Virtual Collaboration

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As someone who has worked in virtual teams, some tools to do it better are always welcome.

Dave Pollard's article outlines different types of collaboration in the world of work, as well as a matrix outlining the advantages of various styles of tools (as opposed to naming software tools he talks about the categories of tools)
as he writes: "Collaboration entails finding the right group of people (skills, personalities, knowledge, work-styles, and chemistry), ensuring they share commitment to the collaboration task at hand, and providing them with an environment, tools, knowledge, training, process and facilitation to ensure they work together effectively. This is challenging enough face-to-face in real-time. It's doubly difficult virtually and asynchronously. But there are examples of great music, literature, invention, scientific discovery and problem-solving that have come from such handicapped collaboration. How did they do it, and can you improve the likelihood of brilliant virtual collaboration by using the right tools and media?"