Social collaboration software for virtual teams: case studies

摘要

The global product development is done by global teams being physical,Virtual Teamsor blend in-between.Millennialsare the new engineers and designers that conformVirtual Teams.Virtual Teams members interact through various electronic media. Even the social collaboration platforms such asFacebook,Skype,Whatsapp, etc are software tools or apps designed to enable social interaction of a group of people; these tools facilitate communication, transfer and share images, videos and files, organize events or meetings. Furthermore these tools are available in smartphones, tablets and/or personal computers in many different operating systems, so they are well known forMillennialsgeneration. This article presents case studies of global projects where social collaboration platforms solve the communication constraints between students from different countries generating good results.