#1 most frequent
United States of America
48.3%23,681 installations of 49,012
What is Microsoft Project?
Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Task Management
This includes the ability to plan, track, collaborate and report on tasks.
Category average: 9.1
Resource Management
Resource management is workload planning to maximize resources.
Category average: 8.7
Gantt Charts
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
Category average: 8.3
Areas for Improvement
Team Collaboration
Team collaboration capabilities let team members work directly with each other and provide team updates.
Category average: 9
Support for Agile Methodology
Agile is a time boxed, iterative approach to development that builds software incrementally instead of trying to deliver it all at once near the end.
Category average: 8.1
Email integration
Email integration allows work requests to be made directly from email.
Category average: 8.4
Who Buys & Uses Microsoft Project
#2 most frequent
Canada
7.1%3,501 installations of 49,012
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.6%2,724 installations of 49,012
A great flexible and complete tool for Project Managers
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Microsoft
Project is used for que PMO Team and all Project Managers to organize tasks,
create schedules, planning resources capacity, create Gantt Charts and issue
reports. The product helps to estimate deadlines, calculate workload,
estimate budget, analize future scenarios for the projects and also is an
important tool to monitor the projects execution.
Pros
- It organizes and groups tasks easily.
- It allows to input resources costs and calculates totals.
- It's possible create different types of fields customization.
- It issues many types of usefull reports.
Cons
- Implement some intelligence into formula creation by checking for errors in real time.
- Have the planning percentage field as default.
- In the print functionality, create an option to omit the table on the left showing only the Gantt chart.
Return on Investment
- It reduces labor costs because Microsoft Project decrease the time spent planning and monitoring project activities.
- It allows to change project planning with minimal operational effort, reducing change management costs.
Usability
Other Software Used
Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Miro, ServiceNow IT Service Management
When Agile met Microsoft Project
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Microsoft Project to manage new product launches, engineering changes and supplier transitions.
Pros
- Team collaboration
- Create To-Do plans
- Advanced scheduling
- Task management
Cons
- Integrate "Agile" methodologies functions like Jira/Miro
- Incorporate burn down charts
- Provide quick and easy tutorials to integrate Power BI and Copilot
Return on Investment
- Positive: Better Tracking and Reporting
- Positive: Enhanced Collaboration
- Negative: Licenses fees
- Negative: Complexity
- Negative: Training costs
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Atlassian Jira and Miro
Other Software Used
Atlassian Jira, Miro, Microsoft Planner
Microsoft Project great for resource management.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it to track jobs for all 12 members of our engineering team. As we have a number of tasks and many members we are able to easliy see everything in our weekly meetings and assign new tasks based on workload. It is quite valuable to everyone including our manager for scheduling especially during our busy season.
Pros
- easily assign resources everyone can see
- drag and drop in timeline view saves time
- puts everyones workload in a calendar view
Cons
- it is integrated to other microsoft products
- it is not a fully standalone solution
- took work to integrate web version with desktop version
Return on Investment
- we are able to see pitfalls quicker leading to less wasted time
- we can forcast better in the future for booking new jobs
- it is good at keeping track of time spent on tasks
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Trello and monday.com
Other Software Used
AutoCAD, Bluebeam
Game Changer!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Personally, I am using Microsoft Project mainly to track my progress in my tasks. This is very helpful for me as I am doing a lot of tasks every day. Also, I'm using this to create a schedule so I would what would be my priority on the specific day.
Pros
- Project Tracker
- Scheduling
- Project/Tasks Management
Cons
- There's just one I don't like about it, or I don't know if it's just my computer that it hangs sometimes.
Return on Investment
- Positive, it helps us to work proficiently.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Excelhire and 3GBusiness
Other Software Used
Excel Analyzer, 360 Business Tool
Microsoft Project Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our company has a business that invests in land and then builds and sells houses on these plots. We use Microsoft Project for resource management and job tracking, especially in construction works, in the management of this whole process.
Pros
- connecting works as precursors and successors,
- determining the critical path
Cons
- A more effective collaboration with excel
- user friendly interface
- autorun for some data entry
Return on Investment
- we encountered fast results in programs
- problems caused by delays were noticed beforehand
Other Software Used
Microsoft Excel, LivaBudget, AutoCAD
