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Offers strategies for improvement in virtual project management. He develops and delivers courses for the american public university system, the keller graduate school of management devry university, and the apollo group in operations management, distance education, business, ethics, critical thinking, economics, and project management. Star dargin, pcc, cpcc, is a trainer and consultant for corporate education group. Book description successfully launch and operate a virtual project management office new technology and global businesses and organizations are making virtual project management offices vpmos more important and more prevalent than ever. Project management managing a virtual project team. Subscribe to our newsletter join our email newsletter to get updates. Complete guide to implementing the virtual project management office epmo. For example, the virtual project manager must have effective soft skills to build trust among a dispersed team and to select the best forms of communication. Highlighting relevant perspectives on team communication, effective collaboration, and stakeholder engagement, this book is an essential resource for project managers, researchers, graduate students.
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