Using BrightWork for Project Management with SharePoint 2010 - from Atidan

Manage Projects on SharePoint 2010

with BrightWork

What is BrightWork?

BrightWork is a

SharePoint solution for

the management of

projects, portfolios and

work that is fast and

inexpensive to deploy

and simple to

configure and evolve

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BrightWork – Company Summary• Microsoft Certified ISV partner with the EPM (Enterprise

Project Management) competency

• Customers in US, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia

• 1995 – Started developing the BrightWork project management solution

• Built on Lotus Notes from 1995 to 1999

• Moved to Microsoft platforms in 1999

• Have released a commercial work and project management product on Microsoft:– Exchange 2000 (webstore)

– SharePoint 2001 (webstore)

– SharePoint 2003

– SharePoint 2007

– SharePoint 2010

BrightWork– Product Summary

• A mature application managing work and

projects on the SharePoint 2007 and 2010

platforms

• BrightWork - Process driven work and project

management

• You decide the level of management and

structure required

• Templates and reporting to manage work, tasks,

projects, project offices and portfolios (Optional

import / export / sync with Microsoft Project)

Typical Situation

• In most organizations, work and projects come in

different types and sizes, resulting in a need for

differing levels of management.

Basic Work and Project Management

• Many organizations manage work and projects

using a mixture of Outlook and Excel...

The SharePoint Potential

• ...and have begun to use SharePoint, but base

SharePoint does not include the structure,

templates or reporting needed for work and

project management.

Work and Project Spectrum

• BrightWork recognizes that organizations need

to be able to manage work and projects with

differing degrees of structure.

Unstructured

Emails, Phone

Management by Exception

Resolve Issues

Loosely Structured

Manage Projects with a few elements,

e.g. Project Statement,

Issues, Actions

Semi-Structured

Manage project with

more elements and

a simple lifecycle

Fully Structured

Manage project with a full lifecycle

and with phases and

gates

Manage Projects

• BrightWork ships with templates for managing

individual projects, from large to small, complex

to simple.

All Project Sizes

• Small projects can be managed from

Conception, through Initiation, Implementation

and Close-out in the Project Lite template

Microsoft Project Professional 2010

• Project managers that use Microsoft Project

Professional 2010 can plan using Project and

collaborate using BrightWork on SharePoint,

syncing the plan between Project and SharePoint

as the project evolves.

Advanced Reporting - Gantt

• BrightWork includes advanced reporting, such as

Gantt charts that show the entire project in

SharePoint, including tasks and parent items.

Advanced Reporting – My Work

• My Work reports enable team members to see a

snapshot of all their open work, work due soon

and overdue work in multiple lists.

Advanced Reporting – Distribute

• Reports can be distributed in a number of ways,

including Print, Email and exported to Microsoft

Excel.

Advanced Reporting – Emailer

• Reports can be emailed on an automated

schedule, such as sending every team member

their My Work report on Monday morning.

Manage Portfolios

• BrightWork also ships with templates for

managing portfolios of multiple projects

Projects Tracker

• The Projects Tracker template facilitates high-

level updates to multiple projects in a simple

Excel-like grid.

Projects Tracker

• Senior Managers can view project updates very

easily in cross-project dashboards.

Project Office

• The Project Office template gives stakeholders

(senior management, program managers etc)

visibility across multiple projects.

Project Office

• The Project Office also includes different

perspectives on multiple projects:

Project Status

Work

Issues

Resourcing

Manage Demand

• The Demand management templates assist with

ensuring that only the necessary projects get

approved and initiated.

Manage Work

• The Work management templates deliver control

and oversight over key work items that occur

outside the formal context of projects.

SharePoint Configuration Options

• BrightWork includes all the standard SharePoint

configuration options

BrightWork Configuration Options

• BrightWork also includes unique configuration

options – such as the Column Visibility Settings

page shown here

BrightWork Configuration Options

• The reporting web parts that display the project

information have extensive configuration and

report editing features.

Template Growth and Reuse

• All BrightWork template and project

customizations can be easily captured, refined

and reused using the Templates Area.

BrightWork in Summary

• BrightWork is ideal for organizations that need

to manage work and projects of different types

and sizes in the one SharePoint environment.

Successful and Happy Customers

Visit our Case

Studies page

where you can

review case

study

testimonials and

watch customer-

specific

webcasts.

www.brightwork.com/case_studies

Learn more about BrightWork

• Visit www.BrightWork.com and click Get Free Trial

Contact BrightWork