{"id":2400,"date":"2024-04-18T12:01:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2024-08-22T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:02:04","slug":"project-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/project-roadmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Project \u201cRoadmap\u201d \u2013 What Are the Benefits of the Online Tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early 2019, Microsoft provided a new feature called <strong>MS Project Roadmap<\/strong> within the <em>Project App<\/em> in Microsoft 365. It allows you to present projects from various Project Online sites and Azure Boards in one simple bar chart. Now, it is also possible to present projects from Project for the Web in it. This way of presenting your projects gives you a better overview. (Here you can find a short presentation of <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/video-welcome-to-roadmap-57764149-51b8-468f-a50d-9ea6a4fd835a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Roadmap in a video<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you are looking for information on the further development \/ roadmap of Project Online (and not on the tool Roadmap): Microsoft announced in 2021 that the <strong>Project Online tool would not be developed any further<\/strong>. It will be replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/project-management-tools\/ms-project-for-the-web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project for the Web<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-US\/microsoft-365\/roadmap?filters=Microsoft%20Project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">product roadmap of M365<\/a> indicates this clearly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since its launch, the MS Project <em>Roadmap<\/em> product has not been developed further by Microsoft \u2013 apart from the possibility of integrating projects from Project for the Web. Since our test in early February 2019, the features of the tool are still very limited. Below, you will find a description of the features (which are frequently still limited). We will update this article as soon as there are new developments.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"datamintsbanner\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IFmguV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"datamintsbanner__link\" title=\"Microsoft 365 Project Management TPG ProjectPowerPack: Best Practice Solution for Project & Portfolio Management Based on Microsoft 365 & Power Platform\" style=\"display: block;\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/csm_PPP_Blog_Banner2_EN_1300px_tiny_8e50efa17d.jpg\" class=\"datamintsbanner__image\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%\">\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n    \n<h3>What Does the MS Project <em>Roadmap<\/em> Offer?<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft recommends using Roadmap for the following use cases (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/video-welcome-to-roadmap-57764149-51b8-468f-a50d-9ea6a4fd835a?ui=de-de&amp;rs=de-de&amp;ad=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a view of your organization\u2019s projects and drive them together to achieve your business goals.<\/li>\n<li>Connect directly to projects from multiple systems in your organization, allowing each team to use the tools that fit their work style.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the most relevant items from each project to focus on key investments and deliverables.<\/li>\n<li>Change project order to highlight the work that is most important to you.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor progress toward mutual goals by adding top-level key dates that span across projects.<\/li>\n<li>Quickly track status of all phases and milestones to spot problem areas early.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with others by sharing your roadmap with an existing Microsoft 365 group or creating a new set of stakeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Interested in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/milestone-trend-analysis-ms-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milestone Trend Analysis<\/a> with MS Project<\/strong>? Read about free tool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the current version of MS Project Roadmap, it is only possible to display existing projects. Higher-level planning for new projects would be desirable but is not possible at this point.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2414\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2414 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_1-1024x245.png\" alt=\"Project Roadmap with key dates\" width=\"702\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_1-1024x245.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_1-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_1-768x184.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roadmap containing Project Online sites and Azure Boards with key dates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"id69573c4701a26\" class=\"iframecontainer iframecontainer--hidden\">\n            <div class=\"iframecontainer__head\" style=\"background: #D60B52!important;\">\n                <div class=\"iframecontainer__head__inner\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-for=\"#id69573c4701a26\">\n                    <p><strong>Special Download: <\/strong> Advantages of MS Project Server \/ Project Online over MS Project Standard<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"iframecontainer__head__icon\" data-for=\"#id69573c4701a26\">\n                    <svg width=\"10px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"1092 550 10 16\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n                        <polygon class=\"iframecontainer__head__icon__pfeil\"  data-for=\"#id69573c4701a26\" stroke=\"none\" fill=\"#ffffff\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"1093.875 550 1101.875 558 1093.875 566 1092 564.125 1098.125 558 1092 551.875\"><\/polygon>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"iframecontainer__iframe\" style=\"height: 250px;\">\n                <div class=\"iframecontainer__iframe__inner\">\n                \t<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/data\/Downloads_Produkte\/Benefits-Microsoft-Project-Server-or-Project-Online-E_TPG-TheProjectGroup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to download the PDF<\/a>\u00a0and learn why you should prefer the server over the client version.<\/p>\n\n                    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 250px;\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div><p>You can retrieve summary tasks, tasks and milestones from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/project-management-tools\/project-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Azure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Boards<\/a>, you can take over Epics, Features, Requirements etc. depending on the template used.