Comments on: Running a distributed team? Use Skype. http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/13/running-a-distributed-team-use-skype/ Business • Technology • Society • Environment Sun, 16 May 2010 21:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pankaj http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/13/running-a-distributed-team-use-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Pankaj Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:42:53 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/?p=796#comment-722 Thanks for the article. "your collaboration platform dictates your collaboration space – how much area you cover in this graph. More is better." I agree there. Though i don't like the idea of the collaboration technology determining how virtual teams collaborate (it should ideally be the other way around) but all virtual teams do have some standard needs, and it makes sense to have all your collaboration tools in one platform (mail, document management, project management, blogs, wikis, professional networking, forum, calendars etc). The advantage of using Skype as an audio conferencing tool is that even people outside your company may be easily available on it. Using a specialized conferencing tool has the downside that you wont find anyone outside the company on it. But then again, Skype doesn't have advanced conferencing features. So there is a trade off. You might want to take a look at the following video i did on working with virtual teams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na3Tao39sjg Thanks for the article. “your collaboration platform dictates your collaboration space – how much area you cover in this graph. More is better.” I agree there.

Though i don’t like the idea of the collaboration technology determining how virtual teams collaborate (it should ideally be the other way around) but all virtual teams do have some standard needs, and it makes sense to have all your collaboration tools in one platform (mail, document management, project management, blogs, wikis, professional networking, forum, calendars etc). The advantage of using Skype as an audio conferencing tool is that even people outside your company may be easily available on it. Using a specialized conferencing tool has the downside that you wont find anyone outside the company on it. But then again, Skype doesn’t have advanced conferencing features. So there is a trade off.

You might want to take a look at the following video i did on working with virtual teams – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na3Tao39sjg

]]> By: Troy http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/13/running-a-distributed-team-use-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Troy Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:03:34 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/?p=796#comment-615 Hey Dave, thanks for sharing that post. Hey Dave, thanks for sharing that post.

]]> By: Dave Churchville http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/13/running-a-distributed-team-use-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Dave Churchville Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:51:05 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/?p=796#comment-614 It's definitely a challenge working with a virtual team, but as you point out - it's quickly becoming the norm. Technology can help, especially having a centralized place for the team to communicate and share information without necessarily being "live". I've written this before here: http://blog.myclientspot.com/2009/06/how-to-manage-a-virtual-team-member/ It’s definitely a challenge working with a virtual team, but as you point out – it’s quickly becoming the norm.

Technology can help, especially having a centralized place for the team to communicate and share information without necessarily being “live”.

I’ve written this before here:
http://blog.myclientspot.com/2009/06/how-to-manage-a-virtual-team-member/

]]> By: Annemarie Doohan http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/13/running-a-distributed-team-use-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Annemarie Doohan Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:06:47 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/?p=796#comment-613 Hi Troy, An interesting read on running a distributed team. My own belief is this companies now must have the correct technologies in place that are consistant with an individuals/companies goals and objectives. The reality is that the smarter companies are getting ahead by utilising the correct technologies and saving on overhead costs while at the same time improving performance and knowledge sharing capabilities of staff. Trading under PeachyPeople.com our development team are currently coming to the last stages of our new product offering. PeachyPeople.com is our real-time collaboration toolkit for the management of Projects, Tasks and People. PeachyPeople.com has integrated a number of technologies together into one application. A selection of the tools include Skype, file sharing, screen sharing, video conferencing, webinars and a simplified version of a performance management system that allows for the monitoring, tracking and updating of projects. This application is perfect for distributed teams. If you would like to investigate further please logon to www.peachypeople.com. Also at this time i am pulling together a community of technology professionals who we can contact to gather an informal view of what is good, no so good and what can be improved upon from utilising PeachyPeople.com. We know that the end user is key to making this application PEACHY for all users. If you would be interested in being part of the PeachPeople community please pop me an email at adoohan@nvolve.net. Should this mail not be of interest to you i regret for any inconvenience caused. Kind Regards Annemarie Doohan Hi Troy,
An interesting read on running a distributed team. My own belief is this companies now must have the correct technologies in place that are consistant with an individuals/companies goals and objectives. The reality is that the smarter companies are getting ahead by utilising the correct technologies and saving on overhead costs while at the same time improving performance and knowledge sharing capabilities of staff.

Trading under PeachyPeople.com our development team are currently coming to the last stages of our new product offering. PeachyPeople.com is our real-time collaboration toolkit for the management of Projects, Tasks and People. PeachyPeople.com has integrated a number of technologies together into one application. A selection of the tools include Skype, file sharing, screen sharing, video conferencing, webinars and a simplified version of a performance management system that allows for the monitoring, tracking and updating of projects. This application is perfect for distributed teams.

If you would like to investigate further please logon to http://www.peachypeople.com. Also at this time i am pulling together a community of technology professionals who we can contact to gather an informal view of what is good, no so good and what can be improved upon from utilising PeachyPeople.com. We know that the end user is key to making this application PEACHY for all users. If you would be interested in being part of the PeachPeople community please pop me an email at adoohan@nvolve.net. Should this mail not be of interest to you i regret for any inconvenience caused.

Kind Regards
Annemarie Doohan

]]> By: Sibylle Tinsel http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/13/running-a-distributed-team-use-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Sibylle Tinsel Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:54:57 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/?p=796#comment-612 Google Sites and Skype is doing the trick for me. I wonder if Google Wave is going to change my approach? Google Sites and Skype is doing the trick for me. I wonder if Google Wave is going to change my approach?

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