One of the fundamental questions that the most people ask is: “What is the difference between Primavera & MS Project?”, and then they add, “Which of them is preferable to use?”.
Primavera & MS Project are both very powerful softwares for scheduling, monitoring & project control. There differences depends on how we want to do it & what is the nature & scope of the scheduling work to be done.
MS project is a software based on a clean Microsoft layout, like MS Excel. Its interface is familiar & easy to understand for almost all technical persons. Secondly MS Project gives a detailed scheduling tools for work. Third, its output is very presentable. So, the conclusion is, if you are working on a schedule that has small number of activities but each activity requires a detailed schedule & also it is needed to present your work neatly or schedule needs to be sent to other technical persons for review, then surely your choice would be MS Project.
Primavera, on the other hand, is built for complex scheduling & an enterprise working environment. Multiple users can have access to a single project in Primavera database with simultaneous editing also possible. You can make complex schedules in minutes with Primavera. Also this software provides you with powerful monitoring & controlling tools & with custom reporting features making it very easy to have full control on your project. However these reports are not much presentable & you are likely to transfer the results to some other software & make presentable reports.
Conclusion
Construction industry deals with complex projects which include large schedules & need powerful monitoring & controlling of the project. It is preferable to use Primavera software in construction industry. However this software requires an extensive training to understand & practical use. (Copied).
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