The biggest benefit is that it's easy to keep up-to date with what my team members are working through at any one point in their project lifecycle. I also like being able to see progress made by each of our employees as they move towards completion. It can sometimes get hard for me (as lead) to be out there too much during projects - so i tend not to spend very long viewing them all together from start to finish! As stated above though this tool does help solve some of these problems. We're using MS Project mainly because we were previously just managing everything manually or via emailing spreadsheets across departmental boundaries without having an end result in sight. This has helped us more effectively manage tasks and assign people specific roles within those tasks which then helps everyone plan better moving forward into meetings / stakeholder interviews etc.