CHALLENGES IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF REMOTE TEAMS

Purpose – Given how the number of remote teams has increased, and how these types of teams face a set of particular issues on top of the common issues that regular teams face, a need for a set of tools and techniques to help address these issue emerge. That constitutes the central point of the paper.

Methodology/approach – The research was conducted by examining the particularities of remote and software remote teams, their project management practices and the particularities of remote agile implications. Based on this, a set of tools and techniques that remote teams can use has been proposed.

Findings – The research indicates that there are a set of project management practices from agile methodologies and lessons learned from software remote teams that could benefit remote teams.

Research limitations/implications – Lack of research in the field of remote teams from various fields.

Practical implications – The inability to reach out and test the proposed set of tools and techniques on various remote teams working in different fields.

Originality/value – Proposing a set of tools and techniques that remote teams can use in order to address the most pressing issues that they face.