%0 Journal Article %1 1451858920041001 %A Beise, Catherine M. %A Niederman, Fred %A Mattord, Herb %D 20041001 %J Information Resources Management Journal %K & (Computer COMMUNICATION DIGITAL ELECTRONIC GROUPWARE ICT, PROJECT TEAMS collaborative computer-supported e-mail; group groupware; in mail management, management; media, messages, project software), support systems; teams technology, the virtual work; workplace, %N 4 %P p73 - 88 %T IT Project Managers' Perceptions and Use of Virtual Team Technologies. %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=14518589&site=ehost-live %V 17 %X This paper presents the results of a case study pertaining to the use of information and communication media to support a range of project management tasks. A variety of electronic communication tools have evolved to support collaborative work and virtual teams. Few of these tools have focused specifically on the needs of project managers. In an effort to learn how practicing IT project managers employ these tools, data were collected at a North American Fortune 500 industrial company via interviews with IT project managers regarding their use and perceptions of electronic media within the context of their work on project teams. In this study, "virtual" describes the extent to which communication is electronic rather than the extent to which team members are geographically separated. Although the number of respondents was limited, the richness of the data collected leads to the conclusion that successful project managers and teams become skilled at adapting a variety of existing commu

@article{1451858920041001, abstract = {This paper presents the results of a case study pertaining to the use of information and communication media to support a range of project management tasks. A variety of electronic communication tools have evolved to support collaborative work and virtual teams. Few of these tools have focused specifically on the needs of project managers. In an effort to learn how practicing IT project managers employ these tools, data were collected at a North American Fortune 500 industrial company via interviews with IT project managers regarding their use and perceptions of electronic media within the context of their work on project teams. In this study, "virtual" describes the extent to which communication is electronic rather than the extent to which team members are geographically separated. Although the number of respondents was limited, the richness of the data collected leads to the conclusion that successful project managers and teams become skilled at adapting a variety of existing commu}, added-at = {2008-05-21T09:10:11.000+0200}, author = {Beise, Catherine M. and Niederman, Fred and Mattord, Herb}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f12178bc34606566fc7ebf88df6a7610/bernstein}, interhash = {c9a561b5a25920081bdfbfd1ae0ad717}, intrahash = {f12178bc34606566fc7ebf88df6a7610}, issn = {10401628}, journal = {Information Resources Management Journal}, keywords = {& (Computer COMMUNICATION DIGITAL ELECTRONIC GROUPWARE ICT, PROJECT TEAMS collaborative computer-supported e-mail; group groupware; in mail management, management; media, messages, project software), support systems; teams technology, the virtual work; workplace,}, number = 4, pages = {p73 - 88}, timestamp = {2008-05-21T09:10:12.000+0200}, title = {IT Project Managers' Perceptions and Use of Virtual Team Technologies.}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=14518589&site=ehost-live}, volume = 17, year = 20041001 }