Microsoft Project Primary Use Case

Md.  Kamruzzaman - PeerSpot reviewer
It Officer at Ziska

Our company uses the solution for a project at our on-premises data center. We have one data room database and one mobile active account. 

We have 100 users in our head office who use Microsoft in our database and desktop application. A total of 5,000 employees use their mobile phones while working in the field. 

We will soon launch another project in the cloud. 

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WN
Sr Consultant at Norconsult Telematics

Our company uses the solution to get realistic estimations to properly distribute resources. We have a huge portfolio and use the online premium version. One current project is with a client who has 150 users. 

The solution estimates workflow for concurrent activities, links dependencies, and automatically modifies plans based on date updates. The plan is assessed based on different criteria such as the schedule or budget. 

Built-in dashboards provide an overview of our portfolio, programs, and projects. There is a general work view and an overall progress view that combines all projects. 

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Stanislav Zhilenko - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Resources Project Manager at Kaspi Bank

Our company uses Microsoft Project for planning processes in big projects like building offices or developing software products.

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SunilAgarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice President and Global Head of Research and Development at Bqube Global

We are doing e-commerce implementations and we organize the projects and Gantt charts for this task.

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Blake Clifford - PeerSpot reviewer
Adjunct Professor & Project Manager at USCCG

We're using Microsoft Project on multiple tiers to perform inventory optimization, production planning, and purchasing.st built the project a week ago using Microsoft Project from start to finish. We built in all the functionality we have to cover. All the updates, action items, etc., are in there.

In my previous position with a leading 3PL, the provider of our warehouse management system, Blue Yonder, used Project. Nevertheless, it was seamless to integrate a Project file because Smartsheet offers the ability to upload MPP files. But at the same time, we would make changes and adjustments with Project. I'm currently using Microsoft Project for all my projects. 

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PB
IT consultant at Secoptrial

Microsoft Project can be used for a variety of purposes, one of which is creating a Gantt diagram. This feature is particularly useful for projects that require establishing a timeline and determining the duration of each task. Additionally, Microsoft Project can be integrated with cloud solutions, such as Teams and Insight, making it a valuable tool for collaborative projects. By integrating with Teams, you can share tasks with team members and collaborate more efficiently. Integrating with Insight allows you to gather data and insights about your project, enabling you to make informed decisions and improve your project management process.

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Eduardo Marquis - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Analyst at a government with 51-200 employees

We used Microsoft Project to manage the migration from Azure to AWS.

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

We use Microsoft Project for creating the implementation projects for IT, such as anything from infrastructure through application deployments. In the current project, we are using it for the cybersecurity measures that we're implementing.

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PS
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Our company uses the solution for project management. We monitor work progress or activities to ensure they are completed. We get a full view of start dates, end dates, and all dependencies required for actions. 

We store many things on Teams. We can make objections or put things in SharePoint. 

Nine team members in our department use the solution. Previously, we used only on-premises but now we are using both on-premises and the cloud service.

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MS
Information Technology Program Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

We use it for the Gantt functionality. We can do project schedules and use the WBS piece to break down the work. We are able to generate reports for leadership to show project schedules, milestone schedules, etc.

It is installed on the desktop. It is not connected to the project server or anything like that. 

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PG
Sr. Project Manager at Stradley Ronon

I am using the Microsoft Project App in Teams and I use it mostly for project scheduling. We don't use it for reports or anything else.

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

Microsoft Project is one of the main tools our teams abroad use for planning, and it's very flexible. Local teams use it to manage small projects locally. It's also a repository for storing financial information that we don't want to track down. 

Teams use Microsoft Project for tracking tasks, managing requests, assigning resources, and following up. Workers can submit work to managers for approval and then it's submitted to the main process. 

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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

We primarily use the solution for portfolio management, project management, and program management. It is also used for reporting to leadership on a portfolio level.

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Vishnu Ramachandra - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at Suraksha

I have used Microsoft Project for mapping out projects and stuff like that. Though I am not heavily involved with Microsoft Project, I can say that it helps with project management purposes in my company.

