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.

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 talent and L&D teams.

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

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Your Complete Operational Layer for Talent & L&D

Generic PM tools weren’t built for learning operations.
Ditch the long implementation cycles and hit the ground running with a platform designed specifically for talent and L&D.
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.

As it pertains to pricing, a “User” is typically any member of your Learning & Development team. That generally includes talent and L&D leaders, managers, training specialists, performance consultants, instructional designers, and similar roles.

Those who need to submit training requests, as well as view projects and files, don’t require a license. So, you don’t have to pay for them.

If you’re a smaller team, we’d encourage you to join the community and consider enrolling in the academy as a first step, or contact us to learn how we may be able to help you.

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.

Project Management Tool Comparison

Project Management Tool Comparison