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Collaboration and Virtualization in Large Information Systems Projects

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  • Stefan Ioan NITCHI
  • Alin MIHAILA
  • Marius PODEAN

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A project is evolving through different phases from idea and conception until the experiments, implementation and maintenance. The globalization, the Internet, the Web and the mobile computing changed many human activities, and in this respect, the realization of the Information System (IS) projects. The projects are growing, the teams are geographically distributed, and the users are heterogeneous. In this respect, the realization of the large Information Technology (IT) projects needs to use collaborative technologies. The distribution of the team, the users' heterogeneity and the project complexity determines the virtualization. This paper is an overview of these aspects for large IT projects. It shortly present a general framework developed by the authors for collaborative systems in general and adapted to collaborative project management. The general considerations are illustrated on the case of a large IT project in which the authors were involved.

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  • Stefan Ioan NITCHI & Alin MIHAILA & Marius PODEAN, 2009. "Collaboration and Virtualization in Large Information Systems Projects," Informatica Economica, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 13(2), pages 12-19.
    • Handle: RePEc:aes:infoec:v:13:y:2009:i:2:p:12-19
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