Overview
What is Microsoft Project?
Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.
App, Web, and Desktop Local Project Management
Business Problem: To record project progress quantitatively and time consumption by getting …
Planning is a breeze with Microsoft Project
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The best software for managing large projects
Strong, established tool for traditional planning, need more for today's projects
Project lifecycle managed with Microsoft project.
The best project management solution hands down.
A Workhorse for Scheduling
Effectiveness in planning new projects.
MS Project great tool for dedicated PM, less useful for casual users
Microsoft Project review from scheduling and cost management standpoint
Very efficient corporate tool for companies with Microsoft based IT
Project planning and management at its best
Jiho's Microsoft Project Review on 2021/05/20
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Popular Features
- Gantt Charts (103)10.0100%
- Scheduling (105)9.999%
- Task Management (106)9.090%
- Resource Management (103)6.969%
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Pricing
Project Plan 1
$10
Project Plan 3
$30
Project Plan 5
$55
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Product Demos
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Features
Project Management
Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation
- 9Task Management(106) Ratings
This includes the ability to plan, track, collaborate and report on tasks.
- 6.9Resource Management(103) Ratings
Resource management is workload planning to maximize resources.
- 10Gantt Charts(103) Ratings
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
- 9.9Scheduling(105) Ratings
Scheduling capabilities allow users to set schedules on tasks, and create timelines and milestones.
- 8.5Workflow Automation(82) Ratings
Workflow automation is the ability to route work requests along an approval process automatically.
- 7.7Team Collaboration(95) Ratings
Team collaboration capabilities let team members work directly with each other and provide team updates.
- 7.6Support for Agile Methodology(79) Ratings
Agile is a time boxed, iterative approach to development that builds software incrementally instead of trying to deliver it all at once near the end.
- 8.2Support for Waterfall Methodology(79) Ratings
Waterfall methodology is a tradition development method that is linear and sequential.
- 7.2Document Management(76) Ratings
Document management provides for centralized management of all project documents.
- 6Email integration(81) Ratings
Email integration allows work requests to be made directly from email.
- 7.9Mobile Access(66) Ratings
Mobile access is the ability to access the software from a smartphone or tablet.
- 8.4Timesheet Tracking(72) Ratings
Timesheet tracking is the ability to track all billable and non-billable hours for each project.
- 8.4Change request and Case Management(62) Ratings
Change request and change management enables tracking of all customer requests including priority and timeframe.
- 6.3Budget and Expense Management(82) Ratings
Budget and expense management provides the capability to track all expenses by employee or department and link them back to department. It also enables hourly rates to be set.
Professional Services Automation
Features that support professional services organizations
- 7Quotes/estimates(53) Ratings
Ability to create, manage and send project fee proposals to customers
- 7Invoicing(44) Ratings
Ability to create, manage and send invoices to clients during or after completion of a project
- 6.9Project & financial reporting(73) Ratings
Ability to analyze project and financial data based on custom criteria to gather insights and improve business performance
- 6.9Integration with accounting software(49) Ratings
Real-time, two-way sync with accounting or financial software to facilitate project and financial reporting
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Deployment Types | On-premise |
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Operating Systems | Windows |
Mobile Application | No |
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(1-25 of 42)App, Web, and Desktop Local Project Management
Business Problem: To record project progress quantitatively and time consumption by getting data from third party contractors Online
Product : Project Online bundled with Share point helps to record progress collaboratively online. With Custom Fields and Custom JS code approval flow, Quantity Schedule Format was designed.
Use Case: Turnkey Construction Projects around 700 Km radially geographically distributed needed to be tracked. Project Progress by Time Schedule and Quantity Schedule executed by third party is to be reported.
- Scheduling of Tasks on time basis or on custom criteria
- Collaborative Task Assignment and getting Progress Inputs Online
- Road Maps, Numerous Reports help assess the projects
- Readily available apps from Share point Store MS Office store are useful for extending the functionality of the product eg Custom Dashboards
- Calculating Project Progress based on Custom Fields( which are used to measure Task Progress on Special Performance Criteria )
- Simplifying CSOM and JSOM customization
- Not limiting Support to Only Out of The Box features
Planning is a breeze with Microsoft Project
- The ability to diagram specific aspects of each project or task
- The ease of execution
- Ability to make modifications (assignments, dates, schedules, diagrams, monitoring)
- Has some limitations related to performance in areas of visual analysis
- The configuration is not the simplest--the use is perfect, but after configuring it
Moved away but came right back!
