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Microsoft Project pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

Microsoft Project integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft Office applications, such as SharePoint, Power BI, and Teams, enhancing team collaboration.
The auto resource leveling tool helps manage resource over-allocation effectively, which is crucial for project timelines and efficiency.
Microsoft Project excels in project scheduling and dependencies management, allowing easy tracking and adjustment of tasks and timelines.
It offers robust reporting and visualization tools that simplify monitoring project progress and analyzing critical paths and earned value.
Time tracking and budget tracking features in Microsoft Project are essential for efficient project management and cost control.

CONS

Scalability and stability are co-dependent, with large user numbers causing performance issues.
Integration with other Microsoft products and third-party tools is inadequate.
There are limitations in automation, customization, and templates, making it less dynamic.
Technical support needs significant improvement to better assist users.
Project lacks AI capabilities and advanced features for real-time collaboration and automation.
 

Microsoft Project Pros review quotes

JP
Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2018
It's most useful feature is that it interfaces with Project Server so we can, from my perspective, from a portfolio perspective, we can see across the organization.
Review2077 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant, Financial Services - IT Advisory Services at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 13, 2018
They have begun to improve with the new cloud integration.
MM
Project Planning & Controls Specialist at a consultancy
Nov 21, 2018
I find the planning features the most valuable to me.
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PV
Delivery Manager of EPM
Dec 2, 2018
The project tracking, resource utilization and the cost are the most beneficial aspects of this solution.
JB
Sr. Enterprise & Project Portfolio Manager/Consultant, Master Scheduler, Enterprise Architect at Jeffrey A. Bloom
Jul 29, 2019
Dependencies (not typically effectively used in "Agile" techniques) allow understanding of actual project status and challenges.
MN
Business Director at CWG Plc
Nov 5, 2019
The most valuable features of this solution are dependency management, milestone progress, multiple resource rates, and RAG views.
reviewer1234485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor, Info Technology at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 19, 2019
The most valuable feature is the Auto resource leveling tool because it shows students that often, expert resources get over-scheduled, and that dealing with the issue by just using the auto-resource leveling tool would have a large impact on the delivery date.
reviewer1395372 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 4, 2020
The most valuable features of this solution are the scheduling, managing the resources, budgeting, tracking the progress, viewing the progress, reporting, and it is very easy to use.
reviewer896880 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 9, 2020
The pricing is pretty good on the enterprise agreement we have.
reviewer1424409 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 11, 2020
The solution is very complete. It makes it a great option for project managers and they can use it extensively in almost any organizational setup.
 

Microsoft Project Cons review quotes

JP
Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2018
The scalability is co-dependent on the stability of the product. We have 4000 users, and at times the product is slow.
Review2077 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant, Financial Services - IT Advisory Services at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 13, 2018
There needs to be better integration with other Microsoft products such as SharePoint, and the like.
MM
Project Planning & Controls Specialist at a consultancy
Nov 21, 2018
I find that MS Project has limited control in comparison to other solutions in the same sphere.
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PV
Delivery Manager of EPM
Dec 2, 2018
There have been some drawbacks with customization. Some users want it to be an automation tool.
JB
Sr. Enterprise & Project Portfolio Manager/Consultant, Master Scheduler, Enterprise Architect at Jeffrey A. Bloom
Jul 29, 2019
This solution needs more templates focused on types of projects to ease setup.
MN
Business Director at CWG Plc
Nov 5, 2019
I would like to see the inclusion of multi-currency support.
reviewer1234485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor, Info Technology at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 19, 2019
I would like to have more access to templates and tools that could be used to teach project management best practices.
reviewer1395372 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 4, 2020
This solution needs more customization.
reviewer896880 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 9, 2020
The technical support could be improved. They are okay, however, they could be much better.
reviewer1424409 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 11, 2020
Microsoft's solution isn't really a collaboration tool, however. If you need a collaboration tool, you can use Slack, which can be integrated with your JIRA.