make your learning operations more effective — all from one place.

Keep everything from intake to measurement in one spot for you, your team, and your stakeholders. With Cognota, you won’t have to jump back and forth between a disparate set of tools, spreadsheets, and emails.

Log in and enjoy processes and workflows that are ready for the way you work.

Project management tools require weeks of customization and involvement from IT to get right. Even then, many processes remain clunky and ineffective.

But every bit of Cognota is designed for the way learning and development teams work, so you can get started quickly. For example, setting up your new training intake portal with your company branding takes minutes, and you can use pre-built forms and templates that ask the right questions vs. starting from scratch.

Get insights on the impact of learning and talent programs.

Cognota collects data on your learning operations (including intake, projects, team capacity, resource availability and measurement) while you work, so you can easily surface trends and get visibility into the needs of your organization.

With project management tools, data capture and reporting requires multiple integrations and configuration from an IT professional.

Cognota does it all for you, so you can capture which business units are requesting training, get visibility into the volume and priority level of requests, protect your existing resources by demonstrating what your team is delivering to the business, and more. Plus, you can easily send these insights to stakeholders through exporting files and sharing URLs.

Get operational insights without the need for data engineering or IT involvement. Project management tools can help you to manage tasks, but they don’t provide out-of-the-box analytics and insights that speak to priorities and the impact of your learning projects.
From business partners requesting training through your training intake portal to project contributions from subject matter experts and stakeholders, working with collaborators in Cognota is absolutely free. You’ll only pay for licenses for Talent and L&D team members, so you can collaborate with business partners at no extra charge.
Cognota works seamlessly with technologies you already use in your tech stack. From your favourite authoring tools to LMS platforms, you can connect and streamline your existing processes through Cognota’s connector marketplace.

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Take a peek at how Cognota goes beyond project management to speed up and streamline your entire learning operations.

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Project Management Tool Comparison

Project Management Tool Comparison