Microsoft Project Reviews

We primarily use the solution to enter our status and our time. For each task that we're doing, we have to enter a monthly status. It's for project management.

Overall, the solution has been so much better than the previous project management tool we had been using.

It's very easy to select the projects. It's so easy to save the project, task, and hours that I want. You don't have to think about it. 

The user interface is so clean. The previous EPM product was so hard to understand in terms of the user interface.

Once we commit our status, changing it is hard. Sometimes, I may make a mistake about a holiday or something. I may not remember that there was a particular day that was a holiday and I may enter time on that day as if I worked. Sometimes I want to fix it. It would be ideal if the holidays were pre-installed so that we wouldn't make that mistake, that would be ideal. It should allow us to set it so that we cant enter time on holidays. 

I have only explored maybe 5% of Microsoft Project as we're only using it to log things. I haven't seen a lack of features.

I've been using the solution for about one year at this point.

I haven't had any issues with stability. There aren't bugs or glitches, at least, none that I have witnessed. It doesn't crash or freeze. Overall, it's quite good.

Every employee has to use this solution, and we are a sizable organization. Likely, we have thousands of users on this product.

The solution is on the cloud, and therefore it can scale so well. We have our own internal cloud, and Microsoft has a cloud as well. If a company wants to expand it, it should be able to do so with relative ease.

I can't speak to the quality of Microsoft's technical support. I've never contacted them, so I can't say how knowledgeable or responsive they are. We have our own internal support. We are a very big organization, so we have an internal support team that assists us if we need help. They may reach out to Microsoft directly, however, I have no knowledge of their interactions.

We did previously use a different project management solution. I've only seen the user interface. It's my understanding that it is called EPM, or something to that effect. I like Microsoft's solution much more. It's a better product.

I only use the solution. I did not have to set it up. I can't speak to how easy or difficult it is to do this as I am just an end-user in the company.

I'm an end-user and customer. My organization is a large company and we're a big customer of Microsoft.

I don't know which version of the solution I'm currently using.

My life has improved so much with Microsoft Project. It works extraordinarily well.

Overall, I would rate it at a nine out of ten.

Microsoft Project helps to manage our projects.

We can't say that there has been an improvement. We are trying to get to that point, but we are only into it with the new version for a month.

It comes with our Office 365. 

We started using it and we stopped using LiquidPlanner. 

I am most comfortable using Microsoft Project just because I have used it for so long, but we are still trying to figure out the new version at the moment.

The new version has made it a bit more complicated. We are trying to synchronize Project Online and Planner.

In Team Planner, there is supposed to be a way that you can sync your tasks in the Project Plan with Planner so that the project team doesn't necessarily need to use Microsoft Project. They can see what tasks are assigned to them, do them and update the status.

But, we haven't been able to figure that out yet.

They can make it easier to streamline the product. 

When using Microsoft Project, the desktop and Planner don't seem to talk to each other as seamlessly as I would hope. It is possible that it is a user error and we have not configured it correctly. My IT team is new to it as well.

I have had approximately 20 years of experience with Microsoft Project.

I just started using the latest version a little over a month ago.

I have the desktop app and on the cloud.

At the moment we have an issue with synchronization with the planner. We are trying to get it to work by watching YouTube videos and the IT director has been working with the vendor to see how to get the functionality to work.

It's unknown if we need a plug-in or not. It is difficult to decipher whether or not it's us or them because we are so green with the product.

From what I can tell, there is a lot that you can do with it. Power BI, reporting, SharePoint, and Teams are all supposed to connect in some way, but, it's not as intuitive as I thought it would have been.

There isn't a lot that is available that tells you how to do this. You have to figure it out which is what we are trying to do. I wish that it was a bit more straightforward.

Currently, there are two of us who use Microsoft Project because we are trying to get it configured in a way that makes sense for our organization before we can bring in the rest of the team that may need to use it.

We have not used technical support.

Previously, we were using LiquidPlanner.

LiquidPlanner is a tool that you would use in an ideal situation for project management, which almost never happens. I can't get my organization to punch a time clock, and that is what LiquidPlanner is.

The initial setup is a bit more complex than I would have hoped for or that I am used to. Again, it is possible that it's a lack of know-how and education with this product.

It gets expensive when having to add all of the plugins and everything that you need.

I would suggest using an expert. Get an implementation vendor to set it up for you.

This solution probably does everything that I need it to do, but I just don't know how to do it yet.

I like Microsoft Project and it does everything that I need it to do, but it doesn't do everything. That's Microsoft; they always get you to about 80% there, and then you need some type of plugin or API. It never quite does everything.

I would rate Microsoft Project an eight out of ten.

I use Microsoft Project to manage project timelines.

Microsoft Project should provide better documentation regarding the usage of the solution.

I have been using Microsoft Project for the past five years.

Microsoft Project is a pretty stable solution.

I rate Microsoft Project an eight out of ten for stability.

It depends on your system's RAM, but Microsoft Project is scalable. Three users use the solution in our organization.

I rate Microsoft Project an eight out of ten for scalability.

I previously used the solution called Trello.

Microsoft Project's initial setup is straightforward.

Microsoft Project was deployed by the IT team and my office administrator within thirty minutes. You can just install the solution and start using it.

