Microsoft Project for tracking Federal Grants

[sdayva]

We are evaluating the possiblity of utilizing MP for tracking, consolidating
and improving our ability to manage federal grants, private grants and
non-grant funds. Is this product appropriate for this?

 

[Rob Schneider]

All depends on how you deal with your data and what you expect as output
from the program. Can you conceive of the process as emulating a
project, e.g. deliverables, logical connections, activities with
start/end, etc. Have you tried and what was the result of the experiment?

Project is not an accounting system. Project is a schedule calculation
engine on top of a schedule/planning database with an end-user front-end
to interact with that data and control the schedule computations.

--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[Steve House]

I would say no - PRoject is not a financial program, it is a work scheduling
program designed to help you get the right resources into the right places
at the right times to get a certain job accomplished. While it does have
cost estimating and tracking abilities, that's not its primary role.