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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86 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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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?
Pros
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
- Saves Time
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Collaboration
Resource Management
Dependency and Milestone Tracking
Workflow Management
Document Management
Hierarchical Task Management
Reporting
Time & Expense Tracking
Budget Management
Mobile Access
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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
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Microsoft Project Reviews
Vincent N.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2023
A powerful tool with a great community.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
It differs from other similar ones on the market due to its power and versatility. This tool has a wide range of features and functionalities that make it ideal for projects of any size and complexity.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It can handle large and complex projects, the tool allows you to break down a project into individual tasks, assign resources and establish dependencies between them, in addition, it offers multiple customization options to adapt to the specific needs of each project.
What do you dislike most about this product?
the learning curve is steep, Due to its large number of features, it can be overwhelming at first
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would recommend first getting familiar with its interface and all its features, as well as defining a clear workflow before starting to work on a project.
Pros
- Respectful
- Generous Negotitation
- Transparent
- Helps Innovate
Mitchel C.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2023
comes with the Microsoft Suite, but look elsewhere
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
Seems like a glorified excel to create Gantt charts
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Familiar microsoft feel
What do you dislike most about this product?
It seems more like excel than its own stand-alone product.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Check out competitors as well, you may like this if you have created project plans in excel.
Pros
- Fair
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
- Saves Time
Cons
- Slower Product Innovation
- Under Delivered
Charlotte R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2023
Projecting the Power of Microsoft Project.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
As a project manager in our company, we use Microsoft Project Professional and Microsoft Project Online as our primary project management platform. We manage various projects, including marketing, strategy, and technical projects. Microsoft Project allows us to plan, track, and analyze all our projects efficiently.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Our project managers use it to define project goals, identify tasks, develop a project schedule, assign resources, track progress, and analyze project performance. . It enables us to monitor the entire schedule, phases, and stages, as well as the budgetary and financial schedule.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Microsoft Projects is challenging to look at resource loading over multiple projects or multiple project files. The network diagram is also still limiting, and we often use VISIO to create network diagrams instead of MS Project.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I find Microsoft Project's features customizable, and its APIs are well documented, allowing integration with other tools. Microsoft Project can also be customized for agile project management. . We can use it for any type of project, from research to large company projects. We can also link tasks between different MS Project files
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
