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Meet Deadlines with Happy Resources
January 05, 2018

Meet Deadlines with Happy Resources

Holly Robinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Project

We utilize it for government and commercial IT projects in our professional services organization. All professional services contracts use Microsoft project in the proposal stage and during pre-assessment to outline the approach we will be taking in milestone format.

We have found it essential during kickoff to review the detail tasks within each milestone to obtain consensus with our clients that we are meeting their objectives and the project will be tasked and resourced properly. This avoids scope creep due to unclear milestones.
  • Resource Assignments are integral when you have several complex projects occuring during the same time frame and utilizing the same resources across those projects which include different skills. The resource usage sheet allows a program manager to see where a resource is over committed or needs assisstance.
  • Small companies are able to stay on task and meet timelines by using the Inspect and Respect links features of MS Project to ensure that dependencies are addressed if delays affect other tasks.
  • Report features are essential to small companies to track, not just the resource utilization but to allow accounting and C-level to see costs analysis from the beginning of the project, each week to the end. These costs help C-level in planning for future projects as ongoing projects are spending up or down.
  • Program Management using MS Project can be a heavy handed task at times, it would be nice to see in AI in some of the combining features to alleviate the overhead of checking each project detail to ensure the Program is reporting accurately
  • The export to Excel can be more friendly in allowing the fields to all export into one worksheet rather than three.
  • No ROI on Project other than keeps us on timelines
  • BizNet Excel Suite
Project is affordable when licensing multiple products from Microsoft
Where a project has multiple tasks to complete on a timeline with more than one resource, I find that MS Project is perfect. Many of my clients prefer Excel for viewing due to the licensing costs of Project in small companies. A scenario where project is too heavy to set up is when you have a project that utilizes multiple tasks but one resource.

Microsoft Project Feature Ratings

Project Management
6.5
Task Management
9
Resource Management
9
Gantt Charts
6
Scheduling
6
Workflow Automation
9
Team Collaboration
4
Support for Agile Methodology
9
Support for Waterfall Methodology
7
Document Management
5
Email integration
5
Mobile Access
5
Timesheet Tracking
4
Change request and Case Management
Not Rated
Budget and Expense Management
7
Professional Services Automation
5.3
Quotes/estimates
4
Invoicing
Not Rated
Project & financial reporting
8
Integration with accounting software
4