What advantages can project management collaboration tools offer?

What can Project Managers do to manage virtual team members successfully?

Describe several collaboration tools and how they might be used to improve project communications. Give details as asked.

Some managers believe they can use their intuition and do not need project management tools. Does this make sense to you?

Your organization has decided to hire 2 new project managers.  As you know when someone is hired from outside the organization there is a tendency for employees to have their own philosophy as it relates to managing projects.  Given what you read in Chapters 5 and 6 in our text book, create a list of 5 best practices you believe are important to help the new employees understand how  to estimate project times and costs as well as developing a project plan (Note: You can use your current organization to complete this discussion.  Consider this an opportunity to right any wrongs you currently see in your organization).

In what ways do the concepts of project management appear to violate traditional  established ways of managing?Give specific case examples.

What is a shared workspace? How can it be used for collaboration? What standards or guidelines need to be established before setting up a shared workspace for a project team or work group?

What approaches do effective managers take to manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks effectively?

Do some preliminary research to see whether using project management software might help you better control project costs.

5) All of the following are reasons to hold a formal team-building session for a project, except one, which is: A) It is needed at the beginning of a project when the session would help develop a team identity among a group of strangers.B) It is needed to introduce new project members once the project is underway.C) It is needed when the project team is experiencing problems working together or needs to elevate its performance to meet new project demands. D) A manger has to resort to formal team-building activities after the manger realizes the team is in trouble and very dysfunctionalE) The sessions would be useful in identifying and changing dysfunctional behavior as well as re-energizing the team to higher levels of performance. 6) Which one of the following is NOT a step in facilitating group decision making: A) Identifying problems B) Brainstorm for generating alternatives C) Evaluate the alternatives as you brainstom for them D) Reaching a decision by selecting the best…