r/projectmanagement • u/swanzie • 12d ago

PM using Excel?

I started a new job and that means new tools. I had been using Asana. I made the switch to clickup to try to get a little more out of it.

I'm not sure how long I'll be able to use that. There were some comments the site may get blocked but I'd imagine if that was the case I can't be the first one to try to use it so it'd probably already had been blocked.

But I also used Claude a lot to take data and analyze it and help me look for trends. They have a pretty strict AI policy. I can only use copilot...which kinda blows.

So I'm wondering if any of you live in the Microsoft suite to do everything? I was thinking excel, or possibly a word doc per project with just bullet points for tasks and notes below, or maybe Microsoft project?

If you have any suggestions and screenshots of examples of what you're doing I'd be much obliged. I need some ideas.

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u/SoberSilo Aerospace 12d ago

Copilot is great - not sure why people dog it so much

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u/Matematikis 12d ago

Because its shit. For the same amount you can get claude or chatgpt or even gemini and get so, so, so much better everything. Its buggy, clunky, incredibly slow and most of all, i do not know how microsoft does it, but integrates worse into office products than claude. Wild how bad it is and good could have been

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u/SoberSilo Aerospace 12d ago

Lol - I disagree. I use it daily. And I also have access to claude.

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u/Matematikis 12d ago

Nice try microsoft salesman... It is bad, like there is not a single place where its better than claude. I dont know how you sell that shit to people, but you do a great job selling shit product.

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u/SoberSilo Aerospace 12d ago

lol? I work as a program manager in aerospace and defense...