“Working with BrightWork in the deployment of our site was easy, thorough and informative. They took the time to understand what we needed and helped us customize the best site possible for our users. The excitement and energy from our users has confirmed that we made the best choice in purchasing pmPoint.”
Jacquie Spearman
University of Chicago
The Office of Development & Alumni Relations at the University of Chicago required a SharePoint Portal Site for their Division, specifically for immediate use by their Communications and Operations departments. Their need was to rollout a portal that could be used both division-wide and by other units at the University. This would allow them to have centralized Communication and Collaboration areas across units that have similar goals yet different work processes. Their need had two main components; one for an overall portal that would contain information currently on their intranet, and also serve as a landing site for identified needs. The other component included an area for managing projects. More than 60% of their users needed to view project related information only, while the remaining users needed to capture and share information with others.
The University of Chicago decided to deploy BrightWork pmPoint as the application to manage projects in the organization. pmPoint was able to integrate seamlessly into their overall portal structure and enable the project team to easily navigate from their portal into a dedicated Project Management area and get comprehensive reports on all active projects. Since pmPoint allowed for easy customization, the diverse work within the division allowed for easy reporting and standardization of a methodology across all teams.