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Microsoft Project

Composite Score
8.8 /10
CX Score
9.1 /10
Category
Microsoft Project
8.8 /10

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 Project Management - Enterprise category

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Microsoft Project Ratings

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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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+91 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
6% Neutral
92% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Enables Productivity
  • Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Planning and Scheduling

86

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

86

Collaboration

85

Resource Management

85

Document Management

83

Budget Management

83

Hierarchical Task Management

83

Reporting

83

Workflow Management

82

Time & Expense Tracking

81

Mobile Access

80

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

85

Business Value Created

84

Quality of Features

83

Availability and Quality of Training

83

Breadth of Features

82

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Ease of IT Administration

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

82

Vendor Support

82

Ease of Data Integration

81

Ease of Customization

81

Microsoft Project Reviews

Shiva S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Energy
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Definitely a product with good features.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

The user-friendly interface of MS Project enables them to quickly move between grids, boards, and Gantt charts to visualize and monitor task progress as necessary. Teams that are integrated with Microsoft Teams can collaborate and share files, chat, and hold meetings. Distributed team members can make simultaneous changes to a task. Teams can stay on schedule with automated scheduling based on effort, time, and resources. Users using Power BI, which is built on the Power Platform, may design interactive dashboards to highlight key aspects of each project.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration Microsoft Project is almost incomparable when it comes to integrating with the market-leading Microsoft 365 Office package, which is widely used. Together with easier connectivity with Azure and other Microsoft platforms, the project management software works flawlessly with Microsoft Teams, Skype, Power BI, and SharePoint. Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft programs have a ribbon interface. Dependability Among project management solutions, Microsoft Project software is a pioneer.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Needs Training Over time, MS Project has gotten more user-friendly, but one of its drawbacks is that novice users may still find it intimidating. In order to avoid becoming lost in Project's rich but complicated UX, which can result in underuse and missing big-picture goals, persons who are propelled into project management jobs out of necessity or as informal project managers will need to invest a significant amount of time in training. Cost Constraints Software for managing projects from Microsoft is accessible both on-premises and in the cloud.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The well-known scheduling capabilities in Microsoft Project allow users to list tasks, assign them to team members, and specify information like length and due dates. Project managers can manage schedules using a variety of views, including grid view, board view, and timeline/Gantt chart view. It was designed with collaboration in mind and supports co-authoring so that project teams and other stakeholders can update and modify task lists, project timelines, job dependencies, and task priorities. Teams can also use MS Project to submit timesheets because it tracks both project and non-project time and connects it to billing or payroll.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Xinyu (Candy) Y.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Easier to use and functionality is rich

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Tracking project progress and tasks

What do you dislike most about this product?

Visualization can be more advanced and fancy

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Implement functionality around dashboard and visualization tools

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service

★ Nicholas P.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Government
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

for pm it provides a good wbs and dependencies

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

its good for planning and maintaining it will provide insights to schedule overrun. costing is lacking and plan vs reality is limited. track resources and costs outside of MS Project.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

detailed WBS, dependencies, schedule vs plan.

What do you dislike most about this product?

limited costing, limited scenario planning, no real time tracking.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

reduce tasks to no more than 8 hours so you can track vs plan and ETC. review the plan often and use it in progress meeting / scums , communicate any plan overruns to management as usually its just the tip of the iceburg

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

Cons

  • Slower Product Innovation
  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Less Generous

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