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Event Date – December 18, 2008 (at the time of your choice)

Guidelines for Success Managing Virtual Teams

Dr. Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP

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Virtual project teams have undergone accelerated growth during the past decade. In many organizations virtual teams are recognized as a strategic resource for organizational success. In these teams, team members deliver results that always meet, and sometimes exceed, customer requirements. Team members view one another as essential for the team’s overall success. There is shared alignment of differences and similarities among team members.

A variety of factors contribute toward virtual team success. After presenting a definition of virtual teams, and one of project success, this presentation focuses on five key factors for success on virtual project teams. An approach to consider in determining key team roles and responsibilities, building on work done by David McClelland in terms of one’s need for achievement, affiliation, and power as tailored to the project environment, is described. The presentation stresses the importance of a team charter and collaborative leadership and concludes with a brief overview of a maturity model for project teams.

Dr. Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP

Dr. Ginger Levin is a Senior Consultant and Educator in project management. Her specialty areas are portfolio management, program management, the Project Management Office, metrics, and maturity assessments. She is certified as a PMP, PgMP and as an OPM3 Assessor and Consultant.

In addition, Dr. Levin is a Lecturer for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where she teaches in its M.S. in Project Management Program. She is an Adjunct Professor for Esc Lille University, France, in its project management program at the masters and doctoral level. Also, she is a Visiting Professor for RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.

In consulting, she has served as Project Manager in numerous efforts for Fortune 500 and public sector clients. Prior to her work in consulting, she held positions of increasing responsibility with the U.S. Government, including the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Personnel Management, and the General Accounting Office.

She is the co-author of Project Portfolio Management, Metrics for Project Management, Achieving Project Management Success with Virtual Teams, Advanced Project Management Office A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation, People Skills for Project Managers, Essential People Skills for Project Manager, The Business Development Capability Maturity Model, and ESI’s PMP Challenge! PMP Study Guide, and the PgMP Study Guide.

Dr. Levin received her doctorate in Information Systems Technology and Public Administration from The George Washington University, and received the Outstanding Dissertation Award for her research on large organizations.

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