Microsoft Project Reviews

We primarily use the solution for portfolio management, project management, and program management. It is also used for reporting to leadership on a portfolio level.

It gives the enterprise and leadership the visibility of what's going on with their enterprise. It provides visibility to all the projects that are going on within the company.

The integration between SharePoint and Power BI has been great.

The stability is good.

You can scale the solution as needed. 

We need more integration with Microsoft Teams and other collaboration tools.

The product could be more user-friendly in some areas. 

I've used the solution for a while. I've used it over the last 12 months at least. 

The stability is pretty good. It's easy to use and reliable. 

The solution can scale. It can scale for a company that's dealing with a medium-size company dealing with 10 to 20 projects, all the way to the large companies dealing with hundreds of projects it's very scalable.

We've got the technology department using the product. We also have businesses using it as well. We have a total of 100 plus people that are using it today in our company.

The solution is being used extensively. We do have plans on working with a third party to potentially make the solution even more user-friendly.

I haven't used their technical support, however, I've partnered up with Microsoft Partners to come up with potential future solutions.

Before Microsoft Project Online, we just used Microsoft Project Desktop and we utilized Microsoft SharePoint to create lists in order to create portfolio trackers and project trackers that way. We needed a more robust solution that can track risk management, budgetary prioritization, et cetera. Microsoft Project does that for us.

The setup can be both complex and easy. I'd rate it 3.5 out of five, with five being an easy setup.

Deployment involves usually implementing the new tools and then adopting and having people use it. Implementation took about three months and then the adoption took another six to eight to nine months of training and making sure people use the tool.

We have admins and that's one or two folks that can handle any maintenance requirements. It's not a high-maintenance product.

We had a consultant assist us with the implementation.

We've seen an ROI from the aspect of efficiencies and having information in one central location. We've cut time in reporting. We've cut time in the administration portion as well, of setting up projects so there's been efficiency. We hope the ROI might expand as we use it more.

I'm not aware of what the licensing costs are. There might be extra costs associated with maintenance. 

While it is my understanding that we did look at other solutions, I was not part of that tendering process. I don't know which ones were vetted.

We're a customer and end-user.

I'd advise potential new users to make sure they select a tool that will be useful to the end-user. This tool is really catered to project managers, while the majority of the folks who are executing projects are not what I call professional project managers.

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.

We use Microsoft Project for its timeline and task management capabilities. The primary advantage is the easy application of tasks in sequence, confirming dependencies, and establishing relationships between tasks. It simplifies handling conditions, significant dates, and dependencies between various tasks.

The tool's most valuable feature is scheduling. 

Microsoft Project's reporting is very complex and not user-friendly. 

I have been working with the product for ten years. 

I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten. 

The tool's deployment is very straightforward. 

I rate Microsoft Project's pricing a five out of ten. 

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We use Microsoft Project for application lifecycle management (ALM), use case definition, follow-up, and project management activity.

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Project is status reporting. Microsoft Project is easy to use and has a user-friendly UI.

Microsoft Project should include more visualization, queries to filter out data, and more reporting structures.

I have been using Microsoft Project for two years.

Microsoft Project is a stable solution.

I rate Microsoft Project a nine out of ten for stability.

Microsoft Project is a scalable solution. Around 50 to 60 users use the solution extensively in our organization.

We implemented the solution through an in-house team.

Microsoft Project is an expensive solution.

Microsoft Project is deployed on the cloud in our organization. I would recommend Microsoft Project to other users.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Project a nine out of ten.

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.