Virtual project management: introduction

Author: Leuthold Christian   Huber Charles   Plü Adrian    

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

ISSN: 1470-9503

Source: International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, Vol.10, Iss.2, 2012-03, pp. : 109-116

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Abstract

This article gives a short introduction into virtual project management and it shows that virtual teams and virtual project management have significant advantages like adding special expertise to a project team even though the expert is not in the same geographic area or drastically reduce of travel time. The major differences between virtual project management and classical project management can be found in the project communication and in project team management. The introduction includes also a short overview of the papers in this special issue.