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Effectiveness of Virtual Team for Improving Communication Breakdown in IBS Project Delivery Process

Mohd Affendi Ahmad Pozin, Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi, Abdul Rahim Romle

Abstract

Technological innovation and globalization force the
organizations collaborate across time, culture, and geographical
boundaries. It becomes one of the ordinary practices to the construction
sector and has given rise to the concept of global teams known as a
virtual team. Virtual team drives by advance technology to solve the
communication issues and perceived as an effective, efficient, and
creative team structure. Effective communication is an essential process
to develop project success in the construction Industrialised Building
System (IBS) project. However the implication of the fragmented approach
in the IBS project development process was reflected in the lack of
communication between multidisciplinary project teams cause various
problem such as lower performance and a higher turnover of staff.
Therefore, this research aims to investigate the effects of
communication, subject to different project stage and to identify the
key factors to enhance virtual team communication processes between the
practitioners.

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Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volume 117, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 166-197

Web-application development projects by online communities Which practices favour innovation?  (Article)

Annarelli, A.^a , 

Battistella, C.^a, 

Nonino, F.^b

 

^a 
Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano, Italy


^b 
Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Abstract

Purpose - The purpose
of this paper is to propose an in-depth analysis of online communities
of practice that support the innovative development of web applications.
The analysis is aimed at understanding the preeminent characteristics
of communities of practice that can favour the process of innovation
(conceptualisation and realization of a web application) and if these
characteristics differ in the diverse phases of a software development
project (requirement specification, design, implementation and
verification). Design/methodology/approach - The authors adopted a
multiple case study research design, selected 29 communities of practice
related to the development of web applications and classified them
recognizing the different practices that refer to the different phases
of the innovation process of web-applications software development.
Finally, the authors focussed on seven communities comparing five
important dimensions for each one. Findings - The results of the
empirical analysis show that the best practices are different,
considering the different phases of the project, and that these
practices can be strategies directed at members to attract them and
also, strategies directed at the community to permit collaboration.
Originality/value - The paper proposes an important and new insight into
the management of virtual communities of practice (VCoP). The authors
supposed that the ways to manage a VCoP could depend on project phases.
In particular, the management practices of community should differ
according to the different project phases, i.e. requirements
specification, design, implementation and verification of the software.
Literature in this sense presented only research focussed on the
different effects of virtualness on teams depending on the length of
team duration and on communication efforts. © Emerald Publishing
Limited.

Author keywords

Innovation; Online communities of practice; Project management; Web-application projects

Indexed keywords

Engineering controlled terms: Application programs;
Innovation; Online systems; Project management; Social networking
(online); Specifications; Verification; Virtual reality

Design/methodology/approach; On-line communities;
Requirement specification; Requirements specifications; Software
development projects; Virtual communities of practices; WEB application;
Web application development

Engineering main heading: Software design

ISSN: 02635577
CODEN: IMDSDSource Type: Journal
Original language: English

DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-10-2015-0440Document Type: Article

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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