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How to Encourage Team Adoption of a New Project Management Tool

Rolling out a new project management tool can feel daunting especially, when team members are comfortable with existing processes. However, without team buy-in, even the best software risks becoming underutilized.…

Shubhangi Pandey | October 1, 2025 | 10 min read

BrightWork 365 | Power BI

How Power BI Dashboards Elevate SharePoint Project and Portfolio Reporting

Pairing Power BI with SharePoint transforms project and portfolio reporting into a structured, real-time experience inside your Microsoft 365 environment. BrightWork enables project managers, executives, and PMOs to move from…

Shubhangi Pandey | September 25, 2025 | 10 min read

BrightWork 365 | Build versus Buy

Project Management and Microsoft 365 – Where’s the Fit?

Microsoft 365 and Power Platform are a great fit for the project and portfolio management needs of many organizations. Leveraging Microsoft 365 and Power Platform for project management centralizes all…

Billy Guinan | | 9 min read

BrightWork 365 | BrightWork Approach

Next Steps in Building a Centralized PPM Solution Using Microsoft 365

In the first installment of this series, you saw how you can make a quick and efficient start in project management with BrightWork. You also learned that, along with the…

Shubhangi Pandey | September 24, 2025 | 9 min read

BrightWork 365 | Hybrid Work

4 Ways to Use Microsoft 365 for Remote Projects

Remote teams need a few tools to deliver projects successfully: task tracking, document management, and one place to communicate. With these elements in place, it’s easier for remote teams to…

Billy Guinan | | 11 min read

BrightWork 365 | Hybrid Work

Six Ways to Improve Project Communication with Microsoft 365

In order for a project to be successful, project stakeholders need to know what is happening at all times. From team members knowing their work and responsibilities to senior management…

Billy Guinan | | 6 min read

BrightWork 365 | Project Reporting

How to Prevent Project Scope Creep with Microsoft 365

Many project managers must deal with project stakeholders who request, and often demand, a change to the project after the original requirements have been defined. It is all too easy…

Shubhangi Pandey | | 6 min read

BrightWork 365 | Power Apps

3 Key Project and Portfolio Reports on Power Platform

Everyone involved in a project needs to see slightly different information based on their specific roles and responsibilities. A PMO (Project Management Office), for example, has different reporting needs than…

Billy Guinan | September 23, 2025 | 6 min read

BrightWork 365 | Microsoft 365

Simple Guide to Start Your Project Management Office with Microsoft 365

Organizations that try to deploy a project management office often fall into the same trap: overload. They try to build the perfect system from day one, instead of starting with…

Billy Guinan | September 22, 2025 | 8 min read

Microsoft 365 | Power BI

A Guide to Getting Started with Microsoft Power BI

I recently read that ~1.145 trillion MB of data is created per day as of 2025. Whilst that number is astonishing in itself, I was struck by another thought: how…

Shubhangi Pandey | | 10 min read

Project Reporting

How to Share Project Reports in Microsoft 365

Without a doubt, communication can make or break your project. With so many channels available – instant message, email, chat tools – it’s easy for key information to get lost…

Grace Windsor | | 6 min read

BrightWork 365 | Power Automate

A Quick Guide to Workflows for Projects

Multiple project deadlines, decision fatigue, and too much collaboration. Every day, we have to wade through information and distractions to get our core work done. Some studies suggest that we…

Shubhangi Pandey | September 19, 2025 | 8 min read

BrightWork 365 | Project Reporting

How to Manage Project Execution with Microsoft 365 and Power Platform

Managing project execution is precisely where plans transform into meaningful action. It’s a critical phase following the initiation stage – marked by the development of the project charter. Proper execution…

Shubhangi Pandey | | 7 min read

Agile Project Management | BrightWork 365

How Microsoft Dynamics Can Drive Project Success

Efficiency is a critical ingredient for the success of your business. Specifically, your teams must communicate, create, and collaborate seamlessly to ensure the effective implementation of projects. Providing access to…

Shubhangi Pandey | September 18, 2025 | 9 min read

BrightWork 365 | Microsoft 365

How to Track and Replan a Project with BrightWork 365

Your project is probably not going exactly as planned. That is why it is called a plan! In this article, I’ll explain how to track and replan your project in…

Shubhangi Pandey | | 4 min read

BrightWork

Moving Beyond Excel – Finding Better Ways to Manage Your Projects [Guest Post]

* This was a guest post written by Joel Oleson, originally written in 2017 about our BrightWork for SharePoint Server product. For more information on our project management solution for…

Shubhangi Pandey | September 9, 2025 | 13 min read

BrightWork 365 | Project Management Processes

How to Create a Lessons Learned Process for Your Projects

Many people are in the habit of writing every day in a personal journal to keep track of behaviors to help them reflect and grow. Journals are a great way…

Micheál Clesham | September 8, 2025 | 7 min read

BrightWork | SharePoint

How BrightWork Use SharePoint for Marketing Project Management

I’m the BrightWork Marketing Team Lead. And like any team in every organization, we have work to track and projects to deliver. We have marketing campaigns to run, content to…

Billy Guinan | | 9 min read

BrightWork 365 | Collaboration

7 Critical Success Factors for Project Management Improvement

For over twenty years, BrightWork has worked with customers across various industries to identify the key drivers of successful project management. In that time, we’ve learned a few things about…

Shubhangi Pandey | September 5, 2025 | 13 min read

BrightWork 365 | Microsoft 365

What Makes BrightWork 365 the Best Choice for Microsoft 365 Users?

For organizations already using Microsoft 365, the challenge is clear: how do you turn familiar tools like SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, and Power BI into a unified project and portfolio management…

Shubhangi Pandey | September 3, 2025 | 12 min read

BrightWork 365 | Microsoft 365

How BrightWork 365 Supports Enterprise Project Governance and Compliance

Overview Enterprises face mounting pressure to balance innovation with strict regulatory compliance, risk management, and operational efficiency. Managing large-scale projects requires more than traditional oversight. It demands modern compliance software,…

Shubhangi Pandey | August 18, 2025 | 10 min read

BrightWork 365 | Collaboration

How to Add a Stakeholder Register in Power Apps

It’s critical to keep your stakeholders happy, or at the very least, informed. If you have a good communication line with your stakeholders, this can often determine whether a project…

Billy Guinan | August 15, 2025 | 4 min read

Agile Project Management | BrightWork 365

Microsoft 365 Apps Integrated with BrightWork 365

Focusing on process and template-driven workflows, BrightWork 365 uses the best of Microsoft 365 to achieve project and portfolio management success. BrightWork 365 integrates with the Microsoft 365 apps tailored…

Shubhangi Pandey | July 31, 2025 | 7 min read

BrightWork

Improve Project Execution with the AIRSC Report

The AIRSC Report is a bare minimum tool that is necessary for a project manager to start project execution. The AIRSC Report is not a standard project management term; I…

Micheál Clesham | | 6 min read

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