Applying User Centred Design to SharePoint - ShareThePoint Melbourne 2013James Dellow
These slides were intended for a short workshop at ShareThePoint Melbourne 2013 covering what is User Centred Design (UCD), why you should apply it to SharePoint, and a hands-on demonstration of how to understand user and business priorities with Personas and Page Description Diagrams (PDDs). Some elements of this presentation are licensed under Creative Commons, as indicated.
(Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)1. A humanis an e.docxtienmixon
(Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
1. A humanis an example of a(n) system. Constant interaction with the environment influences the person's state of existence and future.
a.conditional
b.static
c.inert
d.closed
e.open
2.Which of the following activities performed by an organization indicates that it is conducting a
social responsibility measurement in the socialinvestment area?
a.Puttingin money and human resources to solve community social problems
b.Conducting studies to pinpoint social problems
c.Ensuring worker safety
d.Participating in long-range community planning
e.Dealing fairly with employees and customers
3.. Which of the following is true regarding the majority and minority groups in an organization?
a.The majority group has more people than the minority group.
b.The minority group possesses decision-making power in most organizations.
c.The majority group in any organization lacks social status and acceptance.
d.The minority group can have more people than the majority group.
e.The top management constitutes a minority group that commands decision-making power.
4. In the area of diversity, controlling involves _
a.establishing task forces or committees to explore issues and provide ideas
b.carefully choosing work assignments to support the career development of all employees
c.evaluating the extent to which diversity goals are being achieved
d.the evaluation activities necessary to assess the diversity efforts
e.the selection of the diversity training programs for the organization
5.Which of the following is a characteristic of domestic management?
a.Widely disparate economic conditions
b.National markets varyi ng greatly in population and area
c.Markets at different stages of theindustrial revolution
d.People livingin similarvalue systems
e.Different national sovereignties
6. The phenomenon ofcompromising the quality of a decision to maintain relationships within a teamis referred to as _
a.groupthink
b.scapegoating
c.crowdsourcing
d.brainstorming
e.doublethink
7.Which of the following is true about strategy?
a.Smaller organizations are more precise than large organizations in developing organizationalstrategy in order to meet their goals sooner.
b.Strategy is a general plan developed to reach short-term goals.
c.Organizational strategy focuses on the marketing and financial aspects of a business.
d.Strategy is actually the end result of strategic planning.
e.Research and development are not a part of an organization's strategy.
8.Which of the following strategy formulation tools was specifically developed to expand on the
BeG Growth-Share Matrix?
a.The critical questions analysis
b.The GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix
c.Environmental analysis
d.SWOT analysis
e.Porter's Model for Industry Analysis
9..A firm's ability to undertake an action is referred to as _
a.competitor motivation
b.competitor capability
c.strategic ability
d.competitor awareness
e.differentiation
10. Which of the following is a planning device.
Applying User Centred Design to SharePoint - ShareThePoint Melbourne 2013James Dellow
These slides were intended for a short workshop at ShareThePoint Melbourne 2013 covering what is User Centred Design (UCD), why you should apply it to SharePoint, and a hands-on demonstration of how to understand user and business priorities with Personas and Page Description Diagrams (PDDs). Some elements of this presentation are licensed under Creative Commons, as indicated.
(Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)1. A humanis an e.docxtienmixon
(Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
1. A humanis an example of a(n) system. Constant interaction with the environment influences the person's state of existence and future.
a.conditional
b.static
c.inert
d.closed
e.open
2.Which of the following activities performed by an organization indicates that it is conducting a
social responsibility measurement in the socialinvestment area?
a.Puttingin money and human resources to solve community social problems
b.Conducting studies to pinpoint social problems
c.Ensuring worker safety
d.Participating in long-range community planning
e.Dealing fairly with employees and customers
3.. Which of the following is true regarding the majority and minority groups in an organization?
a.The majority group has more people than the minority group.
b.The minority group possesses decision-making power in most organizations.
c.The majority group in any organization lacks social status and acceptance.
d.The minority group can have more people than the majority group.
e.The top management constitutes a minority group that commands decision-making power.
