Modern Virtual Project Management: The Effects of a Centralized and Decentralized Project Management Office

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. S83-S96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Curlee
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Management Office ◽  
Virtual Project ◽  
Virtual Project Management

Virtual project management: introduction

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Christian Leuthold ◽  
Charles Huber ◽  
Adrian Plü ◽  
N.A. ss
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Virtual Project ◽  
Virtual Project Management

Providing a Model for Virtual Project Management with an Emphasis on IT Projects

2016 ◽  
pp. 476-496
Author(s):  
Hamed Nozari ◽  
Seyed Esmaeil Najafi ◽  
Meisam Jafari-Eskandari ◽  
Alireza Aliahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
It Projects ◽  
Information Technology Projects ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Virtual Project ◽  
Virtual Project Management

With globalization of economy and increase of global competition to acquire rare resources, the organizations have moved towards geographical distribution to achieve competitive advantage. Users and project teams at various places within various countries with different national and local cultures throughout the world work on projects at the environment concerning geographical distribution. On the other hand, with increase of advancements in communication, the distributed project teams have been witnessed with more expansion, known with “virtual teams”. When members of virtual project team from various organizations and time zones attend in the projects, they will be more likely affiliated to electronic media such as email. With regard to virtualization of IT projects, the present study aims to develop a model for virtual project management with an emphasis on information technology projects, including several elements in geographically distributed environments. The final model of virtual project management of information technology projects was represented.

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