The next big thing for Project Online costs less than your Starbucks fix

The Microsoft Project 2014 Conference wrapped up last week in sunny Anaheim California. While the East Coast was being pummeled by an ice and snow storm and my wife was dealing with power outages I was slightly chilly walking to the 7-Eleven for a bottle of water. 

The big news was revealed in the keynote address. Microsoft is introducing a new sku for Project Online. This sku being released on May 1st 2014 is named Project Lite. Project Lite enables an organization to bring team members into the Project Online environment at a savings of $26 per month. This reduction in the barrier to entry will allow small and large PMO's further justify the benefits of Project Online

The following example shows a potential cost savings of 36% a year for this example organization. 

The days of managing your portfolio via Excel spreadsheets due to cost constraints are over. In future posts I plan on reviewing some of the sessions that occurred at the project conference as those become publicly available.