

Let Project calculate the effect of date changes Take advantage of enterprise-wide resource management With its dynamic scheduling engine, resource management tools, and support for better communication, Microsoft Project can help you stay on track. When you find yourself juggling multiple projects, interrupted schedules, and shared resources, maintaining a schedule in a spreadsheet becomes an overwhelming task.

But a spreadsheet falls short when it comes to calculating changes to your project. It's tempting to start a project plan in Excel because it helps you quickly list all your projects, arrange them how you want them, and even create something that resembles a Gantt Chart view.

You can admit it - you've been using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to manage your projects, and you don't really see a good reason to change.