4. In the area of diversity, controlling involves _
a.establishing task forces or committees to explore issues and provide ideas
b.carefully choosing work assignments to support the career development of all employees
c.evaluating the extent to which diversity goals are being achieved
d.the evaluation activities necessary to assess the diversity efforts
e.the selection of the diversity training programs for the organization
5.Which of the following is a characteristic of domestic management?
a.Widely disparate economic conditions
b.National markets varyi ng greatly in population and area
c.Markets at different stages of theindustrial revolution
d.People livingin similarvalue systems
e.Different national sovereignties
6. The phenomenon ofcompromising the quality of a decision to maintain relationships within a teamis referred to as _
a.groupthink
b.scapegoating
c.crowdsourcing
d.brainstorming
e.doublethink
7.Which of the following is true about strategy?
a.Smaller organizations are more precise than large organizations in developing organizationalstrategy in order to meet their goals sooner.
b.Strategy is a general plan developed to reach short-term goals.
c.Organizational strategy focuses on the marketing and financial aspects of a business.
d.Strategy is actually the end result of strategic planning.
e.Research and development are not a part of an organization's strategy.
8.Which of the following strategy formulation tools was specifically developed to expand on the
BeG Growth-Share Matrix?
a.The critical questions analysis
b.The GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix
c.Environmental analysis
d.SWOT analysis
e.Porter's Model for Industry Analysis
9..A firm's ability to undertake an action is referred to as _
a.competitor motivation
b.competitor capability
c.strategic ability
d.competitor awareness
e.differentiation
10. Which of the following is a planning device.
In the tech world, working virtually is common! And how HR manages a group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations and rely on communication technology.
1.A cumulative effort curve for a project generally has an S-shap.docxjackiewalcutt
1. A cumulative effort curve for a project generally has an S-shape because of:
Answer :
a. The large financial costs associated with ending a project
b. Various hurdles that prevent progress when beginning a project
c. Team member burnout
d. Higher resource utilization during the middle of a project
2. A manager getting further into a project and obtaining a better understanding of what needs to be done to accomplish a project is an example of:
Answer
a. Hidden interaction costs
b. Things going wrong on a project
c. Normal conditions not applying
d. Changes in project scope
e. None of these are correct
3. A project team has been assigned to research and develop a new product to compete with its competitor’s latest product launch. The product is needed quickly because the company is losing market share. The team consists of 6 members, located throughout the country. Each one has a role in sales, marketing, manufacturing, or engineering, and will be performing this project in addition to his or her full-time position. Which of the following project team considerations is most likely to pose a threat to achieving success?
Answer
a. Not enough time available for the team members.
b. Not the correct team size.
c. Poor team member representation that does not include a diverse set of stakeholders.
d. Inadequate knowledge and technical skills of the team members.
4. All of the following are usually included in a work package except
Answer
a. What will be done?
b. The time needed to complete the work.
c. A single person who is responsible for its completion.
d. All the costs for the work package.
e. All of these are included in a work package.
5. An advantage of factor rating for project selection is that it:
Answer
a. Involves no arithmetic calculations
b. Allows for comparisons on several weighted criteria
c. Offers objective measures that eliminate human bias
d. Is focused solely on financial outcomes
6. An organization that allows functions to exist on the vertical dimension of the organizational chart, with projects running on the horizontal dimension is described as a:
Answer
a. Matrix organization
b. Projectized organization structure
c. Functional organization
d. Networked organization
7. After a team of software development engineers completed the requirements phase for a major new system, members learned the client no longer needed several of the features initially requested. Which of the following project management models would help avoid this kind of communication challenge?
Answer
a. Silo approach
b. Economic approach
c. Waterfall approach
d. Concurrent approach
8. Companies like Boeing, Kodak, and IBM are using which of the following for improving the estimating process?
Answer
a. Adjusting estimates based on individual forecasting abilities
b. Benchmarking using the experience of other companies
c. Using time and motion studies
d. Creating historical databases o ...
What can DesignOps do for you? by Carol Smith at TLMUX in MontrealCarol Smith
You have probably seen the terms DesignOps and/or ResearchOps float by in your social media queue. These teams make designing (and researching) at scale beautifully efficient and successful. Carol steps through how these teams work, the types of activities they perform, situations they are helpful for, and ways you can leverage these types of programs in your organization. Carol will share examples from her experiences and stories from other organizations that are using Design Ops to do effective design at scale.
