Building Successful Virtual Teams

Francine Gignac - Collection Technology Management

211 pages, parution le 31/12/2004

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This definitive resource provides you with a start-to-finish methodology for building and implementing successful virtual teams in any organization. It describes today's best practical tools in virtual team design, project management, and change management to give you a rich, hands-on understanding of virtual collaboration and the many benefits that build the case for virtual team initiatives. You get expert guidelines for evaluating today's collaborative technologies and software applications, and selecting those that best meet an organization's specific needs.

The book systematically maps out every step of team implementation, from identifying ideal participants to measuring team performance, and its coverage of key success factors gives you a veritable checklist of critical issues to monitor. Throughout, you find expert guidance to overcome the challenges unique to virtual teams, such as the need for facilitation in the absence of face-to-face encounters. Examples and case studies offer you field-tested perspective that further ensures your effective transition from traditional teams to virtual teams in any setting.

CD-ROM Included! Equips you with over 50 ready-to-use templates that include project plans, logs, checklists, and other tools to support implementation and facilitate the success of virtual team initiatives.

L'auteur - Francine Gignac

Francine Gignac is a management consultant with Actigo Inc. in Quebec, Canada. She has over 20 years of experience in information technology and organizational strategy, most recently in the field of virtual team design and implementation. She has held key management positions or consulted for Nortel, IBM, Bombardier Canadair, the City of Montreal, Hydro-Quebec, and the DMR consulting group. Ms. Gignac also works closely with leading collaborative technologies firms. She is currently offering a virtual training program in Ecollaboration, the way to learn about virtual teaming! For more information consult http://www.actigo.qc.ca

Sommaire

Preface
Introduction
Collaboration in the 21st Century
Collaborative Technologies
From the Traditional to the Virtual Team
Ecollaboration Methodology
Key Success Factors
Conclusion
Appendix A: List of templates Included on the CD
Appendix B: How to use the CD-ROM
List of Acronyms
Selected Bibliography
About the Author
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Artech House
Auteur(s)	Francine Gignac
Collection	Technology Management
Parution	31/12/2004
Nb. de pages	211
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	457g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781580538787
ISBN13	978-1-58053-878-7