

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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88 Likeliness to Recommend
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93 Plan to Renew
85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Trustworthy
- Respectful
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
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Microsoft Project Reviews

Ikki P.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2021
Project planning and monitoring tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
Microsoft Project's activity management feature provides complete visibility even if you are managing multiple projects. To help me simplify the project planning phase of your activities, it offers familiar scheduling tools like Gantt charts to help you speed up the process.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
About Microsoft Project I like its extensive integrations, such as SharePoint, Excel, Teams and Office 365: it is a great selling point for companies that mainly use MS Office and Outlook.
What do you dislike most about this product?
MS Project is a fantastic project management software with just the right features to make our projects the best.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I recommend MS Project's workflow feature as it helps you model various scenarios to map out the best project path. This allows you to identify and prioritize tasks and projects that are urgent or important. With Microsoft Project, you can increase the productivity of your business with its project workflow feature.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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Traylor H.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2021
Team collaboration tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
Microsoft Project is a Microsoft product designed as a project management tool for all types and sizes of companies. It enables teams to schedule projects, define tasks and assign them to members, and keep track of ongoing assignments. Microsoft Project helps teams budget and estimate project costs. They can determine the cost performance of projects by using 'Earned Value Analysis'. Users can make detailed reports on staffing levels and project execution. The software can be deployed on premises or in the cloud and comes with mobile integrations for use on the go.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Planning and Scheduling: Microsoft Project ensures projects are completed on time by specifying how and when a task must be completed. Helps users prioritize tasks and focus on the most important issues first. Its task management capability allows users to define activities and how to perform them. Users can take advantage of the team calendar to receive notifications of upcoming meetings and synchronization of work schedules.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Microsoft Project does not offer Scrum Support.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Choosing the right project management software for your team takes a lot of thought, but it all comes down to a product with features that meet the needs of your business. Smaller teams and individual users can opt for Asana due to its free plan.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Caring
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Diego N.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2021
Best in class for project time management
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
It's a Microsoft product so you get an always evolving, well maintainted, mature piece of software that's fully compliant with Project Management best practices.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
If you have a clear view of the work ahead and enoug information, you can whip out a gantt chart for a project in a couple hours that will be easily adjustable when you get detailed input from project experts in your team.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The price. As the internet meme says, it's too high. I hope Microsoft will consider adding Project to the Office 365 offerings.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need to manage a project, this software can make your life a bit easier.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Less Generous
- Vendor's Interest First
- Under Delivered
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