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"revious: HOWTO work from home Remote Worker, Distributed Team 13 September 2010 remote team All work-from-home gigs are not created equal. There is a vast ocean between being a member of a distributed team and just being a remote worker. The groups of "remote worker" and "distributed team member" are neither a super-set nor a sub-set of one another. Insead, they can be represented as a typical Venn diagram. Venn diagram Remote Worker A remote worker is someone who simply isn't in the office. He's off on his own. Somewhere. When you're a remote worker on a team, you might be the only remote worker on that team. If you've worked on a traditional team, but suddenly got moved to Montana to tend to your family's bison ranch, and your employer didn't want to let go of you, you're a remote worker. The other 11 guys on the team are not remote workers. And you're not on a distributed team at all. Distributed Team A distributed team simply means that you and the vast majority of people you interact with are not near each other. No mention of "at home" is included in this definition. If your company has 20 offices scattered across the globe, and your team has a member in each, you're a distributed team. You all might be sitting in your cubicle at each office, so you're not automatically remote. But you might as well be. Why it matters When I joined Twine.com, my coworkers and I were all remote, every last one of us. That forced our team to be distributed. And it worked fantastically well. After an injection of funding, offices were opened in San Francisco, and most of the team relocated. Except me. I was suddenly just a remote worker. When the team is distributed, all communication happens on an equal footing for all members. You use IRC, mailing lists, bug-trackers. You're forced to not rely on hallway conversations or lunch-break chatter. Everyone can participate equally. When you're a remote worker, on the other hand, you completely miss out on many communic

"Review Article Toward a Theoretical Concept of E-Collaboration through Project Management in SMEs for Reducing Time and Cost in New Product: A Review M. Mohammadjafari, S.Z.M. Dawal, S. Ahmed and H. Zayandehroodi ABSTRACT Reducing time and efficient project execution is an objective in many industries and project management is one of the important keys for lead the company to this allegation. The project manager needs some tools for lead the firm to the success. Collaboration is one way to success and collaboration has many types, one kind is electronic collaboration. On the other hand, small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) are a part of manufacturing industries. Combining a literature review with our empirical experience we found that relationship between the project manager and related departments for production is essential for reducing time and cost in new product development. In this study, we describe about some definition of project management, E-collaboration, SMEs and new product and review some articles around this area. Services E-mail This Article Related Articles in ASCI Similar Articles in this Journal Search in Google Scholar View Citation Report Citation How to cite this article: M. Mohammadjafari, S.Z.M. Dawal, S. Ahmed and H. Zayandehroodi, 2011. Toward a Theoretical Concept of E-Collaboration through Project Management in SMEs for Reducing Time and Cost in New Product: A Review. Journal of Applied Sciences, 11: 174-182. DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.174.182 URL: http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2011.174.182 Received: August 16, 2010; Accepted: September 30, 2010; Published: November 10, 2010 INTRODUCTION Manufacturing industries play a vital role in many countries. SMEs are a part of manufacturing industries, but they have some limitation for attending and also for remaining in the market, especially in the global market (Mohammadjafari et al., 2010a). SMEs cannot compete with big companies, unless, they attend to customer needs.

"Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency. Full Text Available Academic Journal By: Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Salehi, Hadi; Embi, Mohamed Amin; Tanha, Farid Habibi; Gholizadeh, Hossein; Motahar, Seyed; Ordi, Ali. International Education Studies. Nov2013, Vol. 6 Issue 11, p93-99. 7p. DOI: 10.5539/ies.v6n11p93. , Database: Education Research Complete Due to the effect of citation impact on The Higher Education (THE) world university ranking system, most of the researchers are looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation reco... Subjects: CITATION analysis; HIGHER education; UNIVERSITIES & colleges -- Ratings & rankings; OPEN access publishing; H-index (Citation analysis) Chart Graph Add to folder PDF Full Text (258KB) 2. Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams. Detail Only Available Academic Journal By: Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Salwa Hanim Abdul; Taha, Zahari. American Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences. 2012, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p9-14. 6p. 2 Diagrams, 4 Charts. , Database: Academic Search Premier The article presents a study on the use of technology in the virtual research and development (R&D) teams. Virtual teams use digital communications, video and audio links, electronic whiteboards,... Subjects: RESEARCH teams; RESEARCH & development; DIGITAL communications; INDUSTRIAL research; DIGITAL media Add to folder Check the Library catalogue to see if you have access to this title.Display library holdings for this journal title 3. Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Detail Only Available Academic Journal By: Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari. Australian Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences. 2009, Vol. 3 Issue 3, p2653-2669. 17p. 1 Diagram, 8 Charts. , Database: Academic Search Premier In the competitive market , virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enabl...

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