Distributed Project Management System: Risk Diskussion

Description of: "Acquire complementary skills"

Acquire complementary skills Adjust meetings to distributed context Divide tasks systematically between sites Reduce coupling between sites Create shared collaboration platform Establish shared goals Establish communication norms Define roles and responsibilities Reduce time-zone differences Increase technical compatibility between sites Standardize and train in methods across sites Adopt appropriate communication technologies Improve collaboration and communication technology skills Improve development technology skills Handle differences in methods between sites Combine waterfall model and prototyping Focus on deliverables Establish task coordination between sites Maintain site autonomy Establish shared control mechanisms Establish temporal coordination mechanisms Maintain project organization overview Maintain task overview within and across sites Monitor and improve communication Maintain a supportive environment Analyze and manage errors Improve capability to manage cultural differences Improve distributed collaboration skills Improve language skills Emphasize early teambuilding activities Promote humor and openness Use mentors to integrate new members Use face-to-face meetings appropriately Develop liaisons between sites Adopt shared reward systems

Involve representatives from other sites in recruitment of new project participants.
Acquire participants with complimentary skills. Important qualities and competencies consist of:
Patience, stamina, and persistence
Appreciation of autonomy, flexibility, and diversity
Trustfulness, reliability, lateral abilities, and skills in virtual communication.
Domain knowledge, computer literacy, and skills in time coordination.
Highly developed collaboration skills.
Understanding of different cultures.
Experience in mediated collaboration.
Homogeneity with respect to culture and education.

content © 2006 Boeg et al. University of Aalborg Denmark