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BaidyTHIONGANE - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at BNP Paribas

The primary use case of the solution is for in-house IT projects such as network projects, and system projects.

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NU
Student at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

I'm using it to prepare a project schedule, budget the project, and handle resource allocation. I'm checking on if the resources or the tasks are completed and if they're on time and to see if I have any backlogs with tasks.

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Kati Arndt - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Partner - Cognitive Process Automation Practice Leader at IBM

We primarily use the solution for project management. For example, IT implementation projects. 

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IJ
Head of IT at ssofin

I primarily use the solution for project planning. 

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Shashank Balooni - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Manager at HCL Technologies

It is easy to define timelines with Microsoft Project. You can get a clear picture of the model, you want to create.  You can create inside an agile or waterfall model. Microsoft Project is easy to delegate tasks to different members where you want to put the task and who you want to work on it so that you have a clear path.

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Ugochukwu Ndukuba - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at 9mobile

Our primary use case for this solution is to track our projects. The solution is deployed on cloud.

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SN
SVP, Emerging Data Platforms at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We use it for IT project management. It is mainly used for managing tasks.

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YA
IT Project Manager at Awash International Bank

The primary use case of this solution is to help plan the work and implementation plans for our projects.

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KH
Systems Engineer at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

My primary use case is mainly to get down on paper the steps for our project - including who's responsible for them. We use it as a communication tool and then we (on a regular basis) review progress against the laid-out project plan or schedule.

I tend to step in and create schedules when project managers are too busy or oftentimes I'll create the initial schedule due to the fact that I know all the stuff that needs to go in it, and the project manager may or may not know that.

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JC
Systems Software Specialist III at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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

I use the solution for scheduling and planning.

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Tushar Sinha - PeerSpot reviewer
Technologist (IoT & Automation), IT & Digital at Tata Metaliks Limited

Our company has a project department that is responsible for project deployment. When a new client comes up, they will have a lot of PMPS packs which have a list of activities. We use the tool to plan projects.

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LM
CEO at Alce Ingenieria

We use Microsoft Project in a fairly run-of-the-mill way. Our primary use case for this solution is project management.  

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RommelAlban - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Server Platform Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

When I was still in the pre-sales team, I used MS Project to manage the projects that we engage with the client. We use it and are not selling it. 

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AF
Global sales head at MEPCSA

It's my day-to-day software.

I use it for my projects. I handle the portfolio. I have multiple projects and I need to monitor those projects and generate reports and consolidate everything.

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Ronei José Guimarães - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect Manager at Cielo

We use Microsoft Project to plan our projects, including some tasks that we need to accomplish. We use JIRA as well. We use a lot of tools to plan our jobs.

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Hema Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Affiliate at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use Microsoft Project for application lifecycle management (ALM), use case definition, follow-up, and project management activity.

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DB
Director, Technology Transformation at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

We primarily use the solution for managing projects. 

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PG
Sr. Project Manager at Stradley Ronon

Microsoft Project helps to manage our projects.

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KM
Production of pharmaceutical products at khaled.miles@labosalem.com

We use Microsoft Project to develop IT projects for a pharmaceutical company. It helps us coordinate between teams of developers and admins. 

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MB
Principal Consultant at Lexington Consulting

Whenever we have a client with a complicated situation, we create a project plan. And we use Microsoft Project (MS Project) for administrating, monitoring, and tracking the project.  For most small projects, MS Project is satisfactory.

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ArturKowalczyk - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Innovation Leader at Netrix S.A.

The solution allows users to manage projects and project portfolios. 

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CG
Consultant and Operation Manager at ATOS

We are in presales, and when the planning is very complex, we use Microsoft Project. That is, when we receive an RFP, we propose our solution and plan and build the different processes in Microsoft Project.

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

I mostly use it for big projects and rolling out solutions. I have used it for rolling out a new POS system, clientele programs, and clientele loyalty. I have also used it for process changes that impact multiple departments, and there are key players in it to keep everybody on track. Once we move forward with a new forecasting tool, I would use it for that.

Over the last couple of years, it has been more of the newer version with it. I'm really basic with it because of the end-users. It means that I use it for all the pieces on certain things, but when it comes to the output, it is pretty basic for the end-users. It is an easy read for the end-users.

