Collaboration Tools For Virtual Teams
Collaboration tools support both participation and collaboration.
They benefit organizations by not only collecting corporate intelligence,
but also make employees feel more part of a democratic society.
They all add up to participation and collaboration. Collaboration
tools are also the next generation for many existing applications.
Instead of client-server, desktop based they are becoming web based,
complemented by offline.
Collaboration Tools
Collaboration tools start at the destop. Microsoft Windows Vista
was designed to support collaboration, and simpler ways to work
together. Other simple collaboration tools include:
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Widgets
- Video sharing
- RSS
Using Collaboration Technologies
Collaboration technologies are designed to enable and encourage
virtual project teams to share ideas, collate their project tasks
in a central repositoriy, solve problems and share ideas.
On many occassions, the reverse happens. If the communication technology
does not work as planned - project teams fail to perform.
Successful collaboration requires:
- Reliable Technology
- Easy to use portal design
- Adequate education on using the portal
- Separation of formal project communication and informal 'water-cooler'
collaboration
- A formal framework for communication, including an ongoing improvement
loop
- Real time - multiple location user access security
Overall, successful collaboration tools fit into security, compliance
and rules of conduct.
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