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6 Effective Ways to Improve Project Communication [Guest Post]

Communication is the vehicle of project management. Effective communication could give you a successful project. Likewise, any case of miscommunication could be fatal for a project. As a project manager,…

Vartika Kashyap | August 16, 2018 | 6 min read

Collaboration

How to Improve Your Project Leadership with Coaching and Mentoring

In Collaborative Project Management: A Handbook, Éamonn McGuiness (author and BrightWork CEO) explains the importance of actively developing your leadership style to project success. He argues that project managers need…

Grace Windsor | July 23, 2018 | 8 min read

BrightWork

4 Benefits of Using SharePoint for Government Program and Project Management

SharePoint is an excellent solution for managing program and project management in many industries. SharePoint for Government is flexible and highly configurable, meaning it can be used in many ways…

Conor Beglan | July 20, 2018 | 4 min read

Collaboration

2 Tips for Introducing Project Management to Your Organization

We’ve all heard the seemingly endless list of “common project management mistakes.” Get project under control with a free SharePoint project management template Here are a few quick…

Billy Guinan | April 5, 2018 | 5 min read

Task Management

4 Task Management Styles to Boost Your Productivity [Guest Post]

Effective task management is critical to the success of your project. Poor task management can lead to huge losses in time, resource, and money. According to the Project Management Institute, companies…

Fretty Francis | March 13, 2018 | 7 min read

Portfolio Management

5 Factors for Choosing the Right Project Management Solution

I think it is safe to say that project management software is no longer a luxury, but really a necessity in this day and age. Quickly evaluate PPM solutions…

Billy Guinan | March 1, 2018 | 5 min read

SharePoint | Task Management

Managing Recurring Tasks in SharePoint

Once in a while, I am asked about the possibility of managing recurring tasks in a SharePoint project. If you have a task that will happen every week, month or any…

Peter Doyle | February 19, 2018 | 3 min read

SharePoint

A Guide to BrightWork Template Design Sync

BrightWork Template Design Sync allows you to make design changes to a template and pull those changes into sites created from that template on a site by site basis. These…

Ciara McCarthy | January 21, 2018 | 3 min read

Collaboration

6 Attributes to Look for in your Project Management Champion!

Have you ever been part of a team that is implementing or using a new tool or methodology and one of your team members is super excited and supportive of…

Geraldine O'Reilly | January 18, 2018 | 3 min read

Hybrid Work

Personal Energy Audit: 5 Emotional Factors

If you want to improve your time management and productivity, start by boosting your energy levels. The healthier your energy levels are, the more you will get from your time.…

Eamonn McGuinness | January 9, 2018 | 6 min read

Collaboration

5 Critical Success Factors for Project Management Improvement

For over twenty years, BrightWork has worked with customers across lots of sectors. In that time, we’ve learned a few things about successful project management! Learn more about BrightWork…

Geraldine O'Reilly | January 3, 2018 | 10 min read

SharePoint

Excel Error “An Unexpected Error has Occurred” when Exporting Report

A particular client had an issue exporting a report to Excel and got the following Excel error: “An Unexpected error has occurred” The following error message appearing during…

Jonathan Browne | | 1 min read

SharePoint

Run a SharePoint 2013 Visual Upgrade in Powershell

If you’re carrying out platform upgrades from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 these steps may interest you. We have come across site collections where the “upgrade now” option in the SharePoint UI…

Jonathan Browne | December 20, 2017 | 2 min read

SharePoint

Which version of SharePoint 2016 is right for you?

With Microsoft’s introduction of SharePoint 2016, there is no longer a foundation (free version) variant available. Currently, there are two options; Standard and Enterprise. See BrightWork in action with…

Michael Downing | December 19, 2017 | 6 min read

Resource Management

How to Track Project and Portfolio Resources in SharePoint

SharePoint can be configured quite easily to provide a collaborative site to track and manage all project-related work. Tracking work and responsibilities, knowing who is doing what, and seeing how work…

Billy Guinan | December 15, 2017 | 4 min read

BrightWork

The Ethics of Project Management and Leadership

Peter Drucker (2001) famously stated that “management is about doing things right; leadership is about doing the right things.” The question needs to be asked from a Project Management perspective…

Peter Doyle | December 7, 2017 | 4 min read

Collaboration

10 Tips for Successful Teamwork

Involved in so many project teams you find it hard to cope? Ever feel out of the loop? Want to be part of a more effective team? These top tips…

Ruairi O'Donnellan | December 5, 2017 | 4 min read

SharePoint

Importing a Microsoft Project Schedule to a SharePoint Task List

In my last article, I walked through the best practice steps to initially set up and use Microsoft Project with the BrightWork Structured Site Template. Watch: Using BrightWork Templates…

Ciara McCarthy | November 24, 2017 | 4 min read

BrightWork

How to Improve Your Project Leadership Skills

Anyone can become a leader – it just takes practice, intent, and commitment. This applies to both project managers and team members; after all, leadership is a choice. We follow…

Grace Windsor | November 21, 2017 | 8 min read

SharePoint

How to Delete a User from Your SharePoint Site Collection

A common question that we are asked is “How do I remove users from my BrightWork site collection?” And more specifically the “My Work” user drop downs. It’s quite common…

Jonathan Browne | November 17, 2017 | 3 min read

SharePoint

Setting up your Project Schedule with Microsoft Project Sync

Often, I get asked the best way to use BrightWork with the Microsoft Project Sync feature in a BrightWork Structured Site. The key to using this well is to make…

Ciara McCarthy | November 10, 2017 | 3 min read

SharePoint

User with Full Control Cannot Create Subsites or Projects in SharePoint

Lately, we had a customer whose SharePoint environment suffered from an unknown access denied error, when a user with full control cannot create subsites in the site collection. Each time…

Jonathan Browne | | 4 min read

BrightWork

How to Build Your Personal Leadership Brand in 5 Steps

Think about your most recent purchase. Did you choose a particular brand over another? Did you make this choice based on your previous experience with that brand in terms of…

Grace Windsor | October 31, 2017 | 8 min read

SharePoint

Change a SharePoint User Display Name with PowerShell

There can be many reasons why you may want to change the displayed SharePoint user display name given to a user in SharePoint. You may also wish to find what…

Jonathan Browne | October 19, 2017 | 3 min read

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