In 2015, the company was renamed from AtTask to Workfront and opened a new headquarters in Utah.In 2001, entrepreneur Scott Johnson had an idea for a software package that would allow companies to better manage workflow and communication.Johnson decided to completely rewrite the company's project management platform in 2003.In June 2007, AtTask received $7 million in funding from OpenView Venture Partners.In 2011, Eric Morgan replaced founder Scott Johnson as president and In 2012, a team of five employees was formed to research interest with marketing teams leading the company to expand the team and grow the marketing growth segment.On July 5, 2016, Workfront announced that Alex Shootman would serve as CEO.Workfront conducted a survey that showed top causes for workplace stress were excessive workloads and competing deadlines, a lack of communication and visibility into the work done by others on the team and poor access to resources to complete work.In 2014, Workfront conducted a study on workplace productivity and found that American employees on average only spend 45 percent of their work time on what they were hired to do. Workfront has 670 employees and approximately 4,000 customers with offices in the United States and EMEA. The 2,000 survey participants, listed inefficient meetings and excessive emails as interruptions.In 2015, a study conducted by Workfront on UK office workers, found that those working as marketers were the hardest working, the study also found that these workers were more likely to suffer from digital-overload.Another survey of 2,500 UK office workers examined the differences in skill-sets and attitudes between different generations of workers. Results were similar among workers surveyed in the UK.The 2018-2019 State of Work Report which surveyed over 2,000 knowledge workers in the U.S. and the UK found that workers are struggling to innovate even though it is regularly asked of them. The 606 participants cited meetings, excessive oversight, emails and administrative tasks as key obstacles kept them from performing their primary role.The 2017-2018 State of Work Report found that knowledge workers continue to be thwarted by tools and practices that are intended to facilitate productivity and collaboration. Email and meetings are preventing workers from getting work done; only 40% of their workday is spent on primary tasks. The study found that In 2016, Workfront conducted a State of Enterprise Work Report that found American marketers who work at large companies spent only 39 percent of their work time doing the job they were hired for. The company was founded in 2001 by Scott Johnson. Workers believe automation will help them spend more time on work that matters, although 48% of workers say they know people who have already lost jobs due to automation.The Workfront Enterprise Work Cloud is a project management tool used to increase productivity and visibility. Workfront is a Lehi, Utah-based software company that develops web-based work management and project management software that features enterprise work management, issue tracking, document management time tracking and portfolio management.
In 2015, the company was renamed from AtTask to Workfront and opened a new hea…
The platform is used by global enterprises such as Wasteful meetings and excessive emails topped the list of productivity killers, forcing workers to spend less than half of their time on the work they were actually hired to do.