PJM310 Into to Project Management 2 student discusson forum responses 150- 200 words 1APA citation

Please respond to the 2 separate student discussion responses below in 150 to 200 words each and 1 APA citation each.

References

Harrington, R. (2017). Understanding the core features needed foronline systems. . Retrieved fromhttps://www.lynda.com/Video-tutorials/Understandin…

Harrington, R. (2017). Using online project management tools.[Lynda.com video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.lynda.com/Video-tutorials/Using-online…

Meredith, J. R., Mantel, S. J., & Shafer, S. M. (2017). Project management: A managerial approach (10th ed.). Hoboken: Wiley.

Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) (6th ed.). Newton Square, PA: PMI Publications.

Required

• Chapter 10 in Project Management: A Strategic Managerial Approach
• Chapter 10 PowerPoints from Project Management: A Strategic Managerial Approach
• PMSRC – Project Management System Resource Center.

Recommended

• Ahonen, J., Savolainen, P., Merikoski, H., & Nevalainen, J. (2015). Reported project management effort, project size, and contract type. The Journal of Systems and Software, 109, 205.
• Al Khatib, S., & Noppen, J. (2017). Benchmarking and comparison of software project human resource allocation optimization approaches. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 41(6), 1-6.

POST1:

Managingprojects in a virtual and global environment provides the projectmanager with a unique set of requirements to ensure the project runssmoothly. The project manager will have to consider differences inculture, language skills, and time zones (Binder, 2009). The company Icurrently work at has multiple sites throughout the country, and alsodoes outsource a lot of it’s technical work to a company in India. Thecompany uses virtual collaboration through web meetings and instantmessaging software which allows the individuals to bridge thegeographical gap. With a site in Charlotte, Denver, and India, it doesmake it difficult coordinating times to do a daily meeting as Denver is 2hours behind Charlotte and 11.5 hours behind India. Most projectconform to the Eastern time zone, which requires the Denver employees toattend fairly early meetings, and Individuals in India to attend verylate meetings in the evening.

It is also common for multiple individuals on a project team to beworking remotely from their homes, which also add to the complexity forlogistics. As O’Conchuir (2012) indicates, another challenge of workingvirtually is the lack of teambuilding that happens because people don’tknow each other, and do not have regular face to face meetings. In myexperience, team building does happen, it just takes longer to do sovirtually. There have been situations where project managers workingfrom home had to cancel or reschedule meetings because they were havingsome issues with their internet connection, or something going on attheir home during a meeting.

There have been situations where there is a language barrier, buttypically what helps overcome those language barriers has beenprototyping or providing examples to ensure the requirements are beingcaptured correctly. Another key strategy when working a virtual orglobal project is the use of SaaS applications that allow the trackingof project tasks and statuses. The company I work for uses Jira to trackproject work, including tasks and issues. These tasks and statuses fromthe system are used to report project progress to all of thestakeholders.

Reference

Binder, J. (2009). The global project management framework:communication, collaboration, and management across borders. Retrievedfromhttps://www.pmi.org/learning/library/global-projec…

O’Conchuir, D. (2012). Human challenges of multi-location projects.Retrieved fromhttps://www.pmi.org/learning/library/human-challen…

POST 2:

In my current profession, I work rather remotely from my company. Theactual company is based in New York and we have regionals all over thenation, not global but still dealing with different time zones andculture change from coast to coast. With the help of technology, such aswebinars and even basic email a good deal of work can be done withoutactually having the entire sales team in one location. It also saves thecompany a great deal of money to not have to buy a hotel, meals, andflights each time we need to get together. As I am the youngest of allthe sales team, I have somehow to become the tech expert. I think thismay be the first hurdle of a global project manager, the fear the oldergeneration seems to have with learning new technology. Going global maysound intimidating at first. Binder explains that “multicultural teamscan increase the level of innovation when various standpoints arefostered and harvested” (2018). When properly ran a multicultural orglobal team can prove different ideas and ways of thinking creating amuch more dynamic system for the project manager to use.

The unique requirements of project teams and other stakeholders in aglobal environment can be as simple as being abreast of other countriesand cultures vacation time and religious holidays. According to thewriters at the College of St. Scholastica, “add to that different timezones, cultures, potential language barriers and locations around theworld, and a global project manager becomes all the more important tothe viability of a project” (2018). Now not only are you managing aproject but also all these other variables that must line up perfectly.You will have to allow extra time for different time zones and planmeetings around them. Virtual collaboration platforms such as Skype orZoom allow you to talk and sometimes even share your screen withmultiple people at once. This allows for seamless sharing of informationbetween multiple offices anywhere with internet access.

References:

Binder, J. (2009). The global project management framework:communication, collaboration, and management across borders. Retrievedfrom https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/global-project-management-framework-6863 (Links to an external site.)

The College of St. Scholastica. (May 14, 2018). What is global

project management? The framework shaping multicultural teams of the

future. Retrieved from http://www.css.edu/the-sentinel-blog/what-is-global-project-management.html