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Microsoft Project

8.7 /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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Microsoft Project Ratings

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86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 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?

2% Negative

8% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Planning and Scheduling

Collaboration

Resource Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Workflow Management

Document Management

Hierarchical Task Management

Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

Budget Management

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Nicholas T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Providing more clear data view of our projects

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

There are lot of features in this software like customization of our data according to our needs and providing a wat to handle multiple projects at one place with clear view also with the helps of charts, progress bar we are able to track our projec progress easily and we can share the sheet within the teams more easily, overall reducing our manual effort and saves time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft projects providing a easy and best way to represent and maintain our tasks with the helps of data representation tool also sharing file feature and customisation data saving our lot of time at a effective price point.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is suitable to handle multiple projects and larger projects easily and more effectively and there is nothing to dislike jn this software.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

They provide a lot of feature to track and maintain multiple data and sheets and it is easily to use we can easily track our projects progress more easily and their graphical representation of showing data is just amazing this is the best part of this software, it overall saves our time and manual efforts.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Yatharth B.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Helpful in Tracking Project Task

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Microsoft Project user interface is best from all product and it can easily Integrate with Microsoft Ecosystem: Seamless integration with other Microsoft products like Excel, SharePoint which makes management easy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Project is useful for organizing and keeping a clear view of all the moving parts in a project around team work , project time management , splitting task among the team and tracking it.

What do you dislike most about this product?

the cost of license is a bit high for buying in microsoft project.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft Project allows us to break the work into tasks and sub-tasks each with resources, dependencies, start and end dates.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Rupa S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Excellent product . Delights

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Its a suite of products in one product

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use. has the quality that can be expected from a Microsoft project

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its a bit timetaaking to set up and configure for individual projects

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Once the setup is there , its easy to use. There is tons of documentation available.

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing

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Microsoft Project Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Project?

Pros

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

Planning and Scheduling Includes milestones, tasks and resource assignments (can also include WBS and CPM).

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Resource Management Includes resource allocation, expense tracking, and resource planning.

Dependency and Milestone Tracking Ability to define project development stages and task dependencies while setting milestones to mark specific points in a project

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Hierarchical Task Management Ability to create both templates and unique projects and support tasks that can be divided into sub-tasks and delegated

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

Time & Expense Tracking Ability to track time for planning and estimating

Budget Management Includes financial planning, cost management, and payroll budgeting.

Mobile Access The solution can be easily accessed by employees through a dedicated native application or HTML5 access.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Nicholas T.

Providing more clear data view of our projects

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Yatharth B.

Helpful in Tracking Project Task

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rupa S.

Excellent product . Delights

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Planning and Scheduling

Collaboration

Resource Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Workflow Management

Document Management

Hierarchical Task Management

Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

Budget Management

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features