Microsoft Project Microsoft Project vs.vs.
ClarizenClarizen
Presented By:Rana AbaalkhailWafa Hasanain
OutlineOutline
Introduction
Analysis of the tools
Microsoft Project
Clarizen
Comparison
Recommendations
IntroductionIntroductionCompany name: Green Energy Company
Number of employs: 10
Our company is attracting new customers and
we are experimenting an exponential growth
Our manger has assigned us to :evaluate the project management tools
Compare and grade them
Write our recommendations
Microsoft Project Microsoft Project OverviewOverview
MS project is a project management
software program
MS project is developed and sold by Microsoft
MS project requires software or hardware installations
Price of the toolPrice of the tool
Price License Price / user
SharePoint 2010 Server Standard
$4,926 $95
SharePoint 2010 ServerEnterprise CALs
$4,926 $83
SQL Server 2008 Standard $7,200
Microsoft Project Professional $995
Generate Report (Cont) Generate Report (Cont)
2-Visual Reports
the tool allow us to pick between 6 different categories:
Task Usage
Resource Usage
Assignment Usage
Task Summary
Resource Summary
Assignment Summary
Resource Resource Management Management
Assign Resource to the task in the project.
Visual Cues Highlight Overloaded
Resources
Resource Resource Management Management
Assign Resource to the task in the project.
Visual Cues Highlight Overloaded Resources
Generate report
Predefine template
Generate custom new reports
users users communication and communication and
collaborationcollaborationProject plans often get started as outlines or
notes created in Office applications such as Word,
Excel, or Microsoft Outlook®.
Project 2010 offers powerful ways to share your
project timeline and schedule details with people
who don’t currently use Project 2010 ( like save
as Pdf file)
Collaborate online ( share point)
Not Existence CriteriaNot Existence Criteria Automatic Notifications
Task Feedback
Privacy setting
Document management
But Microsoft Professional and
SharePoint 2010 supports these
criteria
Clarizen OverviewClarizen OverviewClarizen is online project management software
Clarizen is cofounded by software-as-a-service (SaaS).
Clarizen does not require complex software or
hardware installations
Privacy settingPrivacy settingAdmin level user
Is allowed to access and adjust all System Settingsapprove Timesheets and expenses of any projects in the organization.
Super userAble to view and edit all scheduling aspects projects, milestones and tasks within the organization. Might have a permission to approve Timesheets and expenses
Financial Users able to view and modify financial data of the organization
External users have limited visibility of work items within the systemOnly view projects, or parts of projects, to which they are directly assigned.
Resource Resource Management Management
Define project skill for individual or grouped resources
Classify resources under different category which are job titles,
skill sets, and organizational group units
Set cost and billing rates for individual or grouped resources
Set the resource working, holiday and vacation days and hours
Filter resource based on work item qualifications
Generate the resources report
shows a resource Calendar
Users Communication & Users Communication &
CollaborationCollaborationAllow the manger to invite others to co-plan the project all the team are accessed to automatically notification All team members are able to upload and share information and they are accessible to all the team membersSupports publishing roadmaps and Gantt charts through email or an HTML widgetSupports importing Microsoft project, and the integration for Outlook
Task Feedback Task Feedback Users are able to send feedback for any specific task to the project manager.
• Document Notes Post Email
Document Document managementmanagement
Ability to attach, delete, or view document to any specific
task
Ability to search all the documents
Automatic Automatic NotificationsNotifications
Send project's progress reports to the managers
Send email notifications whenever certain events have been
activated
An email notification is sent to resources when an assigned task is
updated
Update progress Request is sent to each individual users.
Clarizen’s users can update their email notification setting
Comparison Comparison Microsoft Project Clarizen
Creation and configuration of the basic settings of the project
15% 15%
Price of the tool 7% 10%
Easiness and intuitive user interface and report
10% 5%
Project critical path method 10% 10%
Privacy setting 0% 15%
Resource Management 10% 10%
users communication and collaboration
15% 15%
Task Feedback 0% 5%
Document management 0% 5%
Automatic Notifications 0% 5%
Total Score67% 95%
Comparison Comparison Microsoft Project Clarizen
Creation and configuration of the basic settings of the project
15% 15%
Price of the tool 7% 10%
Easiness and intuitive user interface and report
10% 5%
Project critical path method 10% 10%
Privacy setting 0% 15%
Resource Management 10% 10%
users communication and collaboration
15% 15%
Task Feedback 0% 5%
Document management 0% 5%
Automatic Notifications 0% 5%
Total Score67% 95%
Comparison Comparison Microsoft Project Clarizen
Creation and configuration of the basic settings of the project
15% 15%
Price of the tool 7% 10%
Easiness and intuitive user interface and report
10% 5%
Project critical path method 10% 10%
Privacy setting 0% 15%
Resource Management 10% 10%
users communication and collaboration
15% 15%
Task Feedback 0% 5%
Document management 0% 5%
Automatic Notifications 0% 5%
Total Score67% 95%