Most people don't have the problems that I have. That's why I say it is only suitable for small-sized to medium-sized companies and small projects. There is no machine learning capability in Microsoft Project. It requires smarter automation and more machine learning. Everything needs to be done manually, which takes more time, and there's a risk of mistakes. It can then make those changes, but it can't do that. If you had to finish a day ahead, you could talk to the systems' software, which can say that if I have this machine working for another hour and this one for one hour or less, I would be able to meet the schedule. That data can go to a computer, and that computer can spit it out to a project so that you can see in real time whether you are going to finish a day ahead. Even 3D additive manufacturing is made with CNC. In fact, virtually all machining is done with a CNC machine. A modern machine shop has a lot of computer numerical control (CNC) computers. I would like to see some control system interfaces with Microsoft Project. If you're talking about hours, you going to spend three to four hours, but there is the risk of getting it wrong or making a mistake. We have to get the outputs from their system and enter them manually into the project to see the effect. Their system does not interfere with ours. For example, you are manufacturing a batch of a chemical, and I have to rely on if a customer is making some type of complex chemical. It would be nice if we can link different tasks to external sources of inputs and outputs so that we could integrate them with a master project plan and see in real time what's going on.
Embedding external processes is almost impossible because, in a practical sense, we don't have people who can do a lot of programming here, and also the interface of Microsoft Project is not the easiest because a lot of it is proprietary. Some tasks are automated outside, like manufacturing processes. We might have a project that works seven days a week. I would like to be able to specify globally what weekend we want or what we want to call a weekend. There may be a way to do it, but I just haven't figured it out yet. I can change it in Microsoft Project, but I would like to be able to do it globally. They have a Thursday and Friday weekend, and we have a Saturday and Sunday weekend. Sometimes we have international clients, and they don't use the same calendar. If something is going on, I want to see it in real time. It would be nice if we could plug it in real time for each project, subproject, or task. It is only as dynamic as the person using it. You can link it to some more modern applications so that it is dynamic when a real-time resource schedule changes, but it is not at all dynamic. I don't want to devote a person to just do that. You will find that you are spending more time working on the Microsoft Project file rather than working on your project. It is very time and manpower intensive to keep it up to date. For example, if you're not sure how long a task takes, you can get the earliest guess. I would like to have the ability to do some small macros within the project for fuzzy logic. The graphics are primitive, and they need some major work. I would also like to see better integration with graphics.
You have to de-link it from the consecutive task if you don't want to do a What-If analysis, and sometimes, if you forget to do that, it changes everything. It is also difficult to put business rules in it.
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