Course description
Leading Virtual Teams - In House
Virtual teams are a reality today. Most large organizations have multiple divisions and locations. Smaller companies may have team members working at different sites, and the current trend to working collaboratively with suppliers, partner organizations, and clients, gives more rise to the need to have diversely-located team members work effectively together.
Virtual teams have many obstacles to overcome. They have to deal with the usual project challenges, and in addition may face very significant communication, motivational, and organizational issues.
In this 1-day course, you will examine the communication and team-building issues of implementing effective virtual teams, and suggest strategies, tools, and techniques to empower the project manager or business analyst to meet the challenges.
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Who should attend?
The Virtual Teams course is appropriate for individuals who are:
- Project Managers and Business Analysts.
- Leading or about to lead a team across geographical boundaries.
- Considering implementing virtual teams in their organization and would like to be prepared for the advantages and disadvantages of such team structures.
Prerequisite
There is no prerequisite for this course. It functions as a stand-alone course.
Training content
Introduction
- Virtual Team Challenges
- Why do it?
- Myths about Virtual Teams
- Exercise: Identify Virtual Team Issues
Forming The Team
- Team Development
- Tips about Forming the Team
- The Orientation Process
- Communication Technology
- Consider the Right Technology
- The Kickoff Meeting
- Exercise: Develop a communication plan for virtual teams project
Developing Team Guidelines
- Establishing Rules of Engagement
- Managing The Team
- Top 5 tips for Managing a Virtual Team
- Building Trust
- Team Motivation
- Monitor Team
- Performance Checklist
- Exercise: Active Listening, Project Manager
Competencies Disbanding The Team
Certification / Credits
Learning Objectives
Participants will gain practical skills to:
- Identify the challenges and the benefits of working in a virtual team format.
- Select the appropriate team structure.
- Design a communications plan for virtual teams.
- Select appropriate facilitation tools for meetings.
- Describe interventions to maximize the benefits and overcome the challenges of virtual teams.
- Use appropriate team-building and motivational techniques to preserve team unity.
Contact this provider
Procept Associates Ltd.
Since 1963, Procept (and its subsidiaries) have trained over 1 million people from over 17,000 organizations. We focus on developing competencies in project management, change management, agile management, leadership, business analysis, IT and data management, as well as soft skill...