Managing Virtual Project Teams

Each student is required to submit a final project assignment in the form of a Project White Paper Brief
(written assignment). Students must submit their briefs via the Assignment link in Canvas. Select one of
the following project management special topic areas and write a white paper on how you plan to improve
on the results of your next project; provide appropriate references to support your planned improvement
• Managing team and partnership negotiations
• Planning and managing risk
• Understanding and dealing with ethics and cultural differences
• Incorporating EVM tools and techniques into overall project management
• Managing virtual project teams

Project White Paper Brief Mechanics. For this brief, students should have a Cover Page and then a white
paper of 5-7 pages with references; double-spaced brief (1” margins all around); this does not include
attachments and appendices you may have. References and paper formatting should use APA or MLA
formats. The assessment rubric that will be used for this white paper is shown below.