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jon_chen
jon_chen
Community Manager
September 21, 2022

Use Workfront Blueprints to Optimize Your Work Management Environment!

  • September 21, 2022
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Since the launch of Blueprints in 2021, the solutions represented in the catalog have primarily all been focused on Project Templates. We are excited about recent developments in the Blueprints product capabilities that now allow the creation of Custom Forms, Reports and Dashboards, Projects and Queues, and a variety of other configuration objects. 

 

While Blueprints product features will continue to follow the normal quarterly release patterns that we rely on for other product features and capabilities, new Blueprints solutions will be added to the catalog on an on-going basis as new content is ready. This means that the normal communication channels for releases are not the best mechanism for us to highlight and announce new Blueprints solutions. 

 

The purpose of this blog post is to provide Adobe Workfront customers visibility into the catalog contents that are being released. As we release new content to the Preview environment, we will make an announcement as a reply to this post to inform interested customers that they can check it out. We expect that most content will be made available in Production approximately two weeks after it is available in the Preview environment. 

 

If you have feedback about Blueprints capabilities or about the solutions we are providing through the Blueprints, use the Feedback buttons available in the Blueprints area of Workfront instead of commenting here. We absolutely want to hear your input, especially regarding the solutions you would like to see in the catalog. 

 

For more information about Blueprints, see the documentation section of Experience League. 

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    MattMi3
    Employee
    May 4, 2023

    Blueprint Name: Value Realization | Core Value Dashboard
    Blueprint Type: Dashboard
    Target Preview Release Date: May 8, 2023
    Target Production Release Date: May 22, 2023

     

    This blueprint contains a single dashboard with 21 reports to help you measure the Value of Workfront. These reports help you translate the benefits of Centralizing Work and Managing Work Processes into measurable values that you can track over time to drive better outcomes.

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      MattMi3
      Employee
      April 3, 2023

      @kelliegardner We don't have a public-facing roadmap for blueprints content published. I will mention that we are currently evaluating additional blueprints to be added in support of many of the initiatives highlighted at Adobe Summit a few weeks ago.  We will look for opportunities to share the outcome of those plans and prioritization activities shortly (and likely through existing mediums like release webinars and roadmap sessions).

       

      I'm curious; is there a specific blueprint or type of blueprint you are hoping to find in the catalog?

        KellieGardner
        KellieGardner
        New Participant
        March 29, 2023

        Is there anywhere to view a roadmap for future blueprints to come? 

          quarkmage
          quarkmage
          New Participant
          December 28, 2022

          Thanks for the blueprints, great way to get someone started quickly. I had to take over system admin and account governance roles and the system admin blueprint was a great head start in understanding utilization of the system.

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            MattMi3
            Employee
            October 24, 2022

            @megsvt Thank you for sharing this image. I really like this idea. It is consistent with what the long term vision of blueprints has been from the beginning.

            Earlier this month we release the first Dashboard blueprints. With this blueprint type coming online, it starts to fill in the Project Review, Execution, and Postmortem nodes in the diagram. We definitely need to provide you with more reporting and dashboard related content to consider those nodes covered.

            In the coming months, we are planning to also release blueprints content for custom forms and request queues. This will start to cover off on the Project Request node of the diagram.

            I'm curious about your comment "I am envisioning that each of these six steps would be a blueprint of their own." I agree with you that we could package up blueprints that way. Would it also be useful to have a blueprint that addresses all steps for a single request type? For example, we start with a digital asset creation as a work process, and we create a blueprint that contains the form and queue, the routing rules and teams needed, the template and roles, and the supporting reports to usher the work through the full process. Would this be more or less helpful than separate blueprints; one with all the creative request queues and forms, one with all of the creative templates and roles, one with all of the supporting reports for a creative workflow, etc.?
            Or maybe we provide blueprints that contain both approaches? What are your thoughts?

            MegSVT
            MegSVT
            New Participant
            October 21, 2022

            @mattmi3 -- 

             

            I should be more specific with this idea... I am envisioning that each of these six steps would be a blueprint of their own that could easily be customized by System Admin to fit the need of the organization.

             

            We are currently trying to revamp our marketing process within our organization and this is basically the process that we are working from. As the System

            Admin and also the Traffic Manager, it is incredibly challenging for me to try and manage projects along with build the new process in Workfront. 

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            MattMi3
            Employee
            October 20, 2022

            @megsvt we are always looking for additional ideas of processes to include as a blueprint. I am not familiar with the visual you are referring to in your post. Can you send a link to the visual for this process?

              MegSVT
              MegSVT
              New Participant
              October 19, 2022

              Would there ever be a blueprint for process integration - not the process creation itself, but that would align with the process visual that is shown in the Adobe Workfront PPM?

               

              jon_chen
              jon_chenAuthor
              Community Manager
              October 11, 2022

              Hey @j_hobbs Thanks for your question. If you visit the Blueprints landing page, you should see a "Feedback" button on the top left. You can use the feedback page to submit content requests, which will place your suggestion into a Blueprints backlog for an internal team to further investigate. Please see the attached image for details and let me know if you run into any issues with blueprint content submissions. 

               

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