- Provides a base line
- Built in critical path view
- Complex predecessor relationships
- Multiple path task chains
- Ease and Simplicity of using multiple billing rates or seasonality in billing
- User management is still complicated and time consuming
- Project deployment can be advanced and require additional configuration instead of out of the box functionality
The best project management solution hands down.
- One thing it has is good integration with other Microsoft Office products and tools. More than likely most environments will already be using MS products such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, so it makes it easier to integrate documents, files, etc. with Project.
- It also offers many good tools for communications, which makes it beneficial for those that are using communication tools such as Outlook and Skype.
- Could be too advanced for those that are new to Project Management software, or those that are just starting out in Project Management. Since MS Project has many tools/features built into the program this can be overwhelming to new users in how to do certain things, or where to find the tool for doing something
- There is a cost to this software, and if buying standalone licenses it can be expensive. It usually doesn't come bundled with the standard Office 365 suite. This is technically considered an add-on, and if you are on a subscription for the software, it can be cheaper.
Effectiveness in planning new projects.
- I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data. by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
- I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
- The alert system for the fulfillment and delay of assignments is perfect. Microsoft Project allows me to configure the task system, I can assign the necessary tasks to fulfill the project, and the software alerts me immediately if the managers are fulfilling the assignments.
- The main drawback encountered while using Microsoft Project is that it does not allow me to modify the template or the general user design. For me, the UI that this software has is quite simple, and I would like to apply different templates or modify the layout of my MS Project workspace, currently it is not possible.
- Sometimes the software crashes suddenly, throwing an error code, and the software closes immediately. This has happened to me when I am going through the detailed reports on my gantt chart, it is not something that affects me that much, but I think they should fix it.
- I have not had any other problems with Microsoft Project, it has been an exemplary software that has helped me to maintain a very good project planning in general.
After an experience with MS Project server that wasn't very successful, "traditional" MS Project helped PMs to manage plannings and shared resources.
- Gantt chart and tasks planning
- Tasks dependencies and delay impacts
- Shared resources management
- Project timeline visualisation
- Hidden costs can rise very quickly (licencing, training...)
- Not available inline and not included in Office 365
- Old fashioned and not intuitive to use
- Big picture view.
- Gantt timeline view.
- Collaboration with MS Teams.
- Integrating with non-MS collaboration tools.
- It get more functionality it can become expensive.
- More visualization tools to analyze trends.
- Scheduling
- Assigning of tasks
- Communication
- Learning curve is steep
- Integration of other software would be nice.
- Must have Office 365.
Best Scheduling Software... Easy to Use, Manage, & Implement
- Easy to use
- Easy to update / change / manage
- More templates available
- Help section could be more descriptive (use photos)
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- Microsoft Product integrations, including sharing and reminder notifications.
- Interactive Gantt chart.
- More efficient, reliable project and DevOps integration.
- Training resources for new users.
Microsoft Project - Excellent Project Management
- Organizes tasks efficiently
- Predicts length of time for task completion
- Difficult for first-timers
- High price compared to other software
Microsoft Project is amazing!
- Resource allocation
- Time tracking
- Using it fully can be time intensive.
Great tool for project management
- Resource allocation.
- Project tracking.
- Expensive license - Online it is available as free with Microsoft Office but the offline license for desktop use is too expensive.
- The online version of Microsoft Project does not have Gantt charts and project tasks like the offline version does.
- Resource allocation - Assign resources for project tasks and allocate the percentage of their involvement.
- Track the project status - Enable people to track the progress of the tasks and risks associated with activities.
- Visualization - Provide the flexibility to visualize the status of the project and risks associated with dashboards and help to present data in a useful manner to executives.
Project Management for advanced users or those willing to learn
- Microsoft Project provides all the typical options you'd want to do in a project management app.
- The Gantt chart bars are interactive; therefore, as you adjust these, the information inside the cells update simultaneously.
- Microsoft Project can take a long time to learn due to all of its functionality and even longer to master.
- The feature-rich application has different ways of doing the same thing, and it might get a bit tricky for some users.
