[10][11] Workfront’s customers include companies such as Cars.com, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Food and Drug Administration and National Geographic.

[9][12][13] The company’s software has been implemented by Emerson and the State of Arkansas court system to standardize project management process including collaboration and document control.

[24][25] Workfront raised a $33 million Series E funding led by JMI Equity along with investments from Greenspring Global Partners and Atlas Peak in 2015.

In 2014, the company received a B2B Oscar for Best Call to Action for its humorous video, “The Working Dead.”[32] On July 5, 2016, Workfront announced that Alex Shootman would serve as CEO.

[2] Later that month, on Aug. 18, 2020, Workfront introduced two new applications: Align, which gives companies the ability to set and communicate clear objectives, and keep teams and individuals aligned and focused on the right work to achieve the right outcomes, and Scenario Planner, which enables business leaders to create and compare multiple work management plans to ensure people and resources are deployed effectively to achieve results.

[33] The survey showed that among the 526 marketing professionals, four out of five employees experienced burn out and 73 percent expected a rise in work stress levels.

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.

[38][39] The study discovered that 81 percent of those surveyed experienced workplace conflict with other departments, groups, teams, or co-workers which resulted in loss of productivity.

The 606 participants cited meetings, excessive oversight, emails and administrative tasks as key obstacles kept them from performing their primary role.

[45][46] The survey also found that 84 percent of respondents loved their jobs despite working a slightly longer than average workweek and taking shorter lunches than their non-marketing counterparts.

[48] 2017–2018 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.

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.

[51] Workfront's platform automates and repeatable processes and allows users to manage financial information and create reports.