Free
Project Management
Templates
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ... 3
1.1 Pick your Size ... 3
1.2 Free Lite ... 4
1.3 Free Structured... 5
2 Add the WSP Files to Solution Gallery ... 7
3 Create Sites ... 10
BrightWork Free Templates Install Guide: Introduction
1 Introduction
Welcome to the BrightWork Free Project Management Templates Install Guide.
1.1 Pick your Size
At BrightWork we do not follow the one size fits all approach. Our philosophy is to supply a range of Project, Portfolio and Everyday Work Management templates that allow our customers to start with an amount of project management appropriate to the situation at hand.
We are also following this philosophy with our freemium offering. You can see where the two free templates are located on our template spectrum. High-level descriptions of both templates are provided below, but we recommend you follow the install steps and create a version of each of them so you can review the real thing at your leisure.
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1.2 Free Lite
The Free Lite template from BrightWork gives you a starter amount of project management for managing a project in a fully contained site.
Project management functionality in the Free Lite template includes:
Project management dashboards and reporting pages
Automatic status report capture workflow
Issue escalation for Tasks
Project management process exposed through the Quick Launch
Works out of the box and can be easily configured for local terminology and use
Landing page showing key project information and navigation to other dashboards
The Free Lite template includes the following lists and libraries:
Project Wiki
For adding and maintaining local process guidance
Project Statement
Single item list to track high level project information
Project Tasks
SharePoint Project Tasks list including an action to create an issue based upon the Task selected
Documents
Library of project documents
Calendar
Key project events calendar, capable of showing calendar views from other lists overlaid
My Work
Dashboard displaying Tasks and Issues assigned to the person viewing it
Work
Series of dashboards showing Tasks and Issues Overview, Due Soon, Open, Closed and Unassigned
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Project Issues
Issues log tracking project issues in a dedicated list
Project Status Reports
Project status report that automatically populates values (using workflow when initially saved)
1.3 Free Structured
The Free Structured template from BrightWork gives you a more structured single project environment that will get you started managing projects with out-of-the-box SharePoint and Microsoft Project Professional today.
Download a free trial of Microsoft Project Professional.
The Free Structured Template comes with a complementary training webcast which will show you how to deploy, configure and use the template in your organization. Access the training video here.
Project management functionality in the Free Structured template includes:
Project management dashboards and reporting pages
Automatic status report capture workflow
Issue escalation for Risks and Tasks
Project management process exposed through the Quick Launch
Works out of the box and can be easily configured for local terminology and use
Landing page showing key project information and navigation to other dashboards
The Free Structured template includes the following lists and libraries:
Project Wiki
For adding and maintaining local process guidance
Project Statement
Single item list to track high level project information
Project Goals
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Contacts
Key project contacts, internal and external to the project
Project Tasks
SharePoint Project Tasks list with capability to Sync with Microsoft Project Professional 2010, including an action to create an issue based upon the Task selected
Documents
Library of project documents
Project Risks
Risk log tracking project risks in a dedicated list, including an action to create an issue based upon the Risk selected
My Work
Dashboard displaying Tasks and Issues assigned to the person viewing it
Work
Series of dashboards showing Tasks and Issues Overview, Due Soon, Open, Closed and Unassigned
Discussions
Discussion forum
Calendar
Key project events calendar, capable of showing calendar views from other lists overlaid
Project Issues
Issues log tracking project issues in a dedicated list
Project Status Reports
Project status report that automatically populates values (using workflow when initially saved)
Lessons Learned
BrightWork Free Templates Install Guide: Add the WSP Files to Solution Gallery
2 Add the WSP Files to Solution Gallery
Note: All versions of SharePoint 2010 SP1 are supported.
1. Unzip the downloaded files to a suitable location on your desktop.
2. Login as a Site Collection Administrator to the Site Collection that you want to add the site to.
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5. Click the Solutions tab. 6. Click Upload Solution.
7. Click Browse and navigate to the location where you unzipped the download file. 8. Select the Free SharePoint Project Lite Template.wsp file and click OK.
BrightWork Free Templates Install Guide: Add the WSP Files to Solution Gallery 9. Click Activate.
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3 Create Sites
1. Navigate to the location in the site collection where you want to create the site. 2. Click Site Actions | New Site.
3. Select the Free BrightWork Template that you want to use. 4. Give the site a name a Title and a URL Name.
5. Click More Options.
. 6. Select the appropriate Navigation and Navigation Inheritance options for your environment.
BrightWork Free Templates Install Guide: Create Sites 7. Click Create.
