2. 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
4. 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
5. 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)
6. Typical Situation
• In most organizations, work and projects come in
different types and sizes, resulting in a need for
differing levels of management.
7. Basic Work and Project Management
• Many organizations manage work and projects
using a mixture of Outlook and Excel...
8. 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.
9. Work and Project Spectrum
• BrightWork recognizes that organizations need
to be able to manage work and projects with
differing degrees of structure.
Management Loosely Semi- Fully
Unstructured
by Exception Structured Structured Structured
Manage Manage Manage
Projects with a project with project with a
few elements, more full lifecycle
Emails, Phone Resolve Issues
e.g. Project elements and and with
Statement, a simple phases and
Issues, Actions lifecycle gates
10. Manage Projects
• BrightWork ships with templates for managing
individual projects, from large to small, complex
to simple.
11. All Project Sizes
• Small projects can be managed from
Conception, through Initiation, Implementation
and Close-out in the Project Lite template
12. 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.
13. Advanced Reporting - Gantt
• BrightWork includes advanced reporting, such as
Gantt charts that show the entire project in
SharePoint, including tasks and parent items.
14. 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.
15. Advanced Reporting – Distribute
• Reports can be distributed in a number of ways,
including Print, Email and exported to Microsoft
Excel.
16. Advanced Reporting – Emailer
• Reports can be emailed on an automated
schedule, such as sending every team member
their My Work report on Monday morning.
25. BrightWork Configuration Options
• BrightWork also includes unique configuration
options – such as the Column Visibility Settings
page shown here
26. BrightWork Configuration Options
• The reporting web parts that display the project
information have extensive configuration and
report editing features.
27. Template Growth and Reuse
• All BrightWork template and project
customizations can be easily captured, refined
and reused using the Templates Area.
28. 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.
29. 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
30. Learn more about BrightWork
• Visit www.BrightWork.com and click Get Free Trial