Presented at Tout le monde UX in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on February 28, 2019. http://toutlemonde-ux.com/
Software Project Management: Project InitiationMinhas Kamal
Software Project Management: ResearchColab- Project Initiation (Document-1)
Presented in 4th year of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSSE) course at Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka (IIT, DU).
Field Research at the Speed of BusinessPaul Sherman
Field research: to many it's the gold standard of user-centered design. Want to learn more about how your current or prospective customers think, work, live and play? Go observe them.
If you're early or even mid-career, organising, carrying out and analysing the results of field research can seem daunting and time-consuming. This tutorial will provide you with information and resources you can use immediately to start conducting insightful and effective field research.
Presented at UX in the City Oxford 2017, April 2017, Oxford UK.
How to recruit an it project manager it-toolkitsIT-Toolkits.org
Many job roles have claimed the title ‘project manager’, but in reality, are a far cry from the traditional role with overall responsibility for the planning and execution of a project. So how can you be sure you are recruiting the right person?
Track 09 - New publishing and scientific communication ways:
Electronic edition, digital educational resources
Authors: Ana Catarina Silva and Maria Manuel Borges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAdQkqUYROo&list=PLboNOuyyzZ86iI_x9SRTfV1KlSRX9DcEc&index=5
Appendix A Logic Model Template Program Name .docxfestockton
Appendix A: Logic Model Template
Program Name:
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
PROGRAM GOAL (S):
Resources
What resources do we have to work with?
Activities
What happens in our organization?
Outputs
What are the tangible products
of our activities?
Short-term Outcomes
What changes do we expect to
occur within the short term?
Intermediate
Outcomes
What changes do we
want to see occur after
that?
Long-term
Outcomes
What changes do we
hope to see over time?
Appendix A: Logic Model Template
Program Name:
Activities
What happens in our organization?
Outputs
What are the tangible products
of our activities?
Short-term Outcomes
What changes do we expect to
occur within the short term?
Intermediate
Outcomes
What changes do we
want to see occur after
that?
Long-term
Outcomes
What changes do we
hope to see over time?
Rationale(s):
The explanation of a set of beliefs, based on a body of knowledge, about how
change occurs in your field and with your specific clients (or audience).
Assumptions:
Facts or conditions you assume to be true.
Logic Model Workbook
Appendix C
WORKSHEET:
DEVELOPING AN OUTCOMES CHAIN
Outcomes don’t all happen at once. This worksheet will help you see how your outcomes connect to one another in a
logical chain – sometimes called a Pathway of Outcomes, or an “Outcomes Chain.” As you build your logic model, make
sure that your activities are moving you toward your program goals. Even if you won’t be able to achieve those goals
within the program timeframe, it’s important to see how they are connected.
Fig. 1: Outcomes Chain
Your shorter-term outcomes might happen right away—early in your program, or sometime during your program.
Shorter-term outcomes are the results you expect to see during your logic model’s timeframe. Shorter-term outcomes
lead to intermediate outcomes: the results you want to see. Intermediate outcomes may happen at the end of your
program, or just outside your program’s timeframe. Both shorter-term and intermediate outcomes need to happen before
your longer-term outcomes can happen. Longer-term outcomes are closely related to your program goal(s), and will
happen after your program timeframe—they aren’t completely within your control, but you hope they will happen.
Shorter-Term Outcomes
• Achieved during program timeframe
• Within program control
• “expect to see”
Intermediate Outcomes
• Achieved at the end / beyond program
timeframe
• Follow shorter-term outcomes
• “want to see”
Longer-Term Outcomes
• Achieved after program timeframe
• Outside direct program control
• “hope to see”
Logic Model Workbook
Appendix C
Shorter-Term Outcomes
are the first steps toward social change,
such as:
New knowledge
Changed opinion/values
Increased skills
Changed motivation ...
QUESTION 1 1. Create a clustered bar graph showing employment stat.docxmakdul
QUESTION 1 1. Create a clustered bar graph showing employment status and education level in the lab1a.xlsx file. Interpret this graph based on shape and trend.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Intepret the graph based on shape and trend. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph title.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 2 1. (Question 2) Create a stacked bar graph showing education level by gender in the lab1a.xlsx file. Interpret this graph based on shape and trend.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Intepret the graph based on shape and trend. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph title.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 3 Create a clustered box plot showing annual salary based on education in the lab1a.xlsx file. Annual salary is measured in 1000’s of dollars. Please indicate this on the vertical axis. This is an extension of the long procedure done in class. Use YouTube or Google to find out how to make a Boxplot in Excel 2016.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph title.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 4
1. (Question 4) Create two more histograms to categorize the Blackberry and Google Stock Prices in the lab1b.xlsx.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph titles.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 5
1. (Question 4, Part 2)How do the histograms of the stock prices compare?
a. The histograms all have a similar shape.
b. The histograms have different shapes.
c. The distributions all follow the bell curve.
d. Unable to determine.
