SharePoint is one of the most used tools in projects and supports many project management activities. As a Project Management Officer, I oversee large project SharePoint sites and get questions about specific SharePoint topics all the time. Frequently, questions come in where check-out/check-in is the root cause of problems, because this functionality is not always […]
Collaboration is a must in projects and not seldom several project team members need to work on the same document at the same time to finalize it as soon as possible, e.g., for a steering committee presentation. One of the great capabilities of Office 365 and SharePoint is the ability for multiple users to work on […]
SharePoint has been an indispensable tool in project work for over ten years now and supports many project management activities. Microsoft Teams was launched in 2017 as a competitor to other successful collaboration products like Asana, Slack or Zoom and has since then successfully established itself—especially in project teams. What many don’t know is that […]
During our work in business, we are constantly looking for information. This is also the case with projects. Projects are communication and information driven and are supported in most companies nowadays by SharePoint Online. Searching for information in SharePoint was in the past often not so successful.In recent years, SharePoint’s search engine has improved tremendously. […]
Colleagues in our company often ask me why I recommend using metadata over managing folders and sub-folders in a SharePoint document library. I have been using SharePoint for many years now in projects and programs and for this question I have a good response. This article answers this question and offers you an overview of […]
Risk management is a central activity in project management, but is unfortunately often neglected. Projects fail because of risks that are discovered too late, ignored or simply not sought. Risk management is not complex but is hard work and the most important thing: it must be done with conviction. Software such as Excel or SharePoint […]
Do you have an Issue Log in your project and do you use it consistently? In my view, the Issue Log is one of the most neglected or underestimated tools in project management. The Issue Log is not just a simple list of issues, but behind it is a management culture of how you handle […]
Most projects and programs conducted in companies with a Microsoft environment use SharePoint Online to manage their project management data and for collaboration. When setting up a new project site in SharePoint, you get one empty document library with your site. If you, as an administrator, are responsible for setting up a SharePoint site for […]
SharePoint Groups and Microsoft 365 Groups and their Permission are probably the most difficult topic to understand in SharePoint and a big challenge for project managers or PMO members who have to setup a project site for their project for the first time. However, it is essential that you understand this very well so that everyone […]
Project management is a vital business activity to create new products and services to secure the future of the business of companies, but also to execute large maintenance activities doing reorganizations or accusations.The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines project management as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the […]