Has anyone used Microsoft Project for the Web, the latest cloud-based modern project management tool: in your opinion, how useful is it - or not?
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Director of Supply Chain in Healthcare and Biotecha month ago
We used to use Microsoft project but have fully transitioned to cloud-based Smartsheet. We have found it much easier to share plans with others (not requiring a license) and the portfolio management is much easier - I am able to view my teams' projects individually or rolled up onto a consolidated dashboard. We still use all other Microsoft 365 applications.
The only downside is that it lacks project management features, that at project level, for a complex project with advanced resource management and scheduling, then it's really not up to the task. I would say it covers 90% of projects, especially those that are focused on a business-integrated team. If you need to do complex PERT, CPM, EVM, then it is not the right tool for that project, but still may have a fit in enterprise collaboration for project management and communication.
Teams and PowerBI integration, which is easy and seamless, are fantastic (yes, I mention that twice) and more than make up for the feature simplicity. Microsoft Project as the detailed plan, schedule monitor tool always remain an option for the 1% to 10% who need it.