Microsoft Project Reviews

I use the solution for scheduling and planning.

The solution helps us stay on track with our project and insures we meet our deliverables and requirements.

The reporting and national resource capacity planning are the most valuable features.

The collaboration has room for improvement.

I would like to request the addition of risk management and financial management to the solution.

The cost has room for improvement.

The initial setup has room for improvement.

I have been using the solution for ten years.

I give the scalability an eight.

The initial setup is complex.

The solution is expensive.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

I recommend the solution.

I primarily use the solution for project planning. 

The product is very easy to use. It makes it easy to present projects as well. 

It's an easy solution to set up.

The solution can scale.

It is stable.

We'd like the solution to have better integration with other third-party and open-source solutions. We have trouble importing and exporting to other tools. 

I've been using the solution for two to five years. 

It's a stable solution. It's reliable. We haven't had any problems with it. There are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze.

The solution scales well. It is very easy to extend it. 

We have about five to ten users on the solution. At this point, we do not have plans to increase usage. We might in the future. 

I have not used technical support. I've never needed assistance. 

I have used a different solution previously.

The initial setup is very simple and straightforward. 

It is quick to set up. It took about an hour to deploy.

We have five people that are able to handle deployment and maintenance tasks. Typically, we have two or three available. 

We handled the deployment in-house. We did not need any outside assistance. 

We pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution. I'm not sure of the exact cost of the product.

I am not sure if we are using the latest version of the solution. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. 

I would rate it eight out of ten. 

I am a project manager, so my primary use cases for Microsoft Project are the creation of a work breakdown structure – the time and schedule of the project – and following up on it. I also create reports. We're not using the enterprise solution and are not connected to a PMO. 

The features I find the most valuable are scheduling and reporting. I mostly do short projects that last three to six months. These are simple projects with a limited team of three to five members. We do not even do updates through the application. We do updates through meetings. 

The tool currently has a limited number of tutorials now. Those could improve, which would be helpful. 

They could also work on integrations with solutions like Teams. We have all of our project files in Teams and it is much easier to use for communication than MS Project, but there is no integration of the two solutions. 

I have been using Microsoft Project for about three years.

I would rate the stability of this solution a nine, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

My impression is that scalability is quite good for more complex projects.

We are in a good partnership with their support team. We have an account manager and we have a support team. They're very supportive.

Positive

I tried to use Primavera, but I didn't find it as easy to operate in as MS Project. However, that was an older version. I don't know if they have updated or simplified the application.

I would rate the initial setup of this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. It's not very complicated. Even if you download and use the application for the first time, you can easily find your way.

Overall, I would rate this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

We use Microsoft Project in a fairly run-of-the-mill way. Our primary use case for this solution is project management.  

What I find the most valuable about Microsoft Project is the fact that nearly everyone is familiar with it and understands how to use it. This enables us to use the tool with different customers or partners.

I would like to see more integrations with another software tool. The market is more collaborative now, so it is always good to be able to share information between different tools. If a client does not have Microsoft Project, they probably have another one that the solution should have an integration with. 

I have you been working with Microsoft Project for at least 25 years now.

Microsoft Project is really stable. It has been stable for us for years. 

I think Microsoft Project is a scalable solution. 

We have not had any problems with Microsoft's technical support. We are happy with the support. 

We are paying for a yearly license. On a scale of one to 10, with one being cheap and 10 being expensive, I would rate Microsoft Project a nine. 

Microsoft Project is a good tool. It is very easy to integrate and set up.

We use it for the Gantt functionality. We can do project schedules and use the WBS piece to break down the work. We are able to generate reports for leadership to show project schedules, milestone schedules, etc.

It is installed on the desktop. It is not connected to the project server or anything like that. 

Being able to get a milestone schedule or a breakdown out of it is valuable. It can integrate into Visio, which is helpful.

Its user interface could be a little bit more intuitive. Not everybody has the luxury of going to training and understanding which button does what and the functionality. The user interface should be improved to make it a little bit more intuitive. It is not user-friendly. I've dealt with it for a number of years, so it is not hard for me to figure it out, but you would need a quick reference guide or something to say, "Here are the basics. This is how you do X."

I have been using this solution for about five or six years.

It is stable.

I haven't contacted them.

It takes a while to build, but it will probably depend on the project size and all the dependencies. So, it isn't exactly straightforward, but it also depends on the size of the project or the scope of the project.

It is pretty straightforward. There isn't anything heavy about it.

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

The primary use case of this solution is to help plan the work and implementation plans for our projects.

I find all the features of the solution valuable.

The solution is currently a bit slow and can be faster.

I have been using the solution for one year.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

Before switching to this solution I used online tools to help with our project implementations and monitoring tasks.

I believe the licensing for the solution is based on an annual fee.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

We have over ten people in our IT project department that currently use this solution.

I recommend the solution to everyone.

We primarily use the solution for project management. For example, IT implementation projects. 

The Gantt chart view is great. It shows all activities, and the planning of durations is very easy. We can see our suppliers and everything. 

The solution is stable.

It's scalable.

It doesn't really work too well on a Mac.

The initial setup was a bit complex. I find the setup a little bit cumbersome. Sometimes there are certain rules that automatically update something else, and it's not always visible. When that happens, you are left with a surprise.

I've used the solution for six years. 

The solution seems to be stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

With some assistance, it is possible to scale the product.

We have around 1,000 people using it in our company.

I have not used technical support and therefore cannot speak to how helpful or responsive they would be if you needed help.

I have used other products in the past.

The initial setup was a bit complex. It wasn't overly simple. 

The licensing is handled centrally within the company. I don't have any visibility on the pricing aspect. I can't say how much it costs our organization precisely.

I have evaluated other products. 

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. I don't know the version number off-hand. 

I'd recommend the solution. I find it to be quite useful, especially for waterfall-type projects.

I would rate it seven out of ten.

The most useful feature is to link sub-tasks to the main group.

The setup is pretty simple. 

It is stable, and the performance is good.

It can scale well. 

What could have been better is the integration with Office 365 so that if you're discussing a project on Teams or there's an email related to the project, it can be tagged to the project in Microsoft Project. That functionality is currently not there.

The solution is pretty expensive. However, you pay for what you get, and it is worth the cost.

I've been working with the solution for more than ten years now. 

It is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. The performance is good. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution is absolutely scalable. It's not a problem to expand the product. 

We are a small consulting firm. We have only four users at the moment.

I've had no issues with the level of service provided by support. They are helpful and responsive. We always get an immediate response. 

Positive

We have worked with Jira.

We always knew that Microsoft Project is the most comprehensive option. Although our clients are using multiple different platforms, we tend to integrate all those outputs into our Microsoft Project installation.

The product has a simple, straightforward implementation process. It's not overly complex. 

The pricing is pretty high. I'd rate it two out of five in terms of affordability. 

We are customers and end-users. 

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. 

I would recommend it for companies that have a large number of projects and diversified teams. When I say diversified teams, I mean geographically spread and working on multiple projects. Those are the kind of people who could make use of Microsoft Project very well.