Building Successful Virtual Teams(Professional Development and Technology Management Series)

by Francine Gignac

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580538787
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/2004
Series:	Artech House Professional Development and Technology Management Library
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	4.82(w) x 8.74(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Collaboration in the 21st Century. Collaborative Technologies. From the Traditional to the Virtual Team. Ecollaboration Methodology. Key Success Factors. Conclusion. Appendix: How to Use the CD-ROM.