...TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT SUMMER 2012 VIRTUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT “A virtual project is a collaborative effort towards a specific goal or accomplishment which is based on ‘collective yet remote’ performance.” “Virtual project management is the structure in which virtual teams work together for a finite period of time to accomplish a specific goal” Current penetration of Internet and development of collaborative software have introduced new dimension to technical organizations for project management that “dispersed peoples” can be a project team in place of traditional concept of project team. Three types of virtual projects are common; Lean Project, Hybrid Project and Extreme projects. The people work on virtual project as team called virtual project team and virtual project management manage the input & output of the project. Basic seven types of virtual project teams are Networked teams, Production teams, Management teams, Action teams, Production teams, Services teams and Parallel teams. The major challenge faced by the company in executing the virtual project, is the management of virtual project team. Coordination, Communication and Control are the three essential elements for successful execution of virtual project by project management; where Control is a mechanism for mitigating coordination and communication challenges in virtual project team to make effectiveness of virtual project Management practices. Technologies like E-mail, Tele- and Videoconferencing and...
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...MANAGING VIRTUAL PROJECT TEAMS A research project submitted to the faculty of San Francisco State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Business Administration by Bryan Rolf Trautsch San Francisco, California December 11, 2003 Copyright (c) 2003 by Bryan Trautsch. CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL I certify that I have read VIRTUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT by Bryan Rolf Trautsch, and that in my opinion this work meets the criteria for approving a research project submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Business Administration degree at San Francisco State University. ________________________________________ Dr. Robert C. Nickerson Professor of Information Systems ________________________________________ Dr. Sam S. Gill Professor of Information Systems ABSTRACT MANAGING VIRTUAL PROJECT TEAMS Bryan Rolf Trautsch San Francisco State University Fall 2003 The purpose of the project is to explore the communications and collaborations issues associated with managing virtual project teams. In order to establish a better understanding of the problem, the paper evaluates virtual teams against more traditional collocated teams to provide some background and depth to the research. The method used in the research was in the format of a questionnaire consisting of six questions. The questionnaire was delivered via e-mail to various project managers with virtual project team experience...
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...for the SharePoint, Office and Project 2010 Virtual Machines V4.0 "The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, email address, logo, person, places, or events is intended or should be inferred." System Requirements Requirement | Item | Operating System | Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled | Drive Formatting | NTFS | Processor | Intel VT or AMD-V capable | RAM | 4 GB or more (8 GB or more recommended) | Hard disk space required for install | 50 GB | Virtual Machine Software and Pre-Configuration Virtual machine “a” contains the following pre-configured software: 1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, running as an Active Directory Domain Controller for the “CONTOSO.COM” domain with DNS and WINS 2. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Analysis, Notification, and Reporting Services 3. Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2 4. Visual Studio 2010 5. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition 6. Microsoft Office Web Applications 7. FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 8. Microsoft Project Server 2010 9. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 10. Microsoft Visio 2010 11. Microsoft Project 2010 12. Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Virtual machine “b” contains the following...
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...global virtual team with members of different cultural backgrounds because leaders gradually promote their company to the world. Global projects with using virtual teams are primarily linked through computer and telecommunications technologies across national boundaries. Globalization of the construction industry has brought unique challenges such as coordination among project participants from different countries, and individual’s preferences in decision make and communication. As economic borders between countries come down, cultural barriers will most likely go up and pose new challenges and opportunities for business. Solving the cultural issues has been found to be of crucial importance for the success of virtual teams. This research attempts to characterize cultural differences along the dimension of cultural values and cultural practices Keywords: Virtual global project; Cultural diversity; Project management. Introduction Traditionally, a team-based project requires all team members physically present in a specific location for a period of time. But virtual global project requires a virtual team that members can engage in and deliver projects with limited or no direct physical interaction with other members. It allows multinational enterprises to draw on the widest talent pool available among their global employee base. Team members typically don't need to meet face-to-face, they can use several different virtual meeting applications to conduct all project work...
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...sciencedirect.com International Journal of Project Management 28 (2010) 422–427 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman Effect of a virtual project team environment on communication-related project risk April H. Reed *, Linda V. Knight 1 Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business, East Carolina University, United States College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, United States Received 25 March 2009; received in revised form 13 July 2009; accepted 4 August 2009 Abstract Over 150 Information Technology practitioners participated in a study of differences in communication risk between traditional project teams and those that operate virtually, with some team members physically remote. Contrary to prior research, results indicate the level of risk from inadequate communication is not significantly greater when team members are not grouped in one location. Further, despite increased dependence of virtual teams on technology for communication, there was no evidence of significantly more project risk due to technological failure. However, virtual team projects exhibited notably more risk due to insufficient knowledge transfer. A plausible explanation is decreased implicit or informal knowledge transfer in virtual environments. We conclude that the possibility of insufficient knowledge transfer should be included in virtual project risk management plans, and consideration should be given in such projects to the extent to which knowledge that is traditionally...
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...are generating. To make matters worse, accessing the stored data has been time consuming and a lot of time, system seems to be down when accessing the data. This proposal calls for implementing of network and storage virtualization to accommodate the data and high availability. Introduction According to Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), Storage Virtualization is a process of isolating the internal function of the storage system application so that it can be independently manage. Storage Virtualization adds the capability to lower the storage resources level and reduce complexity in the management process (Bunn, Simpson, Peglar, & Nagle). The word “Virtualization” is the virtual version of something instead of the actual physical. In this case the storage is the virtual of the actual physical storage. Virtualization had been utilized in many processes such as the partition of the physical hard drive into the logical section creates the image of the actual physical hard drive....
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...What is actually virtual meeting on business? Recent years, advanced technology brought a lot of new opportunities in our life and on our businesses meanwhile these technological improvements get inside our life day by day. Virtual meeting is one of these opportunities which many businesses are using it and many of them will use in the future. Virtual meeting is having a meeting by using internet connection virtually with the other branches or other related companies that you work with. “Virtual meetings will never eradicate the need for traditional face-to-face meetings, but they often provide the least expensive means of bringing people together” (2011, Mittleman). As long as companies remain, people who work within these companies will travel to other countries or cities to have meetings but virtual meeting which is videoconferencing and telepresence will decrease these travels. What are the advantages of the virtual meetings on an organization? Maybe 15 years ago, if we talked about a virtual meeting, it would be so weird but now this is very common way to have a meeting and will be more than now. There are a lot of advantages of the virtual meetings first and important one for a business is saving time. The other important advantage is saving money. These two important things are actually main factors to consider for many businesses anytime. These virtual meetings will reduce your employees to travel for a meeting sometimes these meetings can last 1 week or...
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...An Instructional Manual for Virtual Teams Table of Contents So, You Want a Virtual Team, Huh? 3 Introduction 3 The Look of a Successful Virtual Team 4 The Leader's Relief 6 Establishing Team Purpose 7 The Virtual Team Start-up Meeting 8 Local vs. Virtual 9 Operating Principles 10 The Culture Thing 11 “The Safety Net" – Coping With Virtuality 12 Become An Effective Leader 12 Staying On Top Of Things 12 The Technical Needs of a Virtual Team 13 Learning and Technology 13 Selecting Technology 13 Examples of Real-Time Tools (Synchronous) 14 Examples of Asynchronous Tools 14 The Virtual Meeting 15 Planning Your Meeting 15 The Virtual Meeting, cont. 16 Facilitation Tips 16 Types of Virtual Meeting Software to Consider 16 Managing Issues In A Virtual Team 17 Conclusions and Closure for a Virtual Team 18 References 19 So, You Want a Virtual Team, Huh? An Instructional Manual for Virtual Teams Introduction John is so excited! He starts his new job on Monday. In his new job, John will take on a team for a Fortune 100 company. His new company is growing fast, and to keep up with the pressure of rapid growth, they have been expanding across the country. John is new to this matrix-type work culture and needs to adjust his style of work and leadership to accommodate. How will he setup technology and infrastructures to support his new team? What techniques can he use to build trust, agreement and purpose with his...
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...Company Background First Class Realty (FCR) in Orland Park, IL is an independently owned and operated real estate organization with over 200 sales agents and associate brokers, as well as a 6-person administrative staff. Operating and servicing the real estate needs of South Suburban Chicago, Illinois since 1990, they have the largest amount of real estate agents in the area; and currently service approximately 35% of the market share. Their philosophy is to be loyal to their clients, cooperate ethically with their competitors, and be truthful in their statements and advertisements and to not interfere with the exclusive contracted relationships that other agents have with their clients. In addition, FCR makes a conscious effort to attract and retain the very best of agents by offering the maximum commission plans available in the area; and sharing in company operating fees and overhead costs; all while offering the freedom to agents to operate their business independently with advanced support services. FCR stresses personal development among its agents; training is offered often and strongly encouraged so that everyone can be their best rather in a sales, management or support role. In addition; several discounts and services are available for agents to promote themselves individually as well. Initially, First Class Realty worked only the residential-side of the business, offering real estate listing and sales assistance - marketing single-family and town-homes, condos...
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... As a newly-appointed Project Manager of a research team, you believe that you will be able to manage the project virtually from your office in London, even though the other six members are located in Munich. This will solve your personal dilemma as your family does not want to be relocated. The project has a six-month deadline. What factors should you consider in order to make this virtual assignment effective? Answer: First of all, virtual assignments is where the employees and managers are located in different areas as in this case, the Project Manager’s office is in London whereas the other six team members are in Munich. Thus, the Project Manager has to rely heavily on communication technologies such as telephone, email or video conference. In my opinion, the factors that has to be taken into consideration include effective use of technology, invest time in building relationships and trust, provide specific intercultural training and arrange face-to-face meeting occasionally. To bring a success to virtual assignments, I will need to be aware of the full range of technology tools available to us and become practices and proficient in their use. Without familiarizing the technology, it is difficult for managers to keep in touch with the team and it might end up slowing down the team performance. For instance, it will be a waste of time discovering the function of Skype tools during the virtual meeting. Besides that, as a newly-appointed Project Manager, trust and a comfortable...
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...The Advancements over Social Media Rachel Hammer INF103: Computer Literacy (ACD1246B) Instructor: Livia Muse-Johnson December 13, 2012 Social Media In today’s society, social media has become a part of our everyday lives. People of all ages and professions utilize social media in some form on a regular basis. Some common forms of social media are social networking, blogs, voice over IP, collaborative projects, content communities, virtual game worlds, and online shopping. These types of social media offer communication, sharing and shopping capabilities. People from all around the world are able to be connected with a click of a mouse. Social media also allows for creativity and expression. Social networking includes websites like Facebook. Over one billion people worldwide are active members of this online community. It is estimated that every user on Facebook has approximately 130 friends on their profile pages. This website is very easy to join, and the best part is that it is free. Members are able to upload and post pictures and videos to share with their friends and family. Privacy settings are available so the member can choose who is allowed to access their page or view their pictures. This is especially convenient for parents who monitor their teenager’s computer usage. Facebook originally created for peer-to-peer connections of classmates in college; however, it quickly expanded into a worldwide, multidimensional, phenomenon. Blogs, by definition...
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...Access database systems. Training programs are coordinated with the Training Officer for all personnel. Daily support is provided for basic PC operation, system usage, network management, and database management. The Section works closely with OIT to improve areas of operation which may be lacking, and provides input for future Campus IT initiatives. The current network includes 125+ PCs and 35 printers which all tie into the University backbone. Current projects include TimeTracker, an electronic interface allowing card swipe time to be recorded in both Peoplesoft and the internal Plant work management system EMPAC Echelon Services If you need a flexible, cost-effective cloud for delivering computing power, cloud services from Echelon can be your ideal solution. Let Echelon Synaptic Compute as a Service help you, we are able to build your virtual private cloud in a highly secure network. We’ve designed synaptic compute as a service with Vmware, vCloud, and Datacenter Service for you. Providing quick, secure access to virtual infrastructure, servers and storage; all while reducing cost, delays, and the hassles of adding physical hardware. Echelon offer unlimited computing capacity; allowing you provide and manage the operating system, database and application. To manage your service, choose either Graphical User Interface...
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...How Video Games and Virtual Simulators Affect Tactical Skills of Military Members in Battle Michael Genthner National University Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 List of Tables 3 Abstract 4 Introduction 5 Background and History 5 Definition of Terms 6 Purpose and Objectives 6 Research Hypothesis 7 Method 8 Military Based Video Games 8 Shooting Simulators 10 Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer 10 Long Range Precision Shooting Simulator 10 Driving Simulators 11 Flight Simulators 13 Results 14 References 17 List of Tables Figure 1: Real World Improvement Vs. Simulation Realism Military Training FAQ. (2013). In VirTra. Retrieved March 24, 2013, from http://www.virtra.com/military-faq/ 15 Table 2: Long Rang Precision Shooting Simulator Sherer, K. (2007, October 29). Laser Shot announces Personal Weapon Simulator partnership. In Gamzig. Retrieved March 28, 2013, from http://www.gizmag.com/go/8224/.........................................................................16 ABSTRACT This paper explores a brief history and the current utilization of virtual simulators and video games within the United States Department of Defense (DoD). Focusing on modern times, the US military is continuing to utilize virtual simulators and war based video games to assist in the training of troops before going on the battle front. The US Military presently uses numerous types of simulators for training, the following will include the implementation of ISMIT...
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...are found at all levels of business, from a multi-billion dollar corporation that builds jets to a small waterpark employing lifeguards and clerks. Successful teams need some form of leadership, good communication, problem-solving skills, and a purpose. Successful groups can achieve tremendous results,. When teams work together, everyone is working toward one common goal and completing the project with successful results. Average groups do just enough to achieve a goal, and then there are groups that are extraordinary. They achieve superior results and team members come away from the group experience with a newfound respect of what he or she helped accomplish. A study revealed eight performance indicators linking extraordinary groups and group members agreed. Each team member agreed teams must: have a compelling purpose, a shared leadership role, team structure, full engagement among members, embrace member differences, learn the unexpected, build trusting relationships, and achieve outstanding results. Whether the team is for-profit or not, volunteers or employees, face-to-face or virtual, these eight indicators emerged (Bellman & Ryan, 2010). Athletics and businesses share many of the same qualities. The head coach sets goals for his team as does the business manager. Head coach and manager set out to accomplish a particular goal. The goal of the head coach may be winning the league championship. The goal of the manager may be to finish the fiscal year under budget. Dayton...
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...Chapter 3 Augmented Reality – Where it Started from and Where It’s Going Veronika Szucs, Silvia Paxian and Cecília Sik Lanyi Additional information is available at the end of the chapter http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/59796 1. Introduction This study provides an overview of augmented reality (Augmented Reality, AR) and some of its important and popular areas of application. Augmented reality technology integrates 3D virtual objects into a real 3D environment, in real time. This book chapter presents the areas of everyday life where AR can be used (including, but not limited to): medical informatics, production repair, visualization, route planning, entertainment and military applications, marketing tasks and education. The basic characteristics of AR systems, the need for compro‐ mise in their applicability, and optical and video mixing approaches are presented in the chapter. The chapter introduces the two main areas of sensor errors, which are considered as a basic problem during the design of efficient augmented reality systems. We summarize how the current devices are able to solve these problems. The expected future direction of AR technology developments and the areas where further research is needed are simultaneously introduced. 1.1. Aims In the course of preparing the study, the actualities of augmented reality technologies have been reviewed. Questions associated with differing scope of application, design and imple‐ mentation problems of augmented...
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