My company currently use microsoft project for all its schedules except for the situation where client requires P6. There is a debate going on right now whether to transition into Primavera or stay with Microsoft. People are hesitant to move to Primavera because they arent familiar with the software and they are very comfortable using Microsoft Project. They have been hiring consultant to do their primavera scheduling for them and its costly and not very effective. My boss has tasked me with finding the pros and cons of using Primavera rather than Ms Project. He is Pro-Primavera. Whats are the benefit of using Primavera over Ms Project. I know primavera is server based and can support multiple users but I am not sure about primavera. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Primavera P6 vs Microsoft Project
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Thank you emily. The link is really helpful. Wish me luck
Hi Tom Tom - It's certainly not a simple question to answer. I would summarize one point that we see a lot, is that Microsoft Proejct has a higer tolerance for bad planning practices which means that the users need to be even better trained. Here is a collection of anecdotal feature comparisons between Microsoft Proejct nad primavera P6 and should be taken in that context http://tensix.com/2013/04/primavera-p6-vs-microsoft-project/