6145 W4 IW

Given the virtual team challenges discussed in class materials, along with the recommendations for improving virtual team’s cohesion & communications, this assignment provides the opportunity to leverage current good practices in virtual team building. 

Moreover, this paper provides the opportunity to select a virtual team challenge, analyze how & why it is occurring and then to plan the detail of a team building improvement activity.

Task 1: From your personal experiences working on a virtual team (could be a project team, in-class team or another team you worked on), please evaluate the issues outlined below.  Note:  If you never worked on a virtual team then, pls create a scenario where you are leading a team that has members in various countries and time zones – so, you need to conduct communications and progress via virtual/remote technology.  Feel free to make up any issues (the more dysfunctional – the more fun the analysis).

Task 2: As part of the analysis, determine the following:

– What stage of development the team is at [Tuckerman team building stages],

– What specifically is blocking its path forward,

– And what actions can be taken by the global project manager to move this team forward in its development. as an effective virtual team 

– Your project sponsor or team leader has asked that you prepare a 2-3 page memo to provide your recommendation with the following required elements:

Paragraph 1 – Introduction

Paragraph 2 – Analysis

Paragraph 3 – Strategy and why it will help

Paragraph 4 – Detail of how the strategy will be executed and expected results

Paragraph 5 – Risks Analysis of the actions including a response plan

Paragraph 6 – Conclusion