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Reading tip:<\/strong> Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/project-server-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Server Migration<\/a> to Project Online<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>How to Create a New MS Project Roadmap<\/h3>\n<p>You can create new roadmaps in M365 in the Project App by selecting Roadmap:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2419\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_2-1.png\" alt=\"Creating a Project Roadmap\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_2-1.png 1051w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_2-1-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_2-1-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_2-1-1024x431.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creating a Project Roadmap in the Microsoft 365 Project App<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next, you have to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add projects as rows and following this<\/li>\n<li>Select the project details, i.e. the bars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To this end, you create a link to Project Online, Project for the Web or Azure Boards by entering the respective URL.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2418\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2418 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_3-273x300.png\" alt=\"Adding a project to Project Roadmap\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_3-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_3.png 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adding a project from Project Online or Azure Boards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the next step, you select the elements you would like to present as bars. However, a list of tasks or Epics will only appear after you have entered three letters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2421\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_4-1.png\" alt=\"All data contained in a bar in Project Roadmap\" width=\"273\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_4-1.png 604w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_4-1-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the data a bar contains at present<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The presentation of the bars is always the same \u2013 regardless of the source. What is transferred at present:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name<\/li>\n<li>Start date<\/li>\n<li>End date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the roadmap, it is possible to change the names of projects and bars but not the dates.<\/p>\n<p>You have the option to change the status and thus the colors of the bars and of the milestones. Linking the status to properties in the source project via the user interface is currently impossible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2423\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_5.png\" alt=\"Bar status Project Roadmap\" width=\"273\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_5.png 549w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_5-300x270.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It is possible to set the status of the bars manually<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n    <p class=\"datamintsbanner\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/project-management-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"datamintsbanner__link\" title=\"Project Management Newsletter TPG PMO Resource Management Agile PM Project Projects Projectmanager Projectmanagementoffice\" style=\"display: block;\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/TPG_Banner-Blog_1400_Newsletter_EN.jpg\" class=\"datamintsbanner__image\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%\">\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n    \n<h3>Moving Projects<\/h3>\n<p>You can move projects up or down but not their individual bars. The presentation of the bars is recalculated each time to ensure optimal use of the available screen space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2426\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2426 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_6-1024x361.png\" alt=\"Bar chart Project Roadmap\" width=\"702\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_6-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_6-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_6-768x271.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Automatic positioning of the bars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The structure in the source project does not have an impact on the presentation. With regard to the presentation, summary tasks and tasks are treated in the same way. In the source project, <em>Task 1<\/em> is part of <em>Phase A<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, this may not\u00a0matter too much, as\u00a0you will very likely integrate only summary tasks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Looking for a good introduction to Microsoft Project? <strong>Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/ms-project-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS Project Tutorial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Adding Elements from Project Online<\/h3>\n<p>A new command in the ribbon <em>Tasks<\/em> enables you to add published elements from Project Online as bars to the roadmap. By the way, this is also the only way to add the <strong>project summary task<\/strong> to the roadmap. The roadmap itself does not offer an option for adding the project summary task.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2428\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_7-300x141.png\" alt=\"New command in Project online for adding tasks to Project Roadmap\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_7-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_7.png 376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New command in Project Online for adding tasks to a roadmap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Naming the Projects<\/h3>\n<p>The names of projects are only transferred when linking to the source, but they will not be updated in the case of changes.<\/p>\n<p>You also have the option to assign any desired name regardless of the original name of the linked project. The same goes for the names of the bars that are taken over when the bars are first created. Yet, in the case of subsequent changes in the source, they are not aligned in the roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>The new name will only appear in the details of an individual bar or project but not in the roadmap view.<\/p>\n<span style='display:none;'>FALSE<\/span><h3>Setting the Time Scale<\/h3>\n<p>The time scale can be set to weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Neither the width of the time units nor their labeling can be changed. This means that you can only view one year on your monitor without turning the page.<\/p>\n<p>Are you thinking that must be the wrong monitor? So did we.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out it is independent of the resolution and size, so it is always a year that is presented. For a roadmap, this is somewhat poor \u2013 we find.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2433\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_8-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2433 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_8-1.png\" alt=\"Project Online Roadmap: Time scale of one year max\" width=\"700\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_8-1.png 700w, https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Figure_8-1-300x30.