What is our primary use case?
I don't personally use
WalkMe in my company, but I already have clients that I support with
WalkMe.
The main use case for WalkMe that I see with my clients is user enablement. That is, using targeted information or automations to provide employees as quickly as possible with relevant information, help and guidance, as well as the possibility to fully automate certain process steps 100%. So ultimately, to save the end user significantly more time and to greatly simplify handling and working with, for example, ERP systems or other applications.
A classic case would be travel expense reporting.
WalkMe helps to make travel expense reporting easier or more efficient for end users because if the process is always the same for everyone, it can be automated. I could configure that. But if it's different, for example, if we have different cost centers and so on, then it would make sense to use, for example, ShoutOuts or Launchers or simply add small quick tips to help the user with a task that has to be 100% correctly completed and created but is often prone to errors. That is, to support them in performing a task that may not really be a central part of their core job field as quickly, simply, and also as reliably as possible.
I would not like to add anything else about the use cases or the support provided by WalkMe.
How has it helped my organization?
WalkMe has positively impacted my customers or their organizations because they save significantly more time, and because employees can find information exactly where they need it, they can devote themselves to other tasks thanks to this time savings. This of course significantly reduces staff overload. People or employees are more motivated, and the frequency of errors or the susceptibility to errors in certain processes or simply in content that is part of everyday job tasks decreases in certain areas. However, the customizing to ensure that WalkMe provides the information in the way it is supposed to involves enormous effort in the background. That has to be done properly once, and you shouldn't skimp on resources and capacity. Otherwise, the result is not economical.
Time savings are definitely 30% daily for high-performing key knowledge carriers. Error susceptibility is at least 20 to 30%.
What is most valuable?
I find several features of WalkMe particularly well designed or helpful. What I personally find very good is the possibility to upload existing training materials or simply information that, for example, is scattered on
SharePoint or
Confluence, or also in Excel tables—so different files that contain information on certain topics—into WalkMe and then, for example, create learning journeys or training materials from them. On the one hand I can use and reuse existing material, and on the other hand I have the possibility to also automate process steps.
I find the use of this feature in practice to be very intuitively implemented. You really just need to upload the items. You can then review them again and maybe adjust certain things. You can also simply ask the AI whether it could be that you have forgotten some information that is important for the end user. The possibility to use existing material and check it for weaknesses, inconsistencies, or gaps is very well done.
What I find very good about WalkMe is that it also works on non-SAP, web-based content. What I find very unfortunate, however, is that applications that are on the desktops, that is, on the individual computers of the end users and not on the web, are reportedly very difficult or impossible to integrate into WalkMe.
What needs improvement?
It would be wonderful if WalkMe were applicable and operational on all possible SAP and especially non-SAP tools. In addition, it would be nice if the manual effort at the beginning, when it is introduced and all the user enablements are tailored to the customer, could be reduced by generating ideas on how to decrease that initial effort.
WalkMe is not capable of running everywhere, and there is a very high—or comparatively high—manual effort required.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in my current field for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
WalkMe is stable in use.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I assess the scalability of WalkMe as absolutely scalable. As long as everything runs in the cloud and everything is on the web, there is no direct limit.
How are customer service and support?
I find WalkMe's customer support to be very good so far, although I personally didn't really have use cases where I needed direct SAP customer support. However, the collaboration with SAP during implementation went very well.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
None of my known customers, or those where I was deployed for WalkMe, had used a digital adoption application as such. They usually used the predecessor of WalkMe or none at all before switching to WalkMe.
How was the initial setup?
Since I myself am not involved in the sales of SAP and therefore have not gained direct experience as a negotiation partner with prices, but was directly involved in implementation, user enablement, and trainings, I have not gained any experience regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing of WalkMe.
What about the implementation team?
I cannot say which cloud provider my customers mainly use, as I have signed NDAs.
What was our ROI?
The ROI figures that I have seen at the application level for employees where I was mainly deployed have already been mentioned.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I cannot tell you which other solutions my customers evaluated before deciding on WalkMe because I always joined the projects when the decision for WalkMe had already been made.
What other advice do I have?
I do not have any other points where I would like to see improvements. Processes must be clearly defined for those considering WalkMe. I would rate WalkMe overall as an 8 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other