List of Figures

Chapter 1: Introduction

Figure 1.1: PMO Functions for Virtual Projects

Figure 1.2: A Distributed Project

Figure 1.3: Four Teams

Figure 1.4: A Virtual Project

Figure 1.5: One Team

Figure 1.6: Virtual Team Procedures

Figure 1.7: Global Teams

Figure 1.8: Virtual Team Policies and Procedures

Chapter 2: Management of Project Things

Figure 2.1: Project Management Skills

Figure 2.2: Successful Project Management Procedures

Figure 2.3: Project Management Process Dynamics

Figure 2.4: Collocation Practices

Figure 2.5: Stages of Transition

Figure 2.6: Project Management Performance Areas

Figure 2.7: Requirements Management

Figure 2.8: WBS Elements

Figure 2.9: RBS Elements

Figure 2.10: Risk Management Phases

Figure 2.11: Change Management

Figure 2.12: Typical Elements of Change Request Form

Figure 2.13: Typical Elements of Change Management Log

Figure 2.14: Project Review Boards

Figure 2.15: Typical Elements of Change Order Authorization

Chapter 3: Management of Project People

Figure 3.1: Project Activities

Figure 3.2: Communication

Figure 3.3: Human Interaction

Figure 3.4: Team Communication Clues for Meaning

Figure 3.5: Project Initiative

Figure 3.6: Rewards

Chapter 4: Characterizing Virtual Team Members

Figure 4.1: Stylized Comparison of the Effectiveness of Traditional Procedures in Virtual and Traditional Teams

Figure 4.2: Stylized Comparison of the Effectiveness of Customized Procedures in Virtual and Traditional Teams

Figure 4.3: Ten Critical Team Dimensions

Figure 4.4: Sample Evaluation

Figure 4.5: Project Team Success Factors (Adapted with permission from Rad, P.F. and Levin, G., The Advanced Project Management Office: A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation , St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2002. Copyright CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.)

Figure 4.6: Project Team Success Factors (Adapted with permission from Rad, P.F. and Levin, G., The Advanced Project Management Office: A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation , St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2002. Copyright CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.)

Chapter 5: A Maturity Model for Virtual Teams

Figure 5.1: Maturity Levels

Figure 5.2: Maturity Level Descriptions

Figure 5.3: Virtual Team Common Metrics

Figure 5.4: Virtual Team Modified Metrics

Figure 5.5: Virtual Team Unique Metrics

Figure 5.6: Level 1 Attributes

Figure 5.7: Level 2 Attributes

Figure 5.8: Level 3 Attributes

Figure 5.9: Level 4 Attributes

Figure 5.10: Level 5 Attributes

Figure 5.11: Team Maturity Based on Project Management Process: Level 5, Leader

Figure 5.12: Maturity as a Function of Process Sophistication

Figure 5.13: Team Performance

Figure 5.14: Organizational Maturity

Figure 5.15: Organizational Maturity

Chapter 6: Professional Responsibility and The Virtual Team

Figure 6.1: Project Management Practices

Figure 6.2: Determinants of Right and Wrong

Figure 6.3: Project Management Professional Responsibility

Figure 6.4: Project Management Professionalism