The document discusses virtual communication and managing virtual teams. Virtual communication allows people to communicate when not face-to-face using technology. Effective communication is critical for virtual team success by establishing clear expectations, managing results over activity, scheduling regular communication, and creating standards that build culture. A survey found communication is the top challenge for virtual projects and team members prefer digital channels like video calls, messaging apps, and email for virtual communication.

1. Virtual
Communication
Submitted by,
Selvakumar
Krishna Bhardwaj
Kayalvizhi
Vigneshvaran
Baiju jose
PONDICHERRY
UNIVERSITY.

2. Virtual communication???
• Virtual communication is a technology
where people use to communicate with
each other when they can’t be face to
face.
• The transmission of information, and/ or
action is achieved to the remote or distant
locations, where the content, intentions, or
actors may either be non-existent

3. Where do we find virtual
communication

4. Communication with virtual
team
• Communication is the most important
tool for virtual-team success.
• It is very critical to manage virtual teams.
• We often forget one of our invisible tools --
communication.
• When you and your team don't share the
same physical space, you need to be
even more effective at communicating.

5. 6 rules for better
communication in virtual
teams
• 1. Build trust in person and grow that
trust with clear expectations.
• 2. Manage results, not activity.
• 3. Schedule regular communication.
• 4. Create communication that saves
time -- not the kind that kills it.

6. Contd..,
• 5. Create standards that build a
cohesive culture.
• 6. Establish rules of responsiveness.

7. How Team Members Prefer to
Communicate on Virtual
Projects
• Communication is the top challenge of
managing virtual projects.
• Communication was difficult on virtual
projects, making it the top-cited challenge.
• Poor communication regarding task
management was perceived as the top
threat to project success

8. Communication as Top
Challenge
• A online survey was made to find how
team members prefer to communicate on
virtual projects.

9. Virtual Team Members’ Top
Project-Communication
Problems

10. Virtual Team Members’
Preferred Communication
Channels

11. Younger Team Members
Prefer Digital
Communications

12. Conclusion
• Communication is the core issue at stake
when a project is worked on by virtual
teams.
• Communication—when managed
effectively can end up being more of a
solution than a problem for a variety of
issues

13. Reference!!!
• http://www.computerworld.com/article/251
9498/it-management/6-rules-for-better-communication-
in-virtual-teams.html
• http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/proj
ect-management/survey-communication-virtual-
projects-0714/