Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Project

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

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What is Microsoft Project?

Stay organized, focused, and in charge. Tackle anything from small projects to large initiatives. You may or may not be a project manager, but now you can be the boss of any project with a powerful, easy-to-use app.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Project won the following awards in the Task Management category

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3 Top Rated Features

2023

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Project Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

3
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Project?

4% Negative

9% Neutral

87% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Trustworthy
Transparent

Feature Ratings

Average 84

List Tasks

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Task Assignment

Due Dates

Task Status

Task Prioritization

Task Categorization

Dependencies

Calendar View

Shared Task List

Add Notes

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Microsoft Project Reviews

★ Nicholas P.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Government
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2023

for pm it provides a good wbs and dependencies

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

its good for planning and maintaining it will provide insights to schedule overrun. costing is lacking and plan vs reality is limited. track resources and costs outside of MS Project.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

detailed WBS, dependencies, schedule vs plan.

What do you dislike most about this product?

limited costing, limited scenario planning, no real time tracking.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

reduce tasks to no more than 8 hours so you can track vs plan and ETC. review the plan often and use it in progress meeting / scums , communicate any plan overruns to management as usually its just the tip of the iceburg

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Vendor's Interest First
Less Generous

Mitchel C.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Mar 2023

comes with the Microsoft Suite, but look elsewhere

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Seems like a glorified excel to create Gantt charts

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Familiar microsoft feel

What do you dislike most about this product?

It seems more like excel than its own stand-alone product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Check out competitors as well, you may like this if you have created project plans in excel.

Pros

Fair
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Saves Time

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Under Delivered

Lokesh D.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Managing Projects Made Easy with Microsoft Project

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Other project management applications exist, such as Trello and Asana, but they don't compare to Microsoft Project in terms of depth and usefulness. It's recommended that you use them for less ambitious projects or teams who have limited means.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Thanks to Microsoft Project, I am able to organise my work more efficiently and meet all of my deadlines. Its capacity to monitor activities, organise resources, and generate Gantt charts has been crucial to the accomplishment of many projects. It's great that it works well with the rest of Microsoft Office, which streamlines my team's and stakeholders' ability to share and edit documents.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Microsoft Project does have certain drawbacks, though. The software has a lot of options, and it may take some time to become used to using them all. For startups and sole proprietors, the software's price tag may be prohibitive.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you need a powerful and versatile solution for managing projects, go no further than Microsoft Project. While mastering all of its capabilities may take some time, the benefits are undeniably worth the effort. Microsoft also provides an abundance of online groups and tools to aid in the software's adoption and use.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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Microsoft Project Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

3 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Project?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

List Tasks Display outstanding tasks

Drag and Drop Prioritization Ability to re-order tasks using drag and drop

Task Assignment Ability to see task assignee

Due Dates Ability to track due dates of tasks

Task Status Ability to display current status of tasks

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Task Categorization Ability to categorize tasks

Dependencies Ability to add dependencies to other tasks

Calendar View See tasks by due date in calendar view or Gantt view

Shared Task List Ability to share a list with a team and have multiple team members edit the task list

Add Notes Ability to add free form notes to tasks

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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Microsoft Project Reviews

★ Nicholas P.

for pm it provides a good wbs and dependencies

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Mitchel C.

comes with the Microsoft Suite, but look elsewhere

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Lokesh D.

Managing Projects Made Easy with Microsoft Project

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

List Tasks

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Task Assignment

Due Dates

Task Status

Task Prioritization

Task Categorization

Dependencies

Calendar View

Shared Task List

Add Notes

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement