Paper Info
Title
IT project management and virtual teams
Abstract
Project management methods and tools are increasingly relevant as today's globalized organizations accomplish more of their goals using cross-functional, and often cross-cultural, geographically dispersed, project teams. The increased diversity of skills, knowledge, cultures, and perspectives of these project teams can potentially have both positive and negative influences on group processes and outcomes. The question that this research-in-progress intends to address is: To what extent can and do project management methods and tools benefit diverse virtual teams while mitigating its challenges? In order to begin to answer this question, this paper presents relevant background, a research model, a methodology (currently in progress), and potential contributions. The initial methodology involves a study of IT project teams working on a common database design project whose members are using electronic tools to communicate, collaborate, and coordinate. The results of the study should provide useful information to practitioners and researchers regarding project management and virtual teams.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1145/982372.982405
CPR
Keywords
Field
DocType
project management,initial methodology,relevant background,it project team,project management method,virtual team,diverse virtual team,common database design project,it project management,project team,electronic tool,database design,group process,team work
Extreme project management,Project management 2.0,Functional manager,Knowledge management,Software project management,Project management triangle,Project planning,Engineering,Project charter,Project management
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-847-4
19
1.34
References 
Authors
5
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Catherine M. Beise116819.92