The ROI with Microsoft Project is good as there's a real need for the solution.

We have to pay for a yearly license for Microsoft Project.

I would recommend Microsoft Project to other users and ask them to get trained to use the solution.

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

Our primary use case  is for project activities, planning, work breakdown structures, financial and activity-based planning.

I have found that the chart reporting feature is very helpful for us currently.

Time-based planning becomes very difficult because the big projects every task is related to each other, if you change some processes a little bit, every detail is changing.  I would like to see both Time and Team based options improved. Some financial improvements would be great.

I have been using Microsoft Project for the past ten years.

Microsoft Project is stable.

Microsoft Project is scalable.

The deployment is very easy. Follow the instructions, and you can easily install the application.

One is stand-alone deployment. It is very easy. You only purchase the product and install it on your own computer. The other one requires a more sophisticated process because that is called project server and the endpoint is similar, but the deployment part is very different because the project management server requires some more proficiency in the installation and setup.

The cost for an on-premisis-based license is a one-time fee, and the cloud-based is an annual payment plan.

I would rate Microsoft Project an eight out of ten.

I primarily use the solution on my desktop for my personal needs.

It is very easy to deploy. 

The solution is stable. 

Microsoft offers good support.

I'd like the solution to be less expensive. 

It's a Microsoft product and therefore it is stable. The performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze. 

I cannot say that it's scalable. It's on MS sources, so it's on the desktop. We don't really scale the product.

I haven't really relied too much on technical support, however, they are good.

Positive

I did not previously use a different solution.

The solution is very straightforward and simple. It's not as complex. You can connect the license in less than 30 minutes on a desktop.

I handled the initial setup by myself. I did not need the help of outside resources such as consultants or integrators. 

The licensing costs vary. It's largely very expensive. 

I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. 

I would rate the solution nine out of ten.

I mainly use MS Project for project planning, scheduling, and tracking.

A lot of valuable features have been added in the last three years, including scheduling automation and intelligence.

In the next release, Microsoft should include cross-project integration.

I've been using Microsoft Project for seven years.

MS Project is very stable.

This is a very scalable solution.

Microsoft's technical support is moderate.

Neutral

The setup was very straightforward and took about fifteen minutes. I'd rate the ease of setting up four out of five.

I implemented in-house.

Licensing costs vary depending on the user volume. The pricing is good, I'd rate it four out of five.

MS Project is good for anyone working on project planning and looking for a handy tool to manage everything. I'd give it a rating of eight out of ten.

I used it at another company. I'm not working for the same company at the moment. I was employed on a consultancy basis, and this product was used for IT project management.

It is a complete and all-rounded enterprise product. From a portfolio management perspective and an individual project management perspective, it is a corporate-wide project management product. It can be used for resource planning, financial planning, task planning, etc.

It is a traditional Waterfall-based solution, so it doesn't lend itself particularly well to Agile development. You can record Agile sprints within it, but it is not really an Agile-based product. It can store the basic information about budgets that an Agile set of work is looking to use, but that's about it.

I have been using it for 25 years.

Its stability, reliability, and performance are fine.

There are no problems with its scalability. 

We had about 150 users. It was being used on a daily and hourly basis. I was the program director, and all the project management teams were using it daily.

To my knowledge, I have not directly contacted them on this particular product. We had reached out to the original implementation consultants who were a Microsoft accredited organization but not for technical support. It was more for consultancy.

It was quite complicated. It needed consultants that were specialists in it to help with the implementation. Most of it was done before, but it wasn't widely used. So, we took that implementation and built on it.

In terms of maintenance, because it's a cloud-based solution, it's real-time.

It was a three-year license deal that was reconciled on a quarterly basis. It is a reasonably priced product, and I consider that we got good value for money.

I would recommend it to others, but it really depends on what they're looking to gain out of this. I would not recommend buying the portfolio management product if you do not have an established and reasonably mature portfolio management setup. If you don't have that, then you're paying for a product, but it will only get used as an individual standalone project management product, and you will not take advantage of the portfolio features. So, buying the portfolio management licenses doesn't make sense unless you've got an established or reasonably mature project office. There should be better alignment and integration with general portfolio management.

It is not a fully integrated Agile product set. It can be used to store basic information. If you've got a blend of Waterfall and Agile projects and you've got overall budgets, then you can record your Agile perspective within it, but you can't use it purely as an Agile product. For that, you'd probably use Azure DevOps or something like that.

It needs a degree of planning before it's implemented. I would recommend organizations to do that, rather than jumping in feet first.

I would rate it an eight out of 10.

We use it to manage our portfolio of projects. We use it to monitor, control, and update the status of each project, which includes our vendor projects and internal projects.

The ability to break down project phases is most valuable. Being able to align the tasks and reporting with project milestones and progress is also valuable.

Its price can be improved.

I have been using this solution for eight years.

It is stable and reliable.

It is medium in terms of scalability. We have approximately 50 people who use this solution.

Their technical support is great.

Its initial setup is simple.

It was implemented internally. In terms of deployment and maintenance, a single resource can handle its maintenance, main configuration, and setup.

Its price could be reduced a little.

I would advise others to concentrate on the culture and skillset of their team before implementing a project management tool. 

I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate Microsoft Project an eight out of 10.