Microsoft Project Benefits

TN
Sr Project Manager at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft Project has helped our organization by tracking the capabilities of when we can deliver a solution.

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PG
Sr. Project Manager at Stradley Ronon

Microsoft Project has helped improve my organization by providing transparency. Everyone can see what they're assigned and other information.

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JE
Solutions Manager, Support Analyst at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft Project provides a starter tool that project managers can learn before moving on to solutions that are more convenient or widely used in the company. The interface is intuitive, so anyone can jump in and start planning. 

It's also a tool that is common among many companies, so if I take a new job at another firm, there's a good chance they will be using Microsoft Project, too. When we hire a new person, they can usually start working right away without any training. We only need to teach them how to apply that knowledge to the other tools we use.

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Microsoft Project
March 2024
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Hector-Gonzalez - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Global PMO Manager, Project & Portfolio Management Office Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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Ugochukwu Ndukuba - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at 9mobile

The solution has allowed us to monitor our projects in real time because it is tracked based on what has been prepared and executed.

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RB
Strategic Consultant at a government with 10,001+ employees

The solution helps us stay on track with our project and insures we meet our deliverables and requirements.

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PG
Sr. Project Manager at Stradley Ronon

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.

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MB
Principal Consultant at Lexington Consulting

We can input information, and we can then share it with the project team and stakeholders. That helps a little bit, but again, if somebody changes their mind, it could change how we manage the project. There are some new features in MS Project 2019. However, more features aren't necessarily useful because now you must train people to use them. They may say, "Why do I need this new feature?" Newer versions of MS Project display a warning when a task runs behind schedule. However, it is necessary to input a date change for that warning manually, and administrative action takes precious time.

It's possible to have inputs from other programs, such as Outlook, but we don't use Outlook for anything other than email, even though it could do other things. Time is a critical resource. We don't have time to learn about these features and use them productively, making them of no value to us.

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KW
Operation Project Manager at a retailer with 51-200 employees

It did keep everybody organized. Everything was outlined, and everyone knew the expectations. It was a good check and balance for everyone to make sure that we weren't missing anything. When the project ends and you do the takeaway, it is like, "Okay. Next time, we got to make sure that we add XYZ to the plan for the scope of the plan." We make sure it is a good takeaway lesson in terms of what we missed.

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PV
Delivery Manager of EPM

We have implemented four domains like telecom, construction, banking, insurance, health sector and pharmaceuticals. We have worked, to some extent, in each of these domains. Of course the customization, configuration and implementation varies from user to user requirements as to how they want to, and to what extent they want to do it. For example, currently I'm working for a manufacturing domain. They wanted to implement this particular thing because they want me to monitor their projects, which is running into multiple verticals within the organization and we're unable to gauge as to exactly where we are with the project status, and how we are aligned with the resourcing and the costing part.

They have their own set of workflows and processes. We help them create that within the Project Online environment, configure their process, their workflows, their information, and all the project related documentation. It's based on the SharePoint environment.  Everything that you can do within the SharePoint environment is available here as well. So content management can be configured, as per the needs and configurations and workflows.

Of course, the reporting part is a key essential for any organization. You can build your dashboards, your reports, you have a support of actual reports. You have support for PowerPoint reports, power builder. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but all of this is supported by the environment. So you can have all the dynamic reporting and dashboards as per your requirements.

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RS
IT Consultant with 1,001-5,000 employees

Microsoft Project is used as the basis for all the tracking and monitoring that we do for the projects. Everything from staffing resource plan to estimates for work completion and estimates for the project completion. It's all integrated in that way. We also have developed a capability to have interlock tasks that work across schedules. We can look at one schedule and determine whether or not we're being impacted by another project. From those standpoints, integration coordination is key.

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FD
Utilities Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

I don't know how it directly benefits our business per se because it helps our clients.

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JB
Sr. Enterprise & Project Portfolio Manager/Consultant, Master Scheduler, Enterprise Architect at Jeffrey A. Bloom

With well-constructed templates that include milestones that allow upper management to effectively measure progress, the dependencies between project and external activities that often diminish project success can be mitigated.

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MA
Sr. Account Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It helps us track ongoing projects in our organization. 

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DN
Project Leader at Plataforma de Comunicaciones Platcomm - Cibersys
  • Lifting of work plans
  • Assignment and effective control of the resources of the organization
  • The establishment of baselines allows the project leader to take corrective actions in case of deviations.
  • It ensures quality and efficiency in each activity.
  • Control of project costs.
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JD
Professor, Info Technology at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Students have benefited from learning the de-facto standard for managing projects used by all the major companies worldwide.

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MM
Project Planning & Controls Specialist at a consultancy

It is a user-friendly solution that we can easily understand. We can analyze a critical task, create a mitigation plan, add different calendars, control entire projects, scheduling and the like.

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MN
Business Director at CWG Plc

This solution has improved our planning, scheduling, resource optimization, and financial reporting.

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YT
MD at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It's very difficult to measure that aspect since we have not used a full-cycle. We are using it partially only, so it's very difficult to measure in that manner.

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Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Project
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Project. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.