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>I fear that the main barrier to telecommuting is the reluctance or
>inability of management to break a project down into defined, estimated
>tasks, to the level of detail required, and to make sure they get done (and
>if this is not a project manager's job, what is?). If such a breakdown were
>done, the physical location of the worker would matter a lot less.
Amen John--
I've long felt that the main barrier to telecommuting is lack of training in
the specialized skills required to manage telecommuters.
Although I have little interest in moving into management, I'd love to see
someone start a formal training progam for telecommuter managers. There are
so many monetary advantages for businesses, if they could get over the
management concerns, I bet we'd really see telecommuting take off.
In a quick scan of this thread I see at least three points to address in a
training program:
Establishing and maintaining communication
Hard-core project management (aka Hackos level 5)
Defining the telecommuter personality: hiring for success
I'm sure there are others. Like doing telecommuting cost benefit analyses
for businesses.
I hope someone picks up this opportunity soon--I'd like to take advantage of
the repercussions down the line.
Sella Rush mailto:sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com
Applied Technical Systems (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington
Developers of the CCM Database
