Today, software engineering projects are prevalently performed by development teams that are geographically distributed over two or more locations. However, this trend also introduces a number of complications when it comes to communication between stakeholders, coordination of work, and control of the project. This thesis aims to develop a prototype of an environment in a 3D virtual world whic...

Effective decision making is critical to team effectiveness. We examine decision making in the setting of self-organizing virtual teams, a setting that we expect to pose particular problems for effective decision making. A self-organizing team must develop effective practices in the absence of a formal organizational structure that guides the practices. A virtual team’s reliance on technologica...

 The Organization Readiness of Engineering Project Management Based on Virtual Teams has been analyzed in an Iranian Engineering firm. Adapting and analyzing the latest readiness model, experts’ opinions were received by questionnaires and main criteria of the readiness have been identified. The considered readiness criteria are: Infrastructure, Deliverables (Drawings, Reports, Minutes of Meeti...

The article discusses the connection between two team mental models – Transactive Memory System and Shared Situation Awareness in virtual, synchronous ad-hoc mission teams. It is argued that both models are interdependent. The research conducted follows a qualitative but experimental approach utilizing the exciting game World of Warcraft as platform. Interesting communication patterns and in-de...

The paper uses the dramaturgical perspective for conceptualising trust development within temporary virtual teams. The underlying assumption is that temporary teams do not have the luxury of time, which according to the traditional trust theories, enables familiarity among project participants and promotes trust development. Yet, in these teams, trust needs to develop quickly and it is importan...

Circadian rhythms produce daily changes in critical elements of athletic performance. We explored the significance of performing at different circadian times in the National Football League (NFL) over the last 25 seasons. West Coast (WC) NFL teams should have a circadian advantage over East Coast (EC) teams during Monday Night Football (MNF) games because WC teams are essentially playing closer...