Virtual Project Team Member's Characteristics

Virtual Peoples’ Characteristics
Virtual (simulated) people in the project have unique…
▲ names ▲ learning abilities
▲ experiences ▲ personalities
▲ mixes of skills ▲ productivity variances
▲ moods ▲ capabilities to change
▲ maturity levels …and other human attributes.

The people can be. . .

▲ selected ▲ trained
▲ hired ▲ promoted
▲ assigned ▲ transferred
▲ coached ▲ counselled
The human element is very realistic!

The Virtual Team
To accomplish the project’s work, the project team will consist
of three to ten virtual (simulated) team members, depending
upon the stage of the project. These are selected from the twenty
people available.

Notice that all have names; have primary skills, which implies
secondary skills as well; have specific personality types (in the
same proportion as in the population); reflect the aging of the
work force; and have been with the company for varying lengths
of time.

Some of the virtual people are contractors.
Personality types (Myers-Briggs Type Indicators) are not disclosed
to participant teams, unless they take advantage of education
opportunities for the Project team that result in
discovery and definition of personality types. Ages are never
disclosed.