Challenge:

Assume that you were newly assigned to the company project office and were faced with managing a number of projects that consisted of virtual project teams. You recognize that you need to establish some policies, procedures, and guidelines for managing virtual project teams and improving performance.

Below is a list of project needs along with challenges.

Project Management Need	Increased Challenges
Initiate project	More unique project needs
Understand stakeholders	More difficult to understand
Build relationships	Needs more time
Determine communication needs and methods	More unique needs, more reliance on electronic means
Establish change control	More facilitating than directing
Manage the meeting process	Less nonverbal clues, interest may wander
Control issues	With less group interaction, harder to identify