We primarily use the solution purely for project management.
Basically, we use it to do project plans or schedules for our smaller or medium-sized projects.
We primarily use the solution purely for project management.
Basically, we use it to do project plans or schedules for our smaller or medium-sized projects.
The solution's ease of use is its most valuable aspect.
The initial setup is straightforward.
The solution is very affordable.
For the way we use the solution, it's fine. I can't think of anything specifically that I'd like to have improved now.
It would be useful if the solution allowed us to share files or project schedules. You may get that with the cloud version. However, it's not available on the on-premises versions.
It would be nice if there was a low cost version of the enterprise version, so something in between what we have now and enterprise. It would be perfect for those that don't want to go enterprise but still want to have the sharing project files capabilities.
I've been using the solution for quite a number of years. It's been about ten years at this point, in my estimation.
I believe the scalability is limited. A company wouldn't be able to expand it easily. You need to go to the next version, which is enterprise or cloud-based.
At our organization, we have five to seven people using the solution. It's mostly to do project schedules, so they are all consultants.
It's not that widely used. We probably will not look at using the current version much wider than it is. We'll probably go with a cloud-based version or enterprise version the next time we need to upgrade.
The technical support is okay. We've been satisfied with their level of service.
We didn't previously use a different solution.
The initial setup is not complex. The implementation itself is straightforward.
For us, our setup isn't that fancy. It is just a single laptop deployment and we just deployed the solution to a couple of laptops. There was no complexity whatsoever. The enterprise version may be more complex to set up.
You only need one person to manage the deployment process. In order to maintain it, you would only need one person who wouldn't need to even be on it full time.
We handled the implementation ourselves. We didn't need a consultant or integrator to assist us.
We're Microsoft customers. We don't have a business relationship with the company.
The solution is only a single cost per seat. There isn't a monthly or yearly subscription. It's only a few hundred dollars. It's pretty inexpensive.
There aren't any costs in addition to the standard fees.
We're using the latest version of the solution.
It's such a good product for running the modules.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten due to the fact that it does have some limitations. Otherwise, it's perfect.
The project management, scheduling and resource management features are most valuable to us.
It has improved the structured PMO process and implementation in our organization.
The stability and performance in enterprise-grade farm implementations needs to be improved.
I have been using the current version for the last four months. The old versions I have used for around six years, i.e., 2010 and 2013.
There are issues with bugs and things break, when the scale is increased.
We encountered scalability issues, i.e., the features were breaking.
I would give the technical support a 8/10 rating.
Previously, we were using a different technology.
The setup process requires technical operations.
You should buy as much as is necessary.
We did not evaluate other options but we have used other similar tools.
Planning and expertise is required.
Microsoft Project Professional is the best client application (and is also used in competitors’ solutions) because it has:
It gives us a clear view for the whole portfolio of our projects.
I have used the Microsoft Project Server (and MS Project Central) platform for 10 years.
I only encountered stability issues with the 2010 version.
I only encountered scalability issues with the 2010 version.
The number of partners offering support is one of the highest for PPM solutions.
I did not previously use a different solution. I have always used Project Server.
Initial setup is not as easy as it looks on first impression.
This is probably the cheapest TCO enterprise PPM solution on market.
I advise not doing it by yourself; use an experienced Microsoft PPM Partner.
There are a few valuable features for us, including the dashboards, the reports it can generate, the projects function, and the timeline feature.
It's certainly increased our productivity. It also helps each of our business groups with maintaining transparency and to keep track of projects and tasks. We're able to share information with each other as well.
There are formatting issues that haven't been resolved. This needs improvement as it's annoying.
We haven't had any issues with deployment.
We haven't had issues with stability.
We haven't had issues with scalability.
It provides us with complete visibility of resource allocation on a global team.
It forced the organization to implement standard project management practices.
Make transitions easier to implement, e.g. if a new portfolio comes along, it should be easy to integrate to the existing portfolios.
I've used it for less than one year.
No issues encountered.
No issues encountered.
No issues encountered.
It's good.
Technical Support:It's good.
No previous solution was used.
We used a vendor team.
We've not measured it.
We also looked at SAP PPM.
Plan, plan, plan. Make sure you understand your organizational needs and you know the process forward and backwards. The software is just a tool, if you do not understand what you're fixing, there is no way the software will help.
I am curious as to what formatting issues you refer to. I am assuming they are in some sort of report writer (SSRS?) and not Project Server itself.