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VT
Senior ICT Consultant/Project Manager at Qualisys

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

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AH
Managing Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We use Microsoft Project for its timeline and task management capabilities. The primary advantage is the easy application of tasks in sequence, confirming dependencies, and establishing relationships between tasks. It simplifies handling conditions, significant dates, and dependencies between various tasks.

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PV
Delivery Manager of EPM

We actually help and assist organizations in implementing their processes, and workflows to this particular product. Suppose you want to go on the enterprise environment, then you have your own process flows, your own workflows, your own forms and configurations, your user set and your resourcing. With this solution, we can help you configure the system.

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JP
Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

My primary use case is to take advantage of Microsoft Project Server to plan and track program project work at an enterprise level. Particularly, to enable tracking of actual project and program costs across multiple business lines.

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MB
Technical Project Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use the solution for the project management software. I create plans with it. It's a tool like Excel that we use for project planning.

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

Our use cases are all related to project management and I've actually developed project schedule templates that support both the standard waterfall and all different aspects of project lifecycle management including Agile and Scrum.

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ME
Manager - Operations Advisory (Finance transformation and performance improvement) at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

I was using this solution for project planning and status reports for a work project I was involved in.

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SI
General Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We primarily use the solution for planning projects.

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MA
Advisor - Strategic Affairs at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

I am a project manager, so my primary use cases for Microsoft Project are the creation of a work breakdown structure – the time and schedule of the project – and following up on it. I also create reports. We're not using the enterprise solution and are not connected to a PMO. 

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FD
Utilities Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

I am a utilities consultant, and I use it within the utility industry for managing different types of projects, such as for implementing a new system or new processes.

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JF
Unemployed at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

We used it in my previous organization for business process optimization projects, application development projects, system integration projects, program management over a multitude of projects, and program interdependencies.

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Vladislav Iofe - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Architect at CUSTIS

We use the solution for its Gantt diagrams and resource planning features.

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AE
IT Superintendent at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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

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

We use this solution with CA Clarity PPM.

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KS
Senior Consultant, Financial Services - IT Advisory Services at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

They have moved from a paper to a project management tool. That's the big change. Earlier, they were using papers and then they started using Project Professional to run their project server, it's a huge change and a huge transition.

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KH
Sr. Project Manager

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.

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

We primarily use the product as a tracking tool. It's project management software. 

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TI
IT Director at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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

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AJ
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's mainly for project management or portfolio projects, managing schedules and workloads, and assigning tasks.

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SM
Founder at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

We used the solution for the waterfall framework model for management.

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MS
Director of Digital Transformation at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use the solution to manage the timeline for projects.

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DP
Founder & Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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.

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RR
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We basically use the solution to get a clear sense of the project and break down everything into a schedule. If there are overlapping schedules, we plan everything out and add in all the information so the roadmap is clear. We often have different teams coming in at different times, so we need to ensure that our critical path is clear and that we are able to execute on the project from an agile perspective.

We need to be sure that we have all the backlogs and scheduling and can pull in the customer on the deliverable as necessary. We'll check with them and fine-tune everything so that we can run the sprints successfully and match them up with the project plan using Microsoft Project.

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DN
Project Leader at Plataforma de Comunicaciones Platcomm - Cibersys
  • To manage projects in the area of telecommunications and infrastructure
  • The control of time and money is paramount in today's world, with this tool it is possible to assign activities, resources, periods of duration, calculation of costs, calculation of deviations, reporting, among others.
  • The monitoring, control and corrective actions are possible with this tool.
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JP
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I use it for project management. I use it to check the project and get some reports and KPIs from it. I am using the latest version of this solution.

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JD
Professor, Info Technology at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

My primary use case is teaching technology students project management.

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MM
Project Planning & Controls Specialist at a consultancy

My primary use case is distribution projects.

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MN
Business Director at CWG Plc

We use this solution for project management, resource scheduling, earned value and benefits realization.

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SK
Senior Business Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The primary use case of this solution is to maintain projects within our enterprise.

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

We use this solution for project management and project planning.

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