MS 365 Apps for Project Management
Microsoft 365 is a suite of applications that helps streamline and optimize business processes. However, the problem is that many businesses might be failing to leverage the capabilities of MS 365 apps. This is because they might not know which app can help them in a specific domain.
This article is the first in the series ‘MS 365 Apps for Business Processes’ where we explore the significant MS 365 apps for the main business processes. To start with, we will look into the tools and platforms for Project Management.
Project Management
Without having a team to manage the project cycle, there is a high chance that a software project will end up as a failure. Therefore, it's important to not only have a team to oversee the project tasks but also ensure a certain standard of project management is being followed, such as agile and scrum.
Microsoft Tools for Project Management
To optimize the project management tasks, the following MS 365 apps could be a great option. Let’s look at what they do and their pricing plan.
Pricing
Description
Microsoft Application/Tool
MS Planner
MS Planner is a Kanban solution that helps manage and collaborate on tasks visually. You can create tasks, communicate on them, and keep track of progress – all in one place. It allows you to customize plans for effective collaboration and management.
The starting price of MS Planner is $6 per user per month.
MS Project
MS Project is an all-in-one project management application that equips you with all the tools to create, manage, control, and keep track of a project. You can create a project plan, divide it into tasks, assign the tasks to respective individuals, and collaborate on them. Lastly, you can easily generate graphs and charts to keep track of progress and timeline.
The starting price of MS Project is $10 per user per month.
Outlook Tasks of MS Outlook
Outlook Tasks is a feature of MS Outlook that helps you create tasks in the Outlook application with an assigned date and keep track of them. It also allows you to directly create a task out of an email by dragging the email and dropping it in the task area, making the overall workflow easier and simpler.
MS Outlook comes with the MS 365 Business Basic plan ($6 per user per month).
MS Power Automate
MS Power Automate (previously known as MS Flow) can be utilized to automate repetitive tasks. Project Managers can automate day-to-day tasks, for example, to check if all the team members have posted their work status. The tool leverages AI capabilities to help create automated workflows.
The starting price of MS Power Automate is $15 per user per month.
MS To-Do
It is a free application and can be used across phones and the web.
MS To-Do is a digital to-do list to help create lists of tasks and keep track of their completion. You can also assign due dates to the tasks and set reminders to help you in the timely completion of them
SharePoint Project Sites
SharePoint allows you to build team sites for your project to keep track of tasks and collaborate on them. The best part about these sites is that you can integrate them with MS Project Professional and also utilize them in your MS Teams workspace.
SharePoint comes with the MS 365 Business Basic plan. ($6 per user per month)
Bringing it all together, project management is the crucial link between development and abidance by industrial standards. Make use of the above tools to help optimize and streamline its processes.
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