Most traditional management techniques were developed for co-located work teams. Increasingly, managers are faced with downsizing, mergers, acquisitions, mandated telecommuting and distantly located technical specialists. Although numerous studies indicate the majority of managers have a strong preference for co-located teams, today’s business environment makes the management of geographically distributed work teams a fact of life. The course addresses how project managers can set up an infrastructure that facilitates project communications and control.

This course will cover:
• The four key principles of effective distance communication
• Applying the principles to email, videoconferencing, teleconferencing and discussion software
• Managing by objective
• Developing practical performance metrics
• Optimally partitioning and locating work
• Optimizing the project schedule for a virtual team

This course will help you:
• Communicate more effectively at a distance
• Improve team communication
• Monitor project progress remotely
• Optimally organize a distributed team
• Take advantage of time zone differences
• Influence remote team members

Who should attend?
Project managers and functional managers new to working with virtual teams.