MS Project in business consulting
It is comforting to see that I’m not the only one skeptical about using MS Project. See here the post by Steve Shu.
He gives all the good reasons not to use this program. Unless really necessary, perhaps. Like implementation project involving army of consultants. For more human-scale business consulting engagements, Excel does just fine IMHO. Simple is better.
Unfortunately, there is one but important reason sometimes people insist on having MS Project deliverable - it looks sophisticated and lots of work. That’s one reason I would never agree with, but this is real life.
Of these MS Project deliverables, once delivered, I never saw any being used by the client (e.g. reviewed and updated) even once.
“Unfortunately, there is one but important reason sometimes people insist on having MS Project deliverable - it looks sophisticated and lots of work. That?s one reason I would never agree with, but this is real life. ”
Bartlomiej, thanks for the comment and post! I think you are right on with your prior comment. I guess the other thing that I would add is that if what you describe in your above comment is not expressed verbally by parties, it is often likely that it is an unspoken driver for people to want to use MS project.