So often, a project manager will find themselves in the role with no formal training or project management experience whatsoever. We call them project managers by accident. But we know that if you start your project off right your chances of success increase greatly. So what do we tell project managers who want to kick off their project the right way? We tell them to manage it collaboratively… on SharePoint!

For the inexperienced project manager, SharePoint is the perfect tool to manage projects. With SharePoint you can manage the entire lifecycle of a project, from initiation and planning all the way through to closure in a collaborative environment that provides project management structure and enables communication for the entire team. Even out-of-the-box, SharePoint can be used to manage projects, but when extended with a tool like BrightWork, project management capabilities are enhanced and baked into the SharePoint environment to mimic the different levels of project management structure, making it so easy for PMs to successfully manage a project.

BrightWork have released a free training kit designed to educate project managers on how to leverage SharePoint for practical project and portfolio management. The kit includes two training guides and an online SharePoint environment (hosted by BrightWork) where trainees are guided through the creation, management, and configuration of their own project office on SharePoint. Each trainee has free access to their SharePoint site for up to 30 days - with no interruption. Learn how today!