One of the Most Robust Planning and Controlling Projects Tool: Microsoft Project
September 27, 2018
One of the Most Robust Planning and Controlling Projects Tool: Microsoft Project
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project is being used as the official software for creating project planning and controlling project resources across the whole organization.
- Allows Collaboration using the File sharing option, this is very useful to share files with other members of your team.
- Reporting is one of the strengths of Microsoft Project, allowing you to generate great reports with little effort.
- Allows you to manage multiple Projects at the same time in the same organization; this can be achieved thanks to Master Project Plan feature.
- Provides multiple views of the projects state, making use of Gantt Charts, resource usage charts, calendars.
- The installation can't be done with the same Microsoft Office suite.
- Requires significant training and experience with the tool to use it effectively.
- Licenses cost could be somewhat expensive for little organizations.
- Allows you to use organizational resources efficiently.
- Budget planning is supported by efficient project planning.
- Human Resources' time distribution is more controlled
We chosen Microsoft Project instead of ProjectLibre because of Microsoft support and documentation available.