Speed Up Project Cycles

  Talent Management   Teams   ProjectsAtWork  

With the increase in distributed teams and the rise of online meetings among them, a Web conferencing tool like GoToMeeting Corporate can help project managers accelerate project cycles by enabling better communication, increasing engagement and sharing ownership of project results.

Today’s workforce is more mobile than ever. WorldatWork, a human resources association, reports that from 2003 to 2008, the number of U.S. teleworkers grew by 43 percent to 33.7 million. And IDC predicts that by the end of 2011, nearly 75percent of the U.S. workforce will be mobile.We are smack-dab in the middle of a mobile workforce revolution. Of course, an increase in mobility results in a greater demand for online meeting technology to connect distributed project managers, developers and stakeholders.

Many organizations appear to be well on their way to embracing online meeting technology to connect remote teams. In fact, 58 percent of respondents to a recent Citrix Online survey reported that they already use Web conferencing to conduct team meetings. That’s not surprising — Web conferencing helps to keep team members on the same page and projects running smoothly. But to speed project cycles with distributed teams, project managers must first know how to effectively use the Web conferencing tool itself.

A Web conferencing solution like Citrix GoToMeeting Corporate…

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