Aspen vs ChangeVU

Aspen is cloud-based enterprise change management software from KRD Solutions and Services Limited for change leads and their teams. It records programmes, projects, changes, impacts, training needs and activities against the organisational units they affect. Organisation-wide impact heatmaps show which teams are affected and when people are needed by several workstreams. Configurable heatmaps, roll-ups and engagement material use the information logged in the system. Aspen is designed around Prosci and ADKAR, while supporting other non-proprietary change models. AI assistance can draft impact assessments, training needs analyses, stakeholder portfolios and roll-up reporting. Teams choose when stakeholders receive dashboard invitations, or can simply log and map changes and stakeholders. Project managers can view change activity, but Aspen is not a project management tool. It supports impact assessment, stakeholder communications and change analytics, runs on the web, and is priced on request. KRD offers a 30-minute demonstration based on a prospective customer’s change.

ChangeVU is a cloud-based web platform for assessing, tracking, and improving organizational change implementation. It uses risk frameworks, real-time data, and analytics, with dashboards for pulse checks, risk assessments, and other configurable activities. Portfolio Manager assesses risks across initiatives, teams, portfolios, and geographies, then tracks change activities through implementation. e-Stakeholder Engagement supports confidential feedback, live pulse checks, analytics, and dashboards; its description says AI and machine learning can suggest engagement strategies. Automated Apps can send nudges for milestone tasks and deliverables and replicate processes across teams, initiatives, and portfolios. The Virtual Assistant can integrate change FAQs, calls, and queries and can be tailored to specific tasks. ChangeVU focuses mainly on descriptive and predictive analytics and can connect change activities and reporting to project-management workstreams, WBS, and decision gates. The FAQ says there is no minimum or maximum project size. The company says the platform was first released in 2017 and is marketed and developed by Straticom Technologies sarl in Geneva. Single-use applications can be trialed for free; paid options include a $299.00 one-off single-use application and Pro and Enterprise versions at $99.00 per year.