Anyone who has been involved in a project knows that they never go according to plan. That fact makes tracking and re-planning the project perhaps the most important part of project management. It’s where project managers earn their money… if every project ran perfectly, project managers might not even be necessary. So, a good project manager stays up-to-date and continuously tracks the status of a project so they can make good decisions before the project is lost completely.

We have already established that a collaborative site on SharePoint will kick off a project the right way, by establishing project management structure and providing guidance toward a successful project. Setting up a collaborative project site is just the beginning, but BrightWork on SharePoint gives you the tools to easily track and manage your project.

You can track project issues

Get a project overview

Or view the project schedule

All of these tools – and so many more – can be baked right into SharePoint. And if the project team is updating their progress accurately in a timely manner, you as the project manager will have all of the information you need to inform real time decision making. Your whole SharePoint site is set up the way you want it, to help guide you to manage the project in a smart and logical way.

Now, it would be nice if all the work was done, there were no issues, and you were a month ahead of schedule – but that almost certainly not the case. However, you are now armed with the information you need to quickly get a sense of where the project is at, and re-plan accordingly.