QUESTION 6
1. (Question 4, Part 3)The most volatile stock appears to be and the most stable stock appears to be according to a visual inspection of the histograms.
QUESTION 7
1. (Question 5) Create two more scatterplots comparing: 1) Apple’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock to Google’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock and 2) Google’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock to Blackberry’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock in the lab1b.xlsx. Title your graphs appropriately and adjust the axes as necessary.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph titles.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 8
1. (Question 5a) Which adjusted closing stock price per share (Apple or Google) explains the most variation in Blackberry’s adjusted closing stock price per share?
QUESTION 9
1. (Question 5b)Which two stocks display the strongest correlation coefficient?
a. Google and Blackberry
b. Apple and Blackberry
c. Google and Apple
d. Unable to determine without further calculations.
QUESTION 10
1. (Question 5c)Which two stocks display the weakest association between their prices?
a. Google and Apple
b. Apple and Blackberry
c. Blackberry and Google
d. Unable to determine without further calculations
QUESTION 11
1. (Question 5d) Fift ...
In the tech world, working virtually is common! And how HR manages a group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations and rely on communication technology.
1.A cumulative effort curve for a project generally has an S-shap.docxjackiewalcutt
1. A cumulative effort curve for a project generally has an S-shape because of:
Answer :
a. The large financial costs associated with ending a project
b. Various hurdles that prevent progress when beginning a project
c. Team member burnout
d. Higher resource utilization during the middle of a project
2. A manager getting further into a project and obtaining a better understanding of what needs to be done to accomplish a project is an example of:
Answer
a. Hidden interaction costs
b. Things going wrong on a project
c. Normal conditions not applying
d. Changes in project scope
e. None of these are correct
3. A project team has been assigned to research and develop a new product to compete with its competitor’s latest product launch. The product is needed quickly because the company is losing market share. The team consists of 6 members, located throughout the country. Each one has a role in sales, marketing, manufacturing, or engineering, and will be performing this project in addition to his or her full-time position. Which of the following project team considerations is most likely to pose a threat to achieving success?
Answer
a. Not enough time available for the team members.
b. Not the correct team size.
c. Poor team member representation that does not include a diverse set of stakeholders.
d. Inadequate knowledge and technical skills of the team members.
4. All of the following are usually included in a work package except
Answer
a. What will be done?
b. The time needed to complete the work.
c. A single person who is responsible for its completion.
d. All the costs for the work package.
e. All of these are included in a work package.
5. An advantage of factor rating for project selection is that it:
Answer
a. Involves no arithmetic calculations
b. Allows for comparisons on several weighted criteria
c. Offers objective measures that eliminate human bias
d. Is focused solely on financial outcomes
6. An organization that allows functions to exist on the vertical dimension of the organizational chart, with projects running on the horizontal dimension is described as a:
Answer
a. Matrix organization
b. Projectized organization structure
c. Functional organization
d. Networked organization
7. After a team of software development engineers completed the requirements phase for a major new system, members learned the client no longer needed several of the features initially requested. Which of the following project management models would help avoid this kind of communication challenge?
Answer
a. Silo approach
b. Economic approach
c. Waterfall approach
d. Concurrent approach
8. Companies like Boeing, Kodak, and IBM are using which of the following for improving the estimating process?
Answer
a. Adjusting estimates based on individual forecasting abilities
b. Benchmarking using the experience of other companies
c. Using time and motion studies
d. Creating historical databases o ...
What can DesignOps do for you? by Carol Smith at TLMUX in MontrealCarol Smith
You have probably seen the terms DesignOps and/or ResearchOps float by in your social media queue. These teams make designing (and researching) at scale beautifully efficient and successful. Carol steps through how these teams work, the types of activities they perform, situations they are helpful for, and ways you can leverage these types of programs in your organization. Carol will share examples from her experiences and stories from other organizations that are using Design Ops to do effective design at scale.
