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Week 2

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The nature of hardware development projects is more diverse than software-oriented projects.

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The nature of hardware development projects is more diverse than software-oriented projects.

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The nature of software development projects is even more diverse than hardware-oriented projects. A software development project might include creating a simple, stand-alone Microsoft Excel or Access application, or a sophisticated, global e-commerce system that uses state-of-the-art programming languages and runs on multiple platforms.
Project managers should lead projects in isolation in order to truly serve the needs of the organization.

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Even though projects are temporary and intended to provide a unique product or service, you cannot run projects in isolation. If project managers lead projects in isolation, it is unlikely that they will ever truly serve the needs of the organization.
The team members of a virtual team are all of the same nationality.

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A virtual team is a group of people who work together despite time and space boundaries using communication technologies. Team members might all work for the same company in the same country, or they might include employees as well as independent consultants, suppliers, or even volunteers providing their expertise from around the globe.
An organizational culture with strong unit integration makes the project manager's job more difficult.

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Most project managers strive for strong unit integration to deliver a successful product, service, or result. An organizational culture with strong unit integration makes the project manager 's job easier.
_____refers to the degree to which departments within an organization are encouraged to coordinate with each other.

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a. Member identity
b. Unit integration
c. People focus
d. Group emphasis
b. Unit integration

Unit integration refers to the degree to which units or departments within an organization are encouraged to coordinate with each other.