GETTING TO GLOBAL YES! - Designing a Distributed Student Collaboration

Selma Limam Mansar, Randy S. Weinberg, Benjamin Gan Kok Siew

2011

Abstract

The authors have taught a course called 'Global Project Management' for four years, engaging students in three international locations in hands-on distance projects. The distance projects are intended to provide students with enriching, realistic global project experience. With experience, improved planning and better coordination, each iteration of the distance projects has improved. In this paper, the authors present lessons learned and a mind map demonstrating key aspects of design of global hands-on projects.

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Limam Mansar S., S. Weinberg R. and Gan Kok Siew B. (2011). GETTING TO GLOBAL YES! - Designing a Distributed Student Collaboration . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 229-234. DOI: 10.5220/0003490702290234


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Limam Mansar S., S. Weinberg R. and Gan Kok Siew B. (2011). GETTING TO GLOBAL YES! - Designing a Distributed Student Collaboration . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 229-234. DOI: 10.5220/0003490702290234


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@conference{iceis11,
author={Selma Limam Mansar and Randy S. Weinberg and Benjamin Gan Kok Siew},
title={GETTING TO GLOBAL YES! - Designing a Distributed Student Collaboration},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={229-234},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003490702290234},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis11,
author={Selma Limam Mansar and Randy S. Weinberg and Benjamin Gan Kok Siew},
title={GETTING TO GLOBAL YES! - Designing a Distributed Student Collaboration},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={229-234},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003490702290234},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


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JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
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AU - S. Weinberg R.
AU - Gan Kok Siew B.
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DO - 10.5220/0003490702290234


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - GETTING TO GLOBAL YES! - Designing a Distributed Student Collaboration
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Limam Mansar S.
AU - S. Weinberg R.
AU - Gan Kok Siew B.
PY - 2011
SP - 229
EP - 234
DO - 10.5220/0003490702290234