Questions & Answers about Dieses Projekt macht für mich viel Sinn.
Both are correct, but they’re used a bit differently.
macht Sinn = literally “makes sense”.
- Very common in everyday spoken German.
- Slightly more casual/colloquial.
- Structure: jemand / etwas macht (viel / keinen / wenig) Sinn.
ist sinnvoll = “is sensible / is meaningful / is reasonable”.
- Sounds a bit more neutral and sometimes more formal.
- Structure: etwas ist sinnvoll / unsinnig / sinnvoller als …
In your sentence:
- Dieses Projekt macht für mich viel Sinn.
= This project really makes sense to me.
You could also say:
- Dieses Projekt ist für mich sehr sinnvoll.
= This project is very sensible / useful / meaningful for me.
They overlap in meaning, but ist sinnvoll focuses more on the quality (being reasonable/useful), while macht Sinn focuses on the impression of “making sense” to someone.