We use it to keep abreast of projects that our team is working. we track progress, milestones, and communicate dependencies with one another through the tool. It has been easily customized to meet our specific needs and has useful reminder options through Outlook. We love how it is easily linked to SharePoint.
Pros
Customizeable
Organizes complex projects
Communicates deadlines
Cons
Even more customization
More intuitive interface
Link reminders into Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited within teams that need to keep track of a number of projects and communicate that progress to one another. It is a lot easier tool to use than Agility and doesn't require Agile training or PI Planning. We like it because all our projects are in one place and we can easily view overlap.
I use Microsoft Planner on a daily basis. I depend on it to stay organized. I like features that allow me to organize tasks, alert myself, and assign to tasks to teammates. I love how it works with Outlook, allowing me to save my emails to Planner. I would be lost without it!
Pros
Integrates with outlook
Assign tasks to teammates
Create different boards
Adding details
Cons
I would like to be able to break tasks down forget into more detailed subtasks to use it more as a project manager too
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe Planner is Great for Tracking daily tasks. Collaborating with a team to accomplish tasks. It is Not the best software to use for detailed project planning, but I wish he could do it for this too! It would only need more detailed subtasks to be useful for project planning too!
VU
Verified User
Director (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad company, 11-50 employees)
I use Microsoft Planner daily. I use it to organize my projects throughout the year and on an individual project basis as well. It allows me to have a big picture view of the years projects but can also be break down individual projects to help stay on track or delegate tasks.
Pros
I love the ability to tag and untag others as needed
I love the ability to customize the tag labels and that there are so many options
I love the ability to add comments and it notifies the others tagged in the task
I love that the task description can be changed as needed without notification to others assigned to the task
Cons
I wish there were more color options for labels or that they were customizable beyond the ones given
I wish the comments section of the task card could be edited even for typos
When there is more than one label, I would like to be able to choose the labels that appears first by dragging and dropping
Likelihood to Recommend
I think the planner is well suited for collaborative projects where multiple people would benefit from having eyes on the status of a project. Or in the instance that multiple people are dividing the workload to ensure that duplicate work isn't being completed. I also think that it's valuable for a single individual to keep track of their competing priorities.
VU
Verified User
Employee in Corporate (Airlines/Aviation company, 10,001+ employees)