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time scale of one year max<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Filtering Project Rows<\/h3>\n<p>The filter provided allows you to filter project rows by owner. Unfortunately, it is impossible to filter by projects or project rows at present. Hence, you will not be able to filter an overview e.g. of interfaces running directly across different projects.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Our tip:<\/strong> If you desire the presentation of interfaces across several projects, this could be realized with the tool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/project-management-tools\/program-management-ms-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TPG ProjectLink for multi-project and program management with Project Online<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Managing Permissions<\/h3>\n<p>The permissions of the roadmap are controlled via Microsoft 365 groups. Microsoft 365 can create a new group for your roadmap or you can choose an existing group.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose from groups in which you are the group owner. All members of the group are able to edit the entire roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, it is impossible to change the assigned group later on!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>And be careful:<\/strong> As a group owner, be careful when adding users to a group by entering their names. These users will not only be added to your roadmap but also to the M365 group you assigned to your roadmap. This is in keeping with the group concept of Microsoft but might not be apparent from the user interface of the Roadmap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So think twice before assigning an existing group. You will be more flexible in the future, if you create a new group.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to assign owners to projects who, for unknown reasons, do not have to be members of the O365 group assigned to the roadmap. This is even possible when these \u201cowners\u201d do not own the project in Project Online or Azure Boards. You can assign any user from your own M365 environment.<\/p>\n<p>However, this does not seem to come with a change of permissions for the projects in the roadmap, as we found out. All members are currently able to change all bars, to add new bars and to delete items. This makes \u201cowner\u201d a rather misleading term with the current functionality.<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft Power Automate in the Background<\/h3>\n<p>To make linking projects as flexible as possible in the future, Microsoft relies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/office-365-microsoft-flow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Power Automate<\/a> in the background. This makes it possible to collect M365 data from various sources, compile them individually and deliver them to diverse target systems.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the user interface of the roadmap offers the sources Project Online, Project for the Web and Azure Boards.<\/p>\n<p>Should you come up with the idea of making your own flows to populate the roadmap: while it is possible to view the configuration of the flows for the projects in your roadmaps, it is not yet possible to select the roadmap as the target for your own flows.<\/p>\n<h3>Setting Up the Project Roadmap<\/h3>\n<p>To ensure the Roadmap feature works in your M365 project environment, it needs to be set up accordingly. This means an administrator of your environment has to activate the feature in <em>Settings \u2013 Services &amp; Add-ins<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It may be that other directions appear indicating that further steps are necessary for the activation, such as the migration of CDS (Common Data Service). CDS is required for the data transfer with Flow and needs to be running in the latest version.<\/p>\n<p><em>Project Online Professional<\/em> and <em>Project Online Premium<\/em> cover the licensing of this feature. Still, the services have to be activated first.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"datamintsbanner\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/project-management-tools\/milestone-trend-analysis-ms-project\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"datamintsbanner__link\" title=\"TPG MTA Client (Free Download Development Milestone Trend Analysis TPG MTA Client standalone product. MicrosoftProject free download\" style=\"display: block;\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/TPG_Banner-Blog_1400_MTA_EN.jpg\" class=\"datamintsbanner__image\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%\">\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n    \n<h2>Our Conclusion\u00a0on the Current Status of Project Roadmap<\/h2>\n<p>In our estimation, Project Roadmap is a very simple feature for the presentation of project parts from Project Online, Project for the Web and Azure Boards.<\/p>\n<p>The functionality is minimal and has hardly been developed further since the start. At present, we do not know a single customer using this tool.<\/p>\n<p>Tools based on Microsoft technology enhancing existing tools for multi-project \/ program management offer more features: for instance, for Project Online this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/project-management-tools\/program-management-ms-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TPG ProjectLink<\/a> and for Project for the Web it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/microsoft-cloud-project-management\/project-power-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TPG ProjectPowerPack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Our final tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get to know the individually adaptable \u201cPPM Paradise\u201d \u2013 the optimal environment for your enterprise-wide project, program, portfolio and resource management (PPM). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/data\/Downloads_eBooks\/TPG_PPM_Paradise_eBook_EN_-_TPG_TheProjectGroup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the free eBook \u201cThe PPM Paradise\u201d now<\/a> (just click, no form).<\/p>\n<p>And sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprojectgroup.com\/en\/project-management-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bi-weekly blog newsletter<\/a> with information on more hands-on articles, eBooks, etc. to improve your project management maturity level.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What has been your experience with MS Project Roadmap? 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Having founded his own company, Micro-Frame Technologies Deutschland GmbH (changing its name in 2000 to 12Plan Projektmanagement GmbH), he went on to become managing director of several software companies (elabor.com, Scheuring AG, Business Engine Software Corporation), responsible for establishing their European distribution and service networks. In May 2004, Dr. Thomas Henkelmann became Associate Partner at TPG The Project Group. Since January 2019, he has been Managing Partner.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, his activities focused on seminars, training and developing implementation concepts for Enterprise Project Management solutions based on Microsoft Project Server. 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