Covid, Communication Management Tools and Virtual Teams
Communication management is vital for project success. It is essential to ensure that communication tools are available to all stakeholders across geographical boundaries throughout the life of the project. One of the major risks that needs to be addressed when documenting communications management plan is the availability of communication tools. Powerful technology at the epicenter of changing political climate, data privacy and national interests has resulted in dominoes effect. Today technologies like Zoom, Facebook, Slack are extensively used as mode of communication by many companies. Virtual teams spread over various time zones have replaced co-located teams due to pandemic. Remote teams productivity is highly impacted by communication as the pie chart below shows.
Enterprise environmental factors like geo-political issues will influence the use of technology for communication and collaboration. As a Project Manager, it will be vital to mitigate the risks involved and meet the challenge of collaborating with virtual team.
