Project Professional 2021

Product detailed description

Microsoft Project 2021 Professional - New Professional Version of the Proven Project Management Software

Offers a multitude of practical business functions for planning, managing, and monitoring projects, thus meeting typical requirements for Enterprise Project Management (EPM) as well as for managing requirements, multiple projects, and portfolios. Project 2021 Professional also provides valuable services in risk and document management, central resource planning, time tracking, and access management; last but not least, it is practically indispensable for comprehensive reporting via Microsoft SQL Server. The new version Project 2021 Professional has also been optimized for seamless compatibility with many other Microsoft applications and cloud services.

Like its predecessor, MS Project 2021 is used to initiate, plan, monitor, control, execute, and successfully complete projects and typical process groups in accordance with the PMI standard. It thus meets all important and necessary requirements for successfully achieving project goals and also offers options for analyzing and differentiating decisive competitive factors for companies: In addition to resource planning in terms of scope and time requirements and the allocation of necessary tasks, precise information can also be provided on utilization, required capacities or competencies, and actual effort in relation to costs and budget.

You can already find Microsoft Project 2021 Professional in the Wiresoft Software Shop as used software in a perpetual version or purchase license - at a lower price than new goods. It is best to contact our team immediately to find out when you can download the new version of Project, as well as other editions of Microsoft Project 2021. The following overview lists all already known functions of this edition, including exclusive features that are only available to you in the Professional version.

Exclusive Features in MS Project 2021 Professional Edition

The MS Project 2021 Professional version differs from the Standard version by offering various exclusive features that are particularly important for project management in larger companies: Project 2021 Professional also works with MS SharePoint and MS Project Server for more comprehensive communication, and there is also the option to use the software in conjunction with Project Online. Many existing templates and frequently used planning tools increase team productivity. Additionally, the Team Planner offers an improved overview.

Comprehensive portfolio management

Improved portfolio management in MS Project 2021 Professional helps, especially with many projects, to always have an overview and quickly recognize whether they are progressing according to plan or if there are delays. A differentiated view of schedules, including budget management, provides decision-makers with a comprehensive overview. In addition, seamless integration with Power BI provides critical situation analysis capabilities, including solution suggestions.

Clearer resource management

MS Project 2021 Professional includes powerful tools for even clearer planning and management of corporate resources. In particular, classic resource types such as "labor", "material" and "costs" can be calculated even better and used more efficiently. For cross-project planning, they can be recorded in a resource pool and assigned to specific individual tasks. Time constraints and possible congestion are also taken into account. The clear view in the task and time record allows you to update all individual phases independently; in addition, the corresponding task path marked in the Gantt chart always shows the current status. Through the contextual user interface, all tasks can be organized individually and, if necessary, linked together, and timelines can also be created.

Other important features in MS Project Professional 2021

MS Project Professional 2021 also has a lot to offer visually: A clear view on the desktop makes it easier to access many features, which also optimize easier project tracking using Gantt charts, control and visualization of processes in relation to schedules, and visualization of project data using customizable reports, thereby improving team communication and workflows.

Quickly create a project

A new project can be created in Project 2021 Professional with just a few clicks: You can use predefined templates or a blank Gantt chart for this purpose. Existing data can be imported from Excel or SharePoint.

In order to visualize project data in the form of reports and share information about the project status with other team members, there are also sets of typical report templates available, which can be further supplemented with images, diagrams and animations.

Exclusively in MS Project Professional 2021 , templates for standard burndown reports are also available, which are used in agile project management, especially Scrum, to compare planned and completed and open project phases.

The timeline displays the progress of individual tasks

MS Project Professional 2021 includes the ability to mark timeline columns to make them more understandable for others and thus provide even better information about the progress of the project: The progress of the task can be displayed directly on individual tasks, which improves the information content of plans, including the current status.

Using collective tasks in search

In MS Project Professional 2021 , the "collective task name" field makes it easier to find a specific task in a larger list within the overall project plan because it contains the names of all collective tasks that are assigned to the relevant tasks. You can also improve the clarity of your project structure by displaying the names of immediate collective tasks assigned to the relevant resources; in addition, you can add a read-only field, "Collective Task Name," to the table area of the "Resource: Usage" view.

Easy task linking

In MS Project Professional 2021, individual tasks can be linked together particularly easily. While previously it was necessary to know the task ID to create a link, now you just need to select the appropriate cell in the "Predecessor" column and display a list of all tasks for the given project using the displayed arrow. The task hierarchy also corresponds to the defined sequence in the project, so users only need to navigate to the desired task and activate the corresponding checkbox. Similarly, the "Successor" column can also be used for this purpose.

Accessibility in MS Project 2021 Professional

The Project 2021 Professional Edition also includes a number of accessibility optimizations that facilitate both the user's own work and communication with colleagues with disabilities. Many accessibility features in MS Project 2021 are activated by default: for example, in the column view, the "Zoom" button can be used to adjust the scale so that the column time window is displayed larger. The same applies to the buttons on the ribbon, which can be enlarged to make symbols and functions more recognizable. Analogous to the "Zoom" function, the "Screen Magnifier" function can be used to enlarge the display. To increase contrast, the text color can also be adjusted and a user-defined color palette created for it, as well as changing the font and its size.

All basic functions in MS Project 2021 can also be invoked using keyboard shortcuts. Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) is used here as an input aid and for displaying information. Some areas in Project 2021 Professional can also be controlled using Windows speech recognition or read out using voice output.

The activated spell check not only automatically corrects spelling and typing errors, but can also automatically complete various entries in a column. Frequently used, even complex, processes can be automated using macros, thus speeding up the completion of standard tasks in the project.

Hardware Requirements for Microsoft Project 2021 Professional

• Operating systems: Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2019/2021
• Processor: min. 1.6 GHz, dual-core (32 or 64-bit)
• RAM: 2 GB RAM (32-bit) or 4 GB RAM (64-bit)
• Hard disk space: 4 GB
• Screen resolution: 1,280 x 768 pixels
• Graphics card: DirectX 10