Overview of the Virtual Collaboration Toolbox

The virtual collaboration toolbox provides concise proven practices in the areas of Team Mobilisation and Team Operations for:

• virtual teams
• cross-functional teams
• collaborative business networks
• virtual communities
• supply chains and clusters

Each tool in the toolbox includes:

• An Introduction to the topic
• The overall process for introducing and using it
• A Detailed Checklist
• A Worked Example/Supporting Spreadsheet

The current toolbox contains the following items:

1. Introduction and Overview of all techniques
2. Defining team objectives, success criteria and required outcomes
3. Establishing Team Capabilities for the job and spotting the gaps
4. Defining Team Ground Rules
5. Assessing Team Culture and new required behaviours
6. Agreeing the Team Karma ("what’s in it for me?")
7. Effective Personal Collaboration Strategies
8. Conducting Effective Team Meetings
9. Good Team Decision Making
10. 360 degree team member review
11. Creating network collaboration opportunities
12. Assessing a teams beliefs versus High Performing Teams
13. Profiling a virtual team
14. Collaborative Document Development
15. Autonomous Behavior Modelling
16. Team Social Network Analysis