Virtual Teams This presentation was led by the principles of ariesnet.com. They started as a web development firm in 1997, and had the cool downtown office, games, meals etc. for their 25 employees. In 2001 (Web 1.0 bust) they made the decision to go to the virtual business/team model. They gave an interesting definition of this: Working across time and space connected by technology and networks.

While listening, I was able to identify with each and every part of their presentation: Strengths, Weaknesses, Tools, Best Practices and Challenges. What I learned is that there are at least 2 other tools/approaches out there for what our company currently uses in its operations and management of projects. The best part of the presentation was this statement: "Knowledge workers, like designers, writers, and developers, are best suited for a virtual team, but they are harder to manage and develop in this model."

That is the biggest challenge of all.

Labels: knowledge, sxsw, team, virtual

  ¶ 10:30 PM