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Microsoft Project Server pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

Microsoft Project Server offers seamless integration with SharePoint, providing a centralized platform for all project records and enabling effective collaboration.
Its scalability allows easy management of larger scale projects, making it adaptable for growing organizational needs.
The powerful scheduling and customization capabilities are valuable for building detailed project plans and managing resources efficiently.
Dependency management in Microsoft Project visually maps dependencies, highlighting project impacts and aiding in strategic planning.
Integration with Power BI and SQL Server enables advanced data extraction and reporting, enhancing decision-making processes.

CONS

Permission management in Microsoft Project Server needs improvement.
Microsoft Project Server lacks effective collaboration features and support for agile methodologies.
The cost is considered high, and the pricing model is questioned.
Microsoft Project Server requires better integration with SharePoint and other tools, including synchronizing with Jira Projects.
There are scalability issues when more users log on, causing performance degradation.
 

Microsoft Project Server Pros review quotes

it_user309312 - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Project Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Sep 14, 2015
It provides us with complete visibility of resource allocation on a global team.
it_user374520 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analytics & Technologies Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Mar 17, 2016
It's certainly increased our productivity.
it_user438309 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Management Analyst at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Sep 1, 2016
Dashboarding of information has given the organization insight, so we can move to be more proactive versus reactive.
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it_user229761 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant | Architect at DHL
Jul 6, 2016
From my point of view, there are many features that are valuable for portfolio management, such as linking between company strategy and each project, resource management, overview of portfolio projects and their separate parameters for resources, budgeting and forecasting perspectives.
MW
Vice President at MVProject
Feb 7, 2017
Microsoft Project Professional is the best client application (and is also used in competitors’ solutions) because it has a good scheduling engine and nice reports in the latest version of the product.
it_user528354 - PeerSpot reviewer
PMO Professional at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 8, 2016
The centralization of all projects baselines in Project Server gave us control over the process.
it_user565827 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Consultant - Project Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 12, 2016
SharePoint site integration
it_user574122 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Technical Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 18, 2016
It has improved the structured PMO process and implementation in our organization.
JP
Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Jan 8, 2018
A single place for all our organisation's project records.
it_user846750 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hardware Development Manager with 51-200 employees
Apr 8, 2018
The key things are managing interactions, resource allocation, resource-leveling (enterprise) and as a collaborative tool, because we use it across multiple projects at a time.
 

Microsoft Project Server Cons review quotes

it_user309312 - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Project Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Sep 14, 2015
Make transitions easier to implement, e.g. if a new portfolio comes along, it should be easy to integrate to the existing portfolios.
it_user374520 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analytics & Technologies Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Mar 17, 2016
There are formatting issues that haven't been resolved. This needs improvement as it's annoying.
it_user438309 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Management Analyst at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Sep 1, 2016
Risk and issues are stored in the project SharePoint but there is no real auto communication of assignments; there is no mechanism for automatic escalation (much needed).
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it_user229761 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant | Architect at DHL
Jul 6, 2016
There is definitely room for improvement with the algorithms that are used for resource allocation.
MW
Vice President at MVProject
Feb 7, 2017
I only encountered stability issues with the 2010 version.
it_user528354 - PeerSpot reviewer
PMO Professional at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 8, 2016
I think that earned value calculation could be improved, and also the relationship between time and cost, that sometimes does not allow adjustments during execution.
it_user565827 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Consultant - Project Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 12, 2016
Permission management needs improvement.
it_user574122 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Technical Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 18, 2016
The stability and performance in enterprise-grade farm implementations needs to be improved.
JP
Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Jan 8, 2018
EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available.
it_user846750 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hardware Development Manager with 51-200 employees
Apr 8, 2018
I think they need more flexibility with licensing, because there are preconceived ideas that don't allow as much flexibility with the various licenses.