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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Project

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

417 Reviews Write a Review

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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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

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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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

Collaboration

Resource Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Document Management

Workflow Management

Hierarchical Task Management

Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

Budget Management

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Siam R.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2021

Flexible monitoring and analysis of projects.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Suitable to integrate with other Microsoft software

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

MS Project is the best way to articulate the details of any project throughout the SDLC. Gant charts are a great way to present the entire project to management / executives.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is a great tool! it is very similar to excel spreadsheet

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Before digging deeper, I suggest reading the PPM concepts.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rashid Hassan C.

Role: Operations
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Fantastic Project Management Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Microsoft Project Online is most effective and comprehensive cloud based project management and PPM solution market and give clear view of the current and future project related scenarios, which other products of similar trade lacks.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Project Online offers project management and project portfolio management at one place and being cloud based, collaboration among team members is great. It is easy to manage time and tasks for team leaders through an easy and user friendly dashboard, which is my favorite aspect of the product.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing to dislike about the product but the price is bit high.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would highly recommend Microsoft Project Online to the people and organizations considering it as a project management and PPM solution.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Acts with Integrity
Includes Product Enhancements

Denver M.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Functionality not so reliable.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It's just the Microsoft is very popular in the market. I hope the updates of this software will be constant and hope that it will meet every expectation of the user.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This is the industry standard for project planning software but arguably, market dominance has not encouraged MS to improve Project. However, knowledge of this tool is very useful as it is used across industries and I've been able to enter into a client space and work from their .mpp files and share those that I've created. It's good for getting a general, predictive look at timelines and for mapping contingencies between tasks.

What do you dislike most about this product?

When tracking multiple projects in the same file, it's not likely that the critical path will always accurately be identified, you have you use your own judgement. There are also limitations in using this software to both plan and track project progress. For example, adding progress to a plan (by marking % complete or updating 'Actual Start' or 'Actual Finish') will influence downstream dates even if there are dates that shouldn't be changed like planned meetings or deadlines, these necessitate manual restrictions to be put in place which can also interfere with detecting critical path.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

More updates, please.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Microsoft Project Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Siam R.

Flexible monitoring and analysis of projects.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rashid Hassan C.

Fantastic Project Management Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Denver M.

Functionality not so reliable.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Document Management

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Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

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Mobile Access

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