<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' gd:etag='W/&quot;CkQMQHc8eyp7ImA9Wh5TGUQ.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008998020215412920</id><updated>2013-10-05T09:26:21.973-07:00</updated><category term='benefits'/><category term='collaborative'/><title>E-Commerce Systems</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://e-commercesystems.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8008998020215412920/posts/default?redirect=false&amp;v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commercesystems.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Solomon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;DEMEQXs6cSp7ImA9WxFSFEU.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008998020215412920.post-4688586042091770462</id><published>2010-04-16T23:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T23:40:00.519-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2010-04-16T23:40:00.519-07:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collaborative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='benefits'/><title>The Benefits of a Collaborative Approach</title><content type='html'>The Benefits of a Collaborative Approach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greater involvement means more commitment and understanding of E-Business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;People working together and sharing information tend to trust each other more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Involvement and shared knowledge produces better quality work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;There is back-up within the team and among the project leaders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Working on issues together helps to build skills of the people in E-business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;E-Business work is more likely to end successfully on time and within budget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A ready forum is available in which to gather lessons learned on E-Business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Better communication allows for earlier warning of problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Collaboration does involve some additional startup work to get team members up to speed. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Project members have to be trained in some of the project management methods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;More project leader time is spent in managing the coordination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, these are offset by the benefits.&lt;br /&gt;The Benefits of a Collaborative Approach &lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8008998020215412920/posts/default/4688586042091770462?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8008998020215412920/posts/default/4688586042091770462?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commercesystems.blogspot.com/2010/04/benefits-of-collaborative-approach.html' title='The Benefits of a Collaborative Approach'/><author><name>Solomon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>