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
Moved away but came right back!
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%
Reviewer Pros & Cons
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
Microsoft Project 2021 Overview And Features Walkthrough
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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Reviews and Ratings
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Reviews
(1-3 of 3)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
- Task Management
- 90%9.0
- Resource Management
- 100%10.0
- Gantt Charts
- 90%9.0
- Scheduling
- 70%7.0
- Workflow Automation
- 80%8.0
- Team Collaboration
- 80%8.0
- Support for Agile Methodology
- 100%10.0
- Support for Waterfall Methodology
- 80%8.0
- Document Management
- 90%9.0
- Email integration
- 90%9.0
- Mobile Access
- 100%10.0
- Timesheet Tracking
- 90%9.0
- Change request and Case Management
- 100%10.0
- Budget and Expense Management
- 90%9.0
- Quotes/estimates
- 90%9.0
- Invoicing
- 100%10.0
- Project & financial reporting
- 100%10.0
- Integration with accounting software
- 90%9.0
- Microsoft Project offers exemplary features for small- and large-scale project execution.
- Planning is one of the reasons to keep using Microsoft Project and to maintain remarkable ROI success.
- Simplicity is also one of the guarantees of the success of projects; we know that we have this tool on a daily basis.
- Online document editing.
- Document management.
- Exporting documents.
- This product is used in more than 8 departments today and we know how to integrate other tools to improve performance.
- enabling all users to have an account of this software guarantees better work performance and we know that once we achieve this we will improve significantly.
Microsoft Project is a time saver.
- Being able to tie tasks together so when something changes it makes it easier to track.
- Being able to create categories for tasks and tie them all together.
- It's nice to set holidays and not have to remember them when scheduling farther into the future.
- I've been using it for a while but I don't get to use it as much as I'd like. The is a lot of information and help out there to learn how to use it better.
- Linking tasks together and the whole SS-1D or FS+4D is very confusing. It usually takes me a few tries to get it where I want. There is always information to help figure this out, just need to be willing to look and ask.
- Sorting by date and task can be confusing. At least there's always the undo button.
- I'm always learning something new that makes using project easier and more beneficial for me. I wish I was able to use or more.
- Gantt Charts
- 100%10.0
- Scheduling
- 80%8.0
- Mobile Access
- 100%10.0
- It saves a ton of time. A little work upfront says on the back end.
- I use Microsoft Project to create job schedules
- We use it to figure manpower based on task durations
- We use it to figure durations based on manpower
- We use it to calculate manpower needs based on durations of tasks to be performed
- I would like to learn how to use it more fully. I only use it for basic schedule building but I know that it can do so much more
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Don't know
- unknown
- Entering tasks and basic schedule building are very simple
- linking tasks together is simple
- Linking task tasks together and trying to work off of SS or FS and figuring exactly what it is calculating from
- I don't really understand much else other than basic schedule building so everything else seem cumbersome to me
Microsoft project has really made my life easier
- Ability to track Milestones
- Ability to track Resources
- Has a really good Gantt chart
- Steep learning curve
- To get the full suite with the Project server, it is very expensive
- Printing the project plan is a bit challenging
- Task Management
- 80%8.0
- Resource Management
- 90%9.0
- Gantt Charts
- 100%10.0
- Scheduling
- 100%10.0
- Workflow Automation
- 80%8.0
- Team Collaboration
- 50%5.0
- Support for Agile Methodology
- 80%8.0
- Support for Waterfall Methodology
- 80%8.0
- Document Management
- 90%9.0
- Email integration
- 50%5.0
- Mobile Access
- N/AN/A
- Timesheet Tracking
- 60%6.0
- Change request and Case Management
- 80%8.0
- Budget and Expense Management
- 90%9.0
- Quotes/estimates
- 80%8.0
- Invoicing
- 70%7.0
- Project & financial reporting
- 80%8.0
- Integration with accounting software
- 60%6.0
- Project has helped keep my project from being derailed by scope creep.
- While Project isn't a money making tool, it does help keep your projects on-budget
- MS Project is a pretty hefty expense. Integration is supported, if you have MS project Server.
- excel and Basecamp
- Project schedule tracking
- Project budget tracking
- Project resource tracking
- Invoicing was an interesting feature that I've started looking at.
- As we grow, we may looking into buying project server.
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