Microsoft Project Reviews

Our company uses the solution for project management. We monitor work progress or activities to ensure they are completed. We get a full view of start dates, end dates, and all dependencies required for actions. 

We store many things on Teams. We can make objections or put things in SharePoint. 

Nine team members in our department use the solution. Previously, we used only on-premises but now we are using both on-premises and the cloud service.

The solution is tightly integrated with other Microsoft products such as SharePoint and Power Automate and also integrates with Google.

It is easy to check project costs in the solution. 

Notifications provide alerts of new outages so you can move your project as needed.

The setup and scalability can be somewhat difficult for new users until they gain knowledge. 

Ongoing education would motivate users to learn and take advantage of the solution's many features. 

The price could be more flexible. 

I have been using the solution for three years. 

The solution is stable so I rate stability a nine out of ten. 

The solution is scalable. 

If you are familiar with Microsoft tools, then it is easy to understand the scalability. If you are a new user, then scaling may be difficult because you have to spend some time understanding Microsoft chronologies first to scale the solution. 

I have not used technical support. 

When we started working with the solution, the setup was somewhat difficult. Once you gain knowledge, you slowly see that the solution is easy to use. 

We implemented the solution in-house. 

The licensing model is somewhat complex. Initially, the price is low but scales up because you pay for consumption and usage. 

Pricing is okay if you have one or two users. If you add everyone in your company as project managers, then the price is high. 

The solution is better than Jira. 

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

I use the solution in my company for our one project involving some product implementation, so it was used from the project's first meeting to the delivery phase.

Tracking timeline, resource allocation, and monitoring are areas of concern for the tool where improvements are required. Improvement in tracking timelines, resource allocation, and monitoring can help our company check whether each and every activity related to a project is completed or not. If the company notices any issues in the timeline, then we can reassign such tasks. The product should allow our company to collaborate with Microsoft Teams so that our company can complete a project within the set timeline.

I have been using Microsoft Project for 3 years.

The product offers good stability. Microsoft products usually offer a certain level of stability to users.

It is a scalable solution.

My company has three users of the product.

As of now, there are only three users of the product if I consider the project my company has been handling.

In the past, my company used to use Microsoft Excel to track some project-related activities.

The product's initial setup phase is easy.

The deployment is not at all complicated since our company only had to download the product from the solution's official website, after which we enabled the licenses to use it.

The product helps its users save the time attached to the manpower required. In the product, users can fix the delivery time and fulfill their project-related commitments to their customers.

The product is not expensive. My company has opted for an annual subscription.

Microsoft Project's integration with the overall project management processes in our company has been possible through Microsoft Teams which was used for meetings and it was also used to assign and set goals, priorities and timeline.

While handling the project in the company, Microsoft Project improved team collaboration since the tool could provide reminders based on the timeline. The tool helps to keep a check on whether the teams in our company are going through their daily work and completing the project within the committed time as per the schedule.

The most beneficial part of the product in terms of tracking project progress stems from the fact that it provides users the ability to easily track each and every activity concerning the project.

Speaking about the impact of resource management features in project planning, I would say that in the beginning of the project itself, my company had allocated the resources and had set the goals along with the timeline. With the tool, it is easy to monitor the daily activities of the project.

Speaking about how the reporting functionality in the product helped me with the decision-making part, I see that the product allowed me to collaborate with Microsoft Teams.

I recommend the product to others who plan to use it since it allows its users to easily handle projects, allocate resources, fix the timeline, and track and monitor the progress of the projects. It also helps its users to assign tasks to others.

I have not faced any challenges with the product's scalability and integration capabilities.

I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

We are doing e-commerce implementations and we organize the projects and Gantt charts for this task.

It's great for project planning and monitoring.

It's very easy to use. It's plug-and-play. 

The solution is stable.

It can scale well.

The UI is great. If you work with Microsoft, it's very easy to work with this.

It can be hard to create things manually, however, once we have it up and running it's very easy.

We'd like to have more resource allocation and monitoring features. This should be part of MS Project. 

We've been using the solution for almost a year. 

The stability is good. I'd rate it 8.5 to nine out of ten. It is reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. 

The solution is scalable. We just give the order to the reseller and they activate more licenses.

We have 60 to 70 users. We do have plans to increase to 200 licenses. 