Great tool for Project/Task/Schedule Management
- Ease of Use
- Advanced Options
- Could be made faster
- Could included in office 365 package
Great project management tool
- Gantt chart tracker is very good at tracking projects.
- Templates are very useful for different projects that managers are involved in.
- Beginner users need some help to get started with Microsoft Project. It needs better documentation.
- There's no real-time updating and Microsoft Project does not work well with multiple users at the same time.
MS Project old fashioned good practice
- Gantt charts.
- Resource management.
- Collaboration.
- Integration with other software.
Feature-rich Project Management Tool
- Lots of templates.
- Can be used offline since it's a desktop application.
- It's an expensive license.
- Doesn't work well if you open a newer file with an older version of Project.
Microsoft Project Review
- Task management is what MS project is made for and it has a vast array of templates for practically any industry.
- Great and assigning tasks to departments, teams, and individuals.
- Being able to track company resources and how they are being utilized.
- MS Project has great integration into the entire MS corporate product line.
- Then need to improve the UI to be more user-friendly for less technical users.
- More free online resources so users can train and improve there MS Project skills.
- Integration into more 3rd party software providers that are none MS.
Best bang for your buck
- Plan project tasks.
- Execute project tasks.
- Provides management tracking of project completion.
- The clunky interface is occasionally hard to use.
- Help articles are not always clear and concise.
- Feature integration is lacking.
The best software for project monitoring
- Organize a job
- Efficiently manage the resources of a project
- Detect vulnerabilities in a project
- It only works on Windows platforms, without freeware
Great software that makes project management easy
- Easy to use.
- Cheap.
- Easy to customize.
- Great customer support.
- Sharing data is an issue.
- Some people might need significant training if never used software like this before.
- Might be costly for some.
Most Popular Project Management Tool
- It is part of Office365 subscription. The look and feel is similar to other tools like excel. Helps in creating project plans, Gantt charts, work break down structures etc.
- Helps in resource allocation and tracking the projects. There is an option to use it to capture timesheets too.
- Helps project managers in producing weekly status reports and integrates well with other collaboration tools like Skype, sharepoint etc.
- The user experience can be improved.
- More tutorials can be provided online. It takes time to master this tool. It can be made much simpler and easy to learn on the fly.
- The tool can be made more catered towards to agile, scrum project management methodologies.
Microsoft Project Gets the Job Done
- Easy to use out of the box
- Good integration with the rest of our Office suite
- High price
- To use it well some training would be necessary
- Gantt Charts: Every project manager's favorite thing, MS Project does this very well. A Gantt chart keeps everything in a project timeline visible, and in Project, you can drill down to look at resources, costs, and a myriad of other things. It's also very easy to rearrange items as necessary, either by dragging them around or opening them and manually entering data.
- Resource Management: Project allows you to set up resources, either as individuals or with type of work (e.g., Bob Smith or Network Engineer I). Within those resources, you can set up hours of availability, when overtime kicks in, costs, and a myriad of other useful items. Then, when you assign them tasks, the software calculates the time needed or how much extra it will cost if you need a resource to work longer on a particular piece.
- Multiple Projects: With the resource pool and other elements shared between projects, managing multiple projects becomes easier. Project will warn you if resource is over-scheduled, and show which projects that resource is being used on. It'll also show conflicts.
- Integration: Since this is a Microsoft product, it integrates very well with other Microsoft products, especially those in the Office suite like Excel. That allows you to, for example, export the Gantt chart to a spreadsheet to send to stakeholders, or link it into a Word document.
- Time Management: Tied into the Gantt and Resource pieces, Project lets you set prerequisites and linked work, so even if you have to adjust steps to deal with scheduling or change management, Project will keep everything organized. It will automatically re-adjust dates and milestones as things are shifted.
- Expertise Needed: The software is not always easy to use or intuitive. I took several Project courses, on top of my project management certifications, to understand the software better. While all the elements are there for anyone familiar with standard project management processes, it takes experience and training to really get the best out of the software.
- Collaboration: Project does not work well with multiple users simultaneously. There's no real-time updating, and if we had multiple project managers, there'd be no way to work together on the same projects.
- Price: Project is expensive, largely due to it being an industry standard.
If you're in a small business and you don't have multiple resources or multiple projects, this is probably not a good solution.