This week’s journal articles focus on empowering leadership and effective collaboration in geographically dispersed teams, please answer the following questions:How do geographically dispersed teams collaborate effectively?Please find at least three tools on the market that teams can use to collaborate on a geographically dispersed team. Please note the pros and cons of each tool. Based on the research above, note which tool you would select if you were managing the geographically dispersed team and why.Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research. Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years.The paper should meet the following requirements:3-5 pages in length (not including title page or references)APA guidelines must be followed. The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.The writing should be clear and concise. Headings should be used to transition thoughts. Don’t forget that the grade also includes the quality of writing.

For your assignment, please address the following:1.Draws upon material from Chapter 5 of the Bennatan text. You are a project manager for a communications project linking all the stores in a large department store chain. Each store currently has its own computer, which is connected to the checkout registers. The management of the chain wants to install a central computer in the main office, and to connect all the store computers to the central computer via a wide area network. The central computer will receive real-time information on the transactions at the stores and will update a central inventory data base. Propose the structure of the development and support teams for the project. Explain the structure you have chosen and why it is the most appropriate structure. Do you foresee a need for any expert teams during the development of the project?2. Describe various estimation techniques that could be applied to the problem in Question 1 to produce estimates of the time, cost, materials, and manpower required to complete the project.3.Draws upon material from Chapter 7 of the Bennatan text. The New York Municipal Library is replacing its information system. Until now, the library has operated using a central computer with terminals in each reading room and in each book check-out center. This old system is now being replaced by a client/server system. Explain the advantages that will now be available to the library readers and librarians in moving from the old system to the new. Are there any disadvantages?4.Draw upon material from Chapter 8 of the Bennatan text. You have been designated project manager for the development of an inventory system for a large manufacturing company. The inventory system to be developed is to be based on the sS ordering method (when the inventory level for any item drops below s, then a quantity is ordered that will raise the level to S; each item has its own sS values). Suggest four intermediate versions of the system to be released internally for system testing, alpha testing, beta testing, and final release. What will be the functional difference between each version?5.As project manager, define the configuration management and quality assurance organizations for the inventory system described in Question 4. How many people are required for these tasks, and what will the responsibilities of each person be? Explain your decisions. Now, explain why quality assurance and version control are important.6.Draws upon material from Chapter 10 of the Bennatan text. Propose a CMM-type model for executive management. How would the five levels of CMM be applied to the measurement of the performance of a senior executive? Describe each level in detail, and provide key process areas for improvement at each level.RubricPointsAvailablePoints EarnedCommentsPropose the structure of the development and support teams for the communications project. Explain the structure you have chosen and why it is the most appropriate structure.15Describe various estimation techniques that could be applied to the problem in Question 1 to produce estimates of the time, cost, materials, and manpower required to complete the project.15Explain the advantages that will now be available to the library readers and librarians in moving from the old system to the new. Are there any disadvantages?15Suggest four intermediate versions of the system to be released internally for system testing, alpha testing, beta testing, and final release. What will be the functional difference between each version?15Explain why quality assurance and version control are important.15How would the five levels of CMM be applied to the measurement of the performance of a senior executive? Describe each level in detail, and provide key process areas for improvement at each level.15Format - Readability & Style - you must have less than 15% Similarity/matching. Paraphrase instead of using direct quotes to reduce your matching percent to 15% or less.) Cited Sources using APA format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/5Grammar, Punctuation, & Spelling5Total100