It integrates to other members of the Microsoft Office suite - but also to 3rd party software e.g.
Microsoft Project is fairly easy to use - and has a strong feature set. Work done is reported back in through Project so that you can easily track progress of you project and handle risks such as delays. The tasks are then assigned resources as well as estimates. Microsoft Project allows you to create projects and add tasks and task dependencies - the complete project with all of it's tasks is displayed in a gantt chart. As one of the most used project planning tools on the market Microsoft Project solves your work and people managements needs.