Why Consider Possible Version Control Issues with Excel?

One of the most controversial videos that Project Manager Ltd. has published which divided the outlook between traditional MS excel users and ... (see more)
 
LA HABRA, Calif. - March 10, 2013 - PRLog -- La Harba, CA, March 2013 /ProjectManager/ -- One of the most intriguing videos that modern project managers have seen is Project Manager Ltd’s “Why Not to Depend on Microsoft Excel for Projects”. The title itself outraged many MS Excel and Word users saying that they never had trouble using these applications in their previous projects and saw this as a product advertisement, bashing MS office tools.

The other half of the deal supports the point of the video where in fact, it is true that there are sharing issues with MS Word and Excel especially when the version of the file’s origin is updated and the recipient is not. This argument has reached not just the video source, but other websites as well.

Project Manager’s Youtube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VwP7BeUnU



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The video was conducted by Project manager’s director, Jennifer Whit Bridges, which was for one of Project Manager’s whiteboard sessions about MS Project and MS Excel/Word. In the video, Whit bridges pointed 5 key points wherein MS excel and Word are having issues with. These issues are the Functionality of the applications in which they were originally meant to work as, Accessibility, Version control between the sender and the recipient, Changes and Upgrades & Synchronization.

Many people see the point of these issues and they agree that there are lapses in MS Excel  when it comes to Version control and Synchronization, but they also know that these issues are really rarely found in project management since advanced equations and formatting are not necessary to majority of projects.

However, majority of viewers disliked the idea since it sounded like an advertisement on MS Project, rather than an advice about the diversity between Project Management tools. Jared O’Dell, Principal at C2C Advisory LLC said – “I rarely use Word, but Excel will never go away in project mgmt." which could mean that he is never letting go MS Excel over anything else for his projects. Others find this informative and turned out using MS Project to give it a try and loved it after a few days.

Whatever people think about the video, bottom-line is still all about which one makes the user at ease, which one really works better for him and his entire team and which one functions the way it is supposed to within their projects. “Excel, Word, and MSP all have their different roles in project MGMT. This is way to vague. If she is referring to using MSP vs Excel for scheduling then I would agree, however scheduling is not the only area of project mgmt.” O’Dell added.

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Resources

The Project Management Why not to use MS Excel Video:
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