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"Goncalves' new book 'Managing Virtual Projects' provides project managers with all the necessary information to manage projects virtually. The book does a great job in outlining best practices, real-world examples from his own practices and alignment with PMI's PMBOK. The book is a must have." "Both those new to Project Management and those with many years of experience will find "ePM: Management of Virtual Projects" to be filled with strategies for managing projects in the today's global, virtual, culturally diverse, schedule-challenged world. Marcus Goncalves covers all aspects of project work, and balances theories with a practical approach to planning and execution. Virtual management and virtual project management is an exciting and evolving field -- Marcus gives us a blend of examples and courses of action which can be immediately applied to current work." "The experienced project manager will be able to use this book immediately as a reference on how Electronic Project Management can be done successfully. It has examples abound with real life projects and it is based on current project management models and tools. Command and Control doesn't work in a virtual world, going over thousands of miles dissipates incentive and power. Instead alternative ways must be instilled into project managers if they want to be successful in the virtual arena. The case studies will provide for interesting discussions and insights." "Marcus Goncalves, in his new book, "ePM: Management of Virtual Projects," describes the process of managing projects in the new more loosely coupled high pressure business world in which we all operate. Even for smaller companies that are not dealing with "globalization issues", this book is a must read for all managers - the "wizards of odds." With reduced work forces that necessitate dotted line teams, increasing partnerships to provide best of breed solutions, added pressure to bring products to market faster, and acquisitions abounding that create disjointed teams of people, this innovative practical "manage the boundaries" framework will ensure that teams communicate, continue to work with the local tools that make them effective, and meet overall project goals." "Goncalves's book "Managing Virtual Projects" provides excellent insights and best practices in managing project and business processes from afar. Having worked with him before on management of early stage companies I am aware of his effective style and believe this book to be an essential tool for virtual project managers and executives operating their organizations in a global scale." "Managing a major virtual project such as our digital cable television and interactive services (TeleMedia Group) in Istanbul, Turkey (our resources are scattered all around Turkey and the world, including Boston, Miami, Genoa, and Amsterdam), I appreciated the virtues of Marcus Goncalves in his book on ePM. As Marcus Goncalves recommends, we use the web as our infrastructure for communications and remote collaboration between our virtual project teams. There are some obstacles, but overall e-mails, voice mails, video conferencing, Groupware and Workflow tools enable us to meet our business and project objectives and saves us time and money in the long run." "ePM: Management of Virtual Projects" is a very important and timely book due to globalization. Corporate America is depending on outsourcing to speed innovation and generate growth--therefore there is a need for project managers skills in managing projects virtually. At Boston University this will be a required reading for our students as it will provide our project management students the latest skills." "There are a lot of theories and opinions about how to manage virtual teams and virtual projects. Marcus Goncalves in his book, screws the lid off the traditional concepts of project management and describes in detail the way to get projects done in less time utilizing tools, timing, and trust. His descriptions are entertaining and enlightening. His loose, no rigid boundaries approach to ePM is exciting. He has truly defined a framework and set the bar for the tools manufacturers in this space to reach. The book describes organized chaos at it's finest and is an absolute must read for senior executives and managers as well as project managers." "More than ever before project management is being looked to as the mechanism that ties the corporate vision to work performance. Acting as the primary bridge between management and workers, project managers are facing new and extreme communication and time management problems resulting from globalization, outsourcing or more simply a geographically challenged organizational structure. "ePM: Management of Virtual Projects" provides an accurate assessment of these emerging problems and offers a sound starting point for discovering situation-specific solutions for your organization. Functioning on the front line of cutting edge technology, Goncalves leverages his technological expertise and management experiences to package together a collection of lessons-learned within the emerging and changing field of virtual project management." "As a shareholder in a large law firm with multiple offices and an international client base, I am fascinated with the potential benefits to be derived from the application of Marcus Goncalves' innovative theories regarding ePM to 'projects' being undertaken by professional service firms. For law firms, and for accounting firms as well, the management of complex litigation, with attorneys, witnesses, consultants and experts in disparate locations; and the implementation, from a legal/accounting standpoint, of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, or financial transactions, come readily to mind as potential applications. Since most large professional service firms today have the technological capabilities to support ePM, why should its competitive benefits be limited to the corporate world? 'ePM: Management of Virtual Projects' contains many innovative ideas that are ripe for exploration in a professional services firm context. The current trend in both the legal and accounting professions toward larger firms with offices in many locations makes ePM a concept well worth exploring by the management of progressive professional service firms." |
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