Presented at Tout le monde UX in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on February 28, 2019. http://toutlemonde-ux.com/
Software Project Management: Project InitiationMinhas Kamal
Software Project Management: ResearchColab- Project Initiation (Document-1)
Presented in 4th year of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSSE) course at Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka (IIT, DU).
Field Research at the Speed of BusinessPaul Sherman
Field research: to many it's the gold standard of user-centered design. Want to learn more about how your current or prospective customers think, work, live and play? Go observe them.
If you're early or even mid-career, organising, carrying out and analysing the results of field research can seem daunting and time-consuming. This tutorial will provide you with information and resources you can use immediately to start conducting insightful and effective field research.
Presented at UX in the City Oxford 2017, April 2017, Oxford UK.
How to recruit an it project manager it-toolkitsIT-Toolkits.org
Many job roles have claimed the title ‘project manager’, but in reality, are a far cry from the traditional role with overall responsibility for the planning and execution of a project. So how can you be sure you are recruiting the right person?
Track 09 - New publishing and scientific communication ways:
Electronic edition, digital educational resources
Authors: Ana Catarina Silva and Maria Manuel Borges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAdQkqUYROo&list=PLboNOuyyzZ86iI_x9SRTfV1KlSRX9DcEc&index=5
Appendix A Logic Model Template Program Name .docxfestockton
Appendix A: Logic Model Template
Program Name:
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
PROGRAM GOAL (S):
Resources
What resources do we have to work with?
Activities
What happens in our organization?
Outputs
What are the tangible products
of our activities?
Short-term Outcomes
What changes do we expect to
occur within the short term?
Intermediate
Outcomes
What changes do we
want to see occur after
that?
Long-term
Outcomes
What changes do we
hope to see over time?
Appendix A: Logic Model Template
Program Name:
Activities
What happens in our organization?
Outputs
What are the tangible products
of our activities?
Short-term Outcomes
What changes do we expect to
occur within the short term?
Intermediate
Outcomes
What changes do we
want to see occur after
that?
Long-term
Outcomes
What changes do we
hope to see over time?
Rationale(s):
The explanation of a set of beliefs, based on a body of knowledge, about how
change occurs in your field and with your specific clients (or audience).
Assumptions:
Facts or conditions you assume to be true.
Logic Model Workbook
Appendix C
WORKSHEET:
DEVELOPING AN OUTCOMES CHAIN
Outcomes don’t all happen at once. This worksheet will help you see how your outcomes connect to one another in a
logical chain – sometimes called a Pathway of Outcomes, or an “Outcomes Chain.” As you build your logic model, make
sure that your activities are moving you toward your program goals. Even if you won’t be able to achieve those goals
within the program timeframe, it’s important to see how they are connected.
Fig. 1: Outcomes Chain
Your shorter-term outcomes might happen right away—early in your program, or sometime during your program.
Shorter-term outcomes are the results you expect to see during your logic model’s timeframe. Shorter-term outcomes
lead to intermediate outcomes: the results you want to see. Intermediate outcomes may happen at the end of your
program, or just outside your program’s timeframe. Both shorter-term and intermediate outcomes need to happen before
your longer-term outcomes can happen. Longer-term outcomes are closely related to your program goal(s), and will
happen after your program timeframe—they aren’t completely within your control, but you hope they will happen.
Shorter-Term Outcomes
• Achieved during program timeframe
• Within program control
• “expect to see”
Intermediate Outcomes
• Achieved at the end / beyond program
timeframe
• Follow shorter-term outcomes
• “want to see”
Longer-Term Outcomes
• Achieved after program timeframe
• Outside direct program control
• “hope to see”
Logic Model Workbook
Appendix C
Shorter-Term Outcomes
are the first steps toward social change,
such as:
New knowledge
Changed opinion/values
Increased skills
Changed motivation ...
