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Ultimate Impact Better control Higher coordination efficiency and effectiveness Higher project performance

Summary of VGS Projects’ Characteristics and Their Impacts, Critical Success Factor, and Ultimate Impact

Critical Success Factor Addressing Characteristic 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 20, 21 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 16 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 2

Intermediate Impact/ Challenges Reduces communication frequency Reduces informal communication Lowers communication richness Impacts product architecture Impacts choice of process/ development strategy Inhibits the use of synchronous communication Affects the selection of communication med

TABLE 16.1 Characteristic Distance Time separation Language differences Cross-cultural differences Multiple sites

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