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Microsoft Project

Composite Score
8.7 /10
CX Score
9.0 /10
Category
Microsoft Project
8.7 /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

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.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

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95 Plan to Renew

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85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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?

2% Negative
8% Neutral
90% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Enables Productivity
  • Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Planning and Scheduling

86

Collaboration

85

Resource Management

84

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

84

Document Management

82

Workflow Management

82

Hierarchical Task Management

82

Reporting

82

Time & Expense Tracking

82

Budget Management

82

Mobile Access

78

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

83

Ease of Implementation

83

Quality of Features

82

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Availability and Quality of Training

81

Ease of IT Administration

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Breadth of Features

80

Ease of Data Integration

80

Ease of Customization

80

Vendor Support

79

Microsoft Project Reviews

Nomazulu S.

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

Submitted Aug 2022

Affordable, fantastic, user friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It’s part of an existing package and doesn’t cost extra

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Accessibility and easy to use

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don’t dislike anything

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great PM tool

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features

Sherlonda P.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Media
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

An excellent project management tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Project Online increased the project management capabilities. This tool is useful for assisting with planning, scheduling, and project management. We can use any device to access these services. Keeping the entire work team up to date on the status of the tasks and any modifications that occur during the course of the project. It's a service that's part of a large software family, such as Microsoft's.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As a portfolio level user, the solution allows me to efficiently see a large number of projects at once and readily connects to PowerBI for reporting and analysis. All users must have a high degree of competency and process consistency to use the full range of functionality and acquire quality data at the portfolio level, which is difficult to ensure in many organisations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A complex user experience that can be customised according to the project management requirements. A lack of capability and resource planning can be observed. It is not possible to upload large files, and there are very limited options for generating statistics and visuals. It's quite difficult to understand, and there are no helpful tutorials available to get you started, which may explain why you gave up so quickly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This software has all of the features we require for the development of our projects, including the ability to programme activities, distribute tasks, and analyse data and generate reports quickly and completely online.It is a tool that allows us to save time in project management by allowing us to go deeper into and view the details of each assignment.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features

Ariel M.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Microsoft Project Online, effective cooperation!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

With Microsoft Project Online we can easily organizer our data and information which help us to deliver projects successfully on time. We can easily collaborate with the clients and colleagues and communicate with them in real time. They also provide us portfolios for our projects so that we can easily manage our projects.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Project Online provides us virtual access from anywhere. They help to manage projects and deliver them successfully. Their efficient features it becomes very easy to organize our data and files so we can easily use them when needed without having to search for longer time. We can easily discover data according to our projects and can utilize them according tour project requirements and can easily deliver projects successfully.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Microsoft Project Online needs to be better developed for the agile projects. There is advanced training required to use their advanced features which takes long time. They create reports that are not enough for our projects. Network working and diagram is very limited and requires updates. Also, the scope management is not much developed and need much improvements.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft Project Online is best recommended for those who want to manage their projects in easy and most effective way. It also integrates very well with other platforms.

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Caring
  • Acts with Integrity

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