A virtual team should focus on achieving a common goal. Two of the biggest challenges involved in managing a virtual project team are developing trust and effective patterns of communication (Larson and Gray, 2017