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Microsoft Project

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

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What is Microsoft Project?

Stay organized, focused, and in charge. Tackle anything from small projects to large initiatives. You may or may not be a project manager, but now you can be the boss of any project with a powerful, easy-to-use app.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Project won the following awards in the Task Management category

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3 Top Rated Features

2023

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1 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Project Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 91%
Negotiation and Contract:: 87%
Conflict Resolution:: 92%
Strategy & Innovation:: 88%
Service Experience:: 93%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Project?

3% Negative

7% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Respectful
Reliable
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 85

List Tasks

Task Assignment

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Due Dates

Task Status

Task Prioritization

Task Categorization

Dependencies

Calendar View

Add Notes

Automated Workflow

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Laurence C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

Task management is made simple

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

i like the ability to track, plan and manage projects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I haven't faced any issues.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great for simple task management.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Continually Improving Product

Olivia H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

It's invaluable with project insights.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It's wondrous for seamless integrating with Teams for collaboration and reporting easily.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I incredibly like how it's enhances our resources management and tracking our workloads.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's an overkill when managing small project.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's an incredible beast with resources allocation, tracking of workloads to ensure no bottleneck with projects.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Nasser K.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Project manager

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It aids in project management and task management leading to the business growth

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It os a user-friendly interface and is cheaper to use

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Microsoft Project Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1 Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

Down 1 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Project?

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

List Tasks Display outstanding tasks

Task Assignment Ability to see task assignee

Drag and Drop Prioritization Ability to re-order tasks using drag and drop

Due Dates Ability to track due dates of tasks

Task Status Ability to display current status of tasks

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Task Categorization Ability to categorize tasks

Dependencies Ability to add dependencies to other tasks

Calendar View See tasks by due date in calendar view or Gantt view

Add Notes Ability to add free form notes to tasks

Automated Workflow Workflow based on events.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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Project Management - Enterprise

Microsoft Project Reviews

Laurence C.

Task management is made simple

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Olivia H.

It's invaluable with project insights.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nasser K.

Project manager

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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