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Microsoft Project

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /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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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

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
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.

+90 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?

2% Negative

8% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Planning and Scheduling

Collaboration

Resource Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Document Management

Workflow Management

Hierarchical Task Management

Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

Budget Management

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Olivia C.

Role: Operations
Industry: Energy
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Nov 2022

Why you should use Microsoft Project

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It has the ability to filter complete and incomplete tasks. This makes Microsoft Project the best project manager as compared to other similar software.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I can change the background, color, font styles making my work easy and appealing. It's also easy to add recurring tasks. Microsoft Project automatically recalculates the downstream texts whenever I change the task dates.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Microsoft Project has a complicated user management making it time consuming. In addition, project deployment may require plenty of additional configuration.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I found Microsoft Project great for both large and small projects and even daily task management. It allows you to allocate proper time to projects making it easy for planning.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features

Jade R.

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

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Submitted Nov 2022

Stay on track while managing projects.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It is simple to use and very flexible. In addition, they strive to offer the best to their users by continuously enhancing it with more relevant features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love that I can easily schedule and plan our projects based on the number of team members available, effort needed and the duration of the project. In addition, it automates workflow helping me to save on time.

What do you dislike most about this product?

When sending files to clients they need to have a compatible format to access them. A part from that it is very efficient.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

They should give it a try. As a market manager, it has helped me to assign resources to tasks, manage budgets, develop schedules and analyze workloads. This ensures that I stay on track while achieving company goals.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Barret C.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

The best program to supervise massive projects

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Microsoft Project not only aids in the planning and management of my projects, but it also lets me monitor their development and finances. We use Microsoft Project for all of our project management, Project Online for all of our time tracking and billing, and Power BI for all of our financial reconciliation.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

For a long time, Microsoft Project has enjoyed widespread international adoption. Most people will be familiar with this program because it is the standard in the industry for managing projects. It comes packed with options, documentation, and free online education. Numerous users enjoy conversing with one another and sharing their insights and knowledge. Whether you're working on a research project at a university or a massive enterprise, it offers the tools you need to get the job done.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not much can be said negatively about Microsoft Project. The program performs exactly what I need it to, and it's also quite simple to use; if anything, more personalization options would be welcome.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft Project is useful for large or medium-sized projects of any complexity level that adhere to established PM standards. Tools like Microsoft Planner and Workfront are ideal for managing temporary, small-scale projects with one or two people.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Reliable

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Microsoft Project Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 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

Planning and Scheduling Includes milestones, tasks and resource assignments (can also include WBS and CPM).

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Resource Management Includes resource allocation, expense tracking, and resource planning.

Dependency and Milestone Tracking Ability to define project development stages and task dependencies while setting milestones to mark specific points in a project

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Hierarchical Task Management Ability to create both templates and unique projects and support tasks that can be divided into sub-tasks and delegated

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

Time & Expense Tracking Ability to track time for planning and estimating

Budget Management Includes financial planning, cost management, and payroll budgeting.

Mobile Access The solution can be easily accessed by employees through a dedicated native application or HTML5 access.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Olivia C.

Why you should use Microsoft Project

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jade R.

Stay on track while managing projects.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Barret C.

The best program to supervise massive projects

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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