Thursday, January 22, 2015
Question 1
Define globalization, outsourcing, and virtual teams and describe how these trends are changing IT project management.
Globalization is the process of making the world a smaller place through the means of technology and making it easier to communicate with people around the world. Outsourcing is the act of giving work for a project to individuals or an organization in another country. A virtual team is a group of individuals who work together on a single project without meeting each other in person and communicate through the means of technology.
Globalization is changing IT project management in that individuals are no longer limited with the resources around them. With globalization, projects can now collect resources from all around the world. Outsourcing is changing IT project management in that members of the project team no longer have to do all the work on a project. With outsourcing, team members can now allow other individuals from other countries to do certain tasks on a project while the team focuses their attention to other parts of the project. Virtual teams are changing IT project management in that team members of a project are no longer limited to people they met in person. Virtual teams allow projects to be worked on by people anywhere regardless of their location.
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