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Microsoft Project

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8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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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 won the following awards in the Project Management - Enterprise category

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4 Top Rated Features

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Microsoft Project Ratings

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88 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+93 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?

3% Negative

5% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Planning and Scheduling

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Collaboration

Resource Management

Document Management

Workflow Management

Budget Management

Reporting

Hierarchical Task Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Gavin M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Energy
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2023

Great product. More focussed on waterfall.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It’s a great product that has massively improved in recent years. It caters well for waterfall projects and is starting to improve for agile.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The new Kanban boards are very helpful.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It’s needs more focus on agile project delivery.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Think about which project approaches are in use: agile / waterfall. The product caters well for both but mostly waterfall.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Shiva S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Energy
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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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

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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

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Microsoft Project Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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).

Dependency and Milestone Tracking Ability to define project development stages and task dependencies while setting milestones to mark specific points in a project

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.

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.

Budget Management Includes financial planning, cost management, and payroll budgeting.

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

Hierarchical Task Management Ability to create both templates and unique projects and support tasks that can be divided into sub-tasks and delegated

Time & Expense Tracking Ability to track time for planning and estimating

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Gavin M.

Great product. More focussed on waterfall.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shiva S.

Definitely a product with good features.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Xinyu (Candy) Y.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Planning and Scheduling

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Collaboration

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Document Management

Workflow Management

Budget Management

Reporting

Hierarchical Task Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization