The Issue Manager template is designed for projects where you merely want to “manage by exception” by only tracking project status and issues related to the project in hand and do not wish to formally track other details that maybe needed for the project (e.g. actions, tasks, deliverables, risks, etc.). It is not to say that these other items are not managed on some of the projects, but it is to say that they are not tracked formally enough to be reported in a consistent manner.
The Project Lite template is for where you want to manage more than the issues by managing tasks, possibly also using Microsoft Project, but do not need a fully structured site with a more extensive project management process.
The Project Standard templates provide a semi-structured process with Microsoft Project synching that is useful for a range of business departments to run their projects including sales, marketing, engineering, finance, etc.
The Project Structured templates provide a fully structured project management environment with enhanced Microsoft Project synching for managing IT projects such as system implementations and upgrades.
The Agile Software Manager template provides a fully-structured environment for projects that follow Agile methodologies. This template builds on the Microsoft Solutions Framework for Agile Software Development (also known as MSF v4) and includes support for typical agile constructs such as iterations, builds, personas, scenarios, requirements, tasks, bugs, etc..
The IT Project Manager templates provide a fully structured project management environment. This template builds on the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) v3 to provide a robust process for managing IT projects such as system implementations and upgrades. It includes a pre-defined hierarchy of phases, milestones, deliverables, tasks, issues, and risks, etc. in the vein of the traditional waterfall approach to project management.
The Scrum Agile template is based on the Scrum Alliance Scrum Guide. Scrum is an iterative approach to product development which encourages the breakdown of ‘projects’ into finite periods called Sprints of the same length (normally 20-30 days but it can vary) with a defined deliverable due at the end of the Sprint. This template utilizes unique features in BrightWork to help provide a Scrum environment that includes Sprints, Stories, Tasks, Backlogs, Burndown charts, and all the Scrum features necessary to run a Scrum project.
Manage Projects
BrightWork includes a collection of SharePoint project management templates for managing different types of single projects, each of which can be easily customized to fit local needs and practices. The key value of these templates is that they each contain a certain amount of project management.
This means that organizations can select a template on a case by case basis, based on the project’s needs and the varying levels of project management maturity in the organization.
The BrightWork Project Management templates support three approaches to task management:
- The simple tasking process, offered by the BrightWork Task list, allows you to add tasks without defining dependencies and parent child relationships. The tasks can be viewed in a Gantt chart if needed.
- The BrightWork Project Schedule list allows you to add tasks, with dependencies, parent child relationships, automatic date recalculation and detailed Gantt views.
- BrightWork also supports and extends the Microsoft Project Professional 2010 to SharePoint 2010 sync. In BrightWork, the sync relationship between the Tasks list and the Microsoft Project plan is automatically established. BrightWork also supports syncing of extra Microsoft Project data to SharePoint and displays the entire plan in a dynamic Gantt view.
All of these templates can co-exist in the same SharePoint environment, allowing you to create a project office hierarchy with the right amount of project management for each point in that hierarchy. Templates with small amounts of project management are to the left of the line while templates with more project management are to the right of the line.
The Project Management templates available with BrightWork include: Issue Manager; Project Lite; Project Standard; Project Structured; Agile Software Manager; IT Project Manager; and Scrum.
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