Description Key Elements of Course
For Senior Managers and Directors to effectively collaborate on a distributed development effort requires a perspective that considers multiple factors including people, product, and process. Key elements of this course are structured around these three key factors.
At a more granular level an eight step distributed development framework is employed (as described in Paul’s book, Virtual Project Management).
- Key high level elements of course:
- People
- Team Dynamics (Communication)
- Client Tailored Scenarios and Solution Brainstorming
- Product
- Architecture & Allocation of Work
- Client Tailored Scenarios and Solution Brainstorming
- Process
- Practices, Tools, & Measurement
- Client Tailored Scenarios and Solution Brainstorming
Based on discussions with the Project leaders the material within the three high level course elements will be tailored to fit within the 1-day seminar to focus on the most important areas selected from the topics below:
Guidelines For Building & Deploying A Successful Collaborative Plan
- An Overall Approach To Collaborative Operation Planning & Deployment
- Keys to a Successful Plan
- Five (5) Common Pitfalls Implementing Collaborative Operations
- How to Establish & Meet Realizable Objectives
- How to Identify, Build & Deploy Successful Collaborative Processes, Procedures, Tools & Environments
- How to Organize & Manage the Successful Implementation of the Plan
Tools, Processes & Collaborative Environments
- An Examination of Tools, Processes & Procedures from the Productivity Perspective
- How to Determine the Right Level of Collaborative Procedures & Tools
- How to Build & Deploy Successful Collaborative Procedures & Tools
- Keys to Building Collaborative Environments that Facilitate the “Move Work, Not People” Paradigm
- Techniques to develop practices that are “distributed team friendly”
Fostering A Collaborative Culture
- Focuses on Individual Behaviors Including Senior Engineers & Managers
- Investigates Key Techniques & Individual Behavior Changes Necessary to Effectively Share Work
- Identifies two (2) Powerful Techniques to Foster a Collaborative Culture
Managing At-A-Distance
- Identifies Key Techniques to Achieve Successful Remote Task Management
- Discusses Varying Task Management Styles & Consequences
- Discusses Status & Control in a Virtual Environment
- Discusses & Identifies a Key Cost Control Technique Effective in Virtual Environments
Virtual Project Organization & Leadership
- Identifies Key Techniques to Setting Up & Executing a Successful Virtual Project
- Identifies Key Skills Required of Virtual Project Leaders
- Discusses Organizational Variations
- Identifies Recommended Virtual Organization Structures
- Discusses Key Management Processes that Require Change when Operating in a Virtual Environment
- Includes discussions of Risk Management, Conflict Management, & Cost & Schedule Management
Virtual Communication & Virtual Teams
- Discusses How Communication Changes in a Virtual Environment
- Identifies Common Pitfalls & Recommendations in the Use of E-Mail
- Identifies Common Pitfalls & Recommendations in the Use of Tele & Video-Conferencing
- Identifies Common Pitfalls & Recommended Rules for the Operation of Virtual Teams
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