Item: Microsoft Project
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It was used on a client project to manage the complex tasks and their interdependencies, and have a concurrent view on the entire project from start to finish. The main features that were used included scheduling, assigning resources (financial and human capital) to tasks, monitoring progress, tracking the budget, and redistributing workloads.

Pros and Cons

Scheduling the tasks
Defining the interdependicies
Analyzing the critical path

Live seamless collaboration across team members
Templates to suit a variety of use cases
More visual analytics

Return on Investment

Decrease in project execution duration
Concurrent view on costs to better manage them
Single source of truth for all teams, no internal ambiguity

Alternatives Considered

Asana, monday.com, GanttPRO and Forecast

Better suited for everyone in the team due to an existing partnership with Microsoft for access to other software suite provided by them.

Key Insights

Do you think Microsoft Project delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Project's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Project live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Project go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Project again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Asana, Jira Software, Trello

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited in an environment where there are many tasks requiring dedicated focus for execution in the pursuit of completing the project. The definition and visualization of [interdependencies] is well integrated within the project view. I've found it very useful in finding [...] the critical path for project execution and crashing it to compress the overall timelines.

Microsoft Project review from scheduling and cost management standpoint

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Project