{"id":409,"date":"2012-03-12T13:10:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T13:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.binfire.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:09:26","slug":"project-management-trends-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.binfire.com\/blog\/project-management-trends-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Project management Trends – virtual teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Teams in the workplace<\/span><\/h2>\n

Virtual Teams<\/a> will be more Prevalent in companies of all sizes in the near future. From multinational corporations to small business, virtual teams bring cost benefits and productivity not seen before.<\/span><\/p>\n

The number and size of virtual project teams are increasing. \u00a0This trend is gaining steams and we predict that it will be a huge economical force for growth in the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of companies maintaining all the skills internally or in one location – they are leveraging skills needed for projects where ever the skills reside.<\/span><\/p>\n

This makes finding the right talent much easier and also reduces the cost of employees tremendously. No longer a company needs to search locally\u00a0for talent, but search globally for the best talent there is.<\/span><\/p>\n

More and more companies are going green – allowing their staff and independent contractors to work from home. This trend has created huge push in developing collaboration tools<\/a> in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Independent Teams are increasing as well.\u00a0 We\u00a0will cover this in the number 3 article in this series.<\/span><\/p>\n

Independent teams are assembled from employees, contractors, consultants, outsourcing resources, and others for a specific project and only that project.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As a result, we are seeing a move toward a world that we discussed only as a theory about 10 years ago –\u00a0\u201da world where project teams are assembled, executed, and then disappear”,\u00a0 says Matt Heusser, founder of Software, Test & Performance Collaborative.<\/span><\/p>\n

Virtual teams have their challenges and require specific skills related to managing and collaborate remotely. \u00a0Remote teams\u00a0are not challenge-free by any means.<\/span><\/p>\n

Development, implementation and management of this type of transition from traditional business model of organizational operations to a virtual geographically-dispersed mode require:<\/span><\/p>\n