QUESTION 1 1. Create a clustered bar graph showing employment stat.docxmakdul
QUESTION 1 1. Create a clustered bar graph showing employment status and education level in the lab1a.xlsx file. Interpret this graph based on shape and trend.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Intepret the graph based on shape and trend. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph title.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 2 1. (Question 2) Create a stacked bar graph showing education level by gender in the lab1a.xlsx file. Interpret this graph based on shape and trend.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Intepret the graph based on shape and trend. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph title.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 3 Create a clustered box plot showing annual salary based on education in the lab1a.xlsx file. Annual salary is measured in 1000’s of dollars. Please indicate this on the vertical axis. This is an extension of the long procedure done in class. Use YouTube or Google to find out how to make a Boxplot in Excel 2016.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph title.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 4
1. (Question 4) Create two more histograms to categorize the Blackberry and Google Stock Prices in the lab1b.xlsx.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph titles.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 5
1. (Question 4, Part 2)How do the histograms of the stock prices compare?
a. The histograms all have a similar shape.
b. The histograms have different shapes.
c. The distributions all follow the bell curve.
d. Unable to determine.
QUESTION 6
1. (Question 4, Part 3)The most volatile stock appears to be and the most stable stock appears to be according to a visual inspection of the histograms.
QUESTION 7
1. (Question 5) Create two more scatterplots comparing: 1) Apple’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock to Google’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock and 2) Google’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock to Blackberry’s Adjusted Closing Price Per Stock in the lab1b.xlsx. Title your graphs appropriately and adjust the axes as necessary.
Paste your Excel graph into the Word submission template document. Make sure you have appropriate axis titles and graph titles.
1. Attach File
QUESTION 8
1. (Question 5a) Which adjusted closing stock price per share (Apple or Google) explains the most variation in Blackberry’s adjusted closing stock price per share?
QUESTION 9
1. (Question 5b)Which two stocks display the strongest correlation coefficient?
a. Google and Blackberry
b. Apple and Blackberry
c. Google and Apple
d. Unable to determine without further calculations.
QUESTION 10
1. (Question 5c)Which two stocks display the weakest association between their prices?
a. Google and Apple
b. Apple and Blackberry
c. Blackberry and Google
d. Unable to determine without further calculations
QUESTION 11
1. (Question 5d) Fift ...
FOWA Miami: How to Build Web Apps for the Emerging Enterprise Market
Outline
1. Work Plan
DISCLAIMER: ANY MEMBER NOTFOLLOWING THE DUE DATES LISTED ON THE
WORK PLAN WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE GROUP AND RECEIVE A ZERO IN THE
PROJECT.
Subject
What are the differences between distributed work teams that operate in a virtual environment
and traditional teams? How effective are virtual teams compared to face to face teams?
Statement of the Problem
The better team structure between face to face or virtual.
ResearchMethod and Sources of Information
The purpose of this report is to analyze the contrast between traditional and virtual teams and
compare their effectiveness.
Nature of Data to be Gathered and Analyzed
Review recent published online articles, books or published studies that focus on the productivity
of virtual teams.
Hypothesis or Hypotheses to be proved*
Virtual team environments are more effective business settings when properly structured.
Preliminary Outline
I. The Advantages of face-to-face teams
a. Human connection and Relationship-building
b. Brainstorming and Immediate Feedback
c. Teamwork and Productivity and Effective Communication
d. Confidentiality
II. The pros of face-to-face teams
a. unequal participation among members
b. Unsuitable in specific situations
c. Low legal and reference value
d. Poor retention by listener
III. *Example of a company that uses virtual teams and their findings (LUISA ESCOBAR)
a. Which are the benefits for team members in a virtual environment?
b. ?
IV. The disadvantages of virtual work teams (JEAN AKSELROD)
a. Consequences with lack of verbal communication
b. How technology can inhibit virtual teams
V. What is needed to make a virtual team successful (JEAN AKSELROD)
a. Effective, consistent, communication
b. Collaboration on a common goal
2. Work Plan
DISCLAIMER: ANY MEMBER NOTFOLLOWING THE DUE DATES LISTED ON THE
WORK PLAN WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE GROUP AND RECEIVE A ZERO IN THE
PROJECT.
Task Assignments and Schedule
Team Work Plan .........................................................................................................May 31, 2015
Research completed for team paper............................................................................. June 2, 2015
Completed Rough Draft.............................................................................................. June 4, 2015
Final Revisions............................................................................................................. June 6, 2015
Final Report Submission.............................................................................................. June 7, 2015
Signatures from team’s members:
Luisa Escobar ___________________
____________________