We have a reseller partner that offers technical support for any tickets logged. 

The setup is based on the business requirements. It's not too difficult. 

The deployment takes four to six weeks.

We activated the license and then, to use MS Project, we have to create a whole project plan, and that requires manual data entry. Then, once we have that, everything moves quickly.

We do not need any technical people to maintain the product. It's very user-friendly and maintenance is very minimal. 

This is a cost-0effective project planner. I'm getting a product at $100 as opposed to Oracle, which would cost me thousands of dollars. I'd rate it nine out of ten. 

We pay annually. You can also pay monthly if you would like.

There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. You would have to pay if you were using other Microsoft products, like Microsoft Teams. 

We did evaluate OIracle and found the price to be too high. The implementation timeline was also very long. 

We're using the cloud-based solution so were are always on the latest version. 

This is a Microsoft product and therefore it is very user-friendly. We use a lot of Microsoft products and find it very simple to get used to the UI since we use so much Microsoft in general. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

We use Microsoft Project for creating the implementation projects for IT, such as anything from infrastructure through application deployments. In the current project, we are using it for the cybersecurity measures that we're implementing.

Microsoft Project has helped our organization by tracking the capabilities of when we can deliver a solution.

The most valuable features of Microsoft Project are you can create critical paths pretty easily, and you can import from an Excel spreadsheet to your task list as you create it during your working sessions with your team.

Microsoft Project could improve the interface, it should be more intuitive. It could be adjusted a little bit to make it a little easier to use and more user-friendly. It is a very powerful tool and it takes people a while to get used to it.

I have found that when you're saving your project plans to a SharePoint site it does not work well. I am not able to check it out and check it in as I would on the Microsoft Project's server. If you have multiple people trying to edit tasks in the project plan for the completion or status, it doesn't give you abilities to check the project in and out. It limits who makes changes to a project plan if multiple people are trying to do it at the same time. You can potentially overwrite someone else saved changes. There is not a lock on changes to the project plan. If I'm trying to change something, it's whoever saves first, then the changes go in. If you're working and extensively updating a lot of things in the project plan, then somebody else comes in and updates one line, they could potentially override everything that you've changed.

There are some accessibility issues that could be fixed. 

I have been using Microsoft Project for approximately 15 years.

Microsoft Project is scalable. I've used it in the server mode where I ran multiple projects under a program, which were very large project plans with up to 1,000 lines, and I didn't have any problems with performance or managing projects.

We have approximately 1,000 users using this solution in my organization. They are typically project managers. 

We are using Microsoft Project extensively on some projects. However, it depends on the type of project, it doesn't lend itself well to non Waterfall type activities.

I have not contacted the technical support.

Our IT department handles the deployment of the solution. I can tweak it on a per-project basis. However, the implementation or installation of the software is done quickly.

My organization is pushing to move to the Jira platform or to use Scrum instead of Waterfall.

I would recommend others to buy a Microsoft Project book that has tips, and a lot of them have templates for different types of projects.

I rate Microsoft Project a nine out of ten.

I primarily use Microsoft Project for IT infrastructure projects, focusing on the planning and execution of complex projects with many cross-dependencies.

The most valuable features of Microsoft Project include dependency mapping, completion ratios, and the ability to apply specific constraints or constraint types. This tool is the most accurate project management tool, allowing me to run a full set of project activities without having to switch between different tools for scheduling and other tasks.

Microsoft Project tends to become very unstable on large project plans with more than 400 lines. It would be beneficial if it could be made more stable for larger project plans.

I have been using Microsoft Project for twenty years.

Microsoft Project is generally stable for smaller to medium-sized projects, but it becomes quite unstable with larger projects over four hundred lines.

Microsoft Project is a point solution, and discussing scalability is not very applicable, similar to how one would describe the scalability of Word or Excel.

I have used Jira's project management module and played a bit with Workday before using Microsoft Project. These alternatives are not as powerful or project-driven.

The initial setup of Microsoft Project is very simple, comparable to installing Excel or Word.

Microsoft Project does help save time and money due to its completeness as a project management solution, allowing for accurate management and avoiding the need to use multiple tools.

Microsoft Project is very expensive, costing roughly double what it should. We purchase perpetual licenses due to the high cost of subscriptions, which are about 1,000 Australian dollars.

I evaluated Jira's project management module and Workday, however, found them lacking in complexity and power compared to Microsoft Project.

For complex projects, I recommend using Microsoft Project due to its superior scheduling and dependency mapping capabilities. For simpler projects, consider other options.

We use Microsoft Project to capture customer requests, explore details like function and performance, and consider operational and maintenance aspects. Then we mix this with the budget and the customer's mission.

Using Microsoft Project benefits our company by providing necessary insights such as SKU and manpower requirements, estimated project costs, and critical paths. It helps identify critical tools and events of communication, aiding in problem-solving and avoiding threats to project success.

Microsoft Project offers comprehensive project overviews and the ability to rate down what we have and what we need in terms of software.

I would like Microsoft Project to better align with our business needs, with improved consultant support for setup and integration features that show all relevant aspects at the top level.

I have been using Microsoft Project for ten years.

Microsoft Project has always been stable for us.

Microsoft Project is scalable enough for our needs.

I would rate the technical support as a seven out of ten.

Neutral

Setting up Microsoft Project in our company was relatively straightforward, taking a short amount of time.

We integrate Microsoft Project into our project management processes to handle both technical and business aspects.

Integrating Microsoft Project has been challenging, particularly regarding harmonization across departments. While integration is beneficial, achieving harmonization is essential for seamless collaboration.

Microsoft Project's reporting function helps decision-making by offering clear insights.

My advice is to use Microsoft Project along with other tools for capturing detailed requirements, not just focusing on function but also considering performance, operations, maintenance, and certification. This ensures project success and timely completion.

Overall, I would rate Microsoft Project as a six out of ten.

I'm using it to prepare a project schedule, budget the project, and handle resource allocation. I'm checking on if the resources or the tasks are completed and if they're on time and to see if I have any backlogs with tasks.

I'm using it just for my academics, and it does the job as far as I'm concerned for this use case. We are just using what is relevant to the course, and that's it.

The setup is straightforward.

Once you understand the solution a bit, it becomes easy to work with.

The solution is stable.

It can scale. 

It has a bit of a learning curve since there are a lot of features in it, and we haven't really gotten a chance to train through the whole product.

I've used the solution for just two months. 

It is quite stable. There's no huge amount of data that is being used on it and even the simplest of computers can use it. It doesn't consume much data. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. 

Scalability isn't a problem with Microsoft Project. It's just a scheduling tool and the only people who will be using this tool will be the managers, and there are not many managers. There's not much data processing on it.

You can share the dashboard too, so the number of users doesn't really matter. You create a project and you schedule it. You can share it with others and scalability is not an issue.

I've never dealt with technical support. My college provided me with the solution, and I haven't had to troubleshoot anything. 

The initial setup is straightforward. You download, install, and use the product, and you get set up your projects. That's it.

I'm using the solution for free via my college. I can't speak to the pricing or aspects of the licensing. 

I haven't used it extensively. If I had used it in the environment where I was working, and I was responsible for the task I was doing, I would've experimented more on it and figured out something. However, that's not the case.

We are aware of how to install certain processes exactly and how to use those processes in Microsoft Project. However, you'll have to spend at least a week or two days at minimum to see how everything works and what kind of allocation works best. There are a few things that you need to be specific about. With Microsoft Project, it becomes easy to use when you know what you're doing.

Using the product will not be a big challenge if you are comfortable with project management. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten as it was easy to learn and a very useful tool in general. 

We use Microsoft Project for any project executions, like assigning the resource, listing out the task, and following up on the timeline. Microsoft Project is used to track the project delivery and the project management.

It would be better if the solution is integrated with other communication platforms like Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Project has a separate license from Microsoft 365 and has not collaborated with Microsoft Teams.

I have been using Microsoft Project for five to six years.

Microsoft Project is a stable solution.

Around 30 users are using the solution in our organization.

The solution’s initial setup is straightforward.

We implemented the solution through an in-house team in one month.

We have seen a return on investment with Microsoft Project because it allows us to track and execute the project successfully without much delay. Since projects are executed on time, it's always beneficial to our business.

The solution has a decent annual license subscription cost, which is not high.

I would recommend Microsoft Project to other users. As an end user, Microsoft Project provides many features like tracking the team task, checking whether the task has been completed on time or there is any delay, tracking each task, and resource allocation.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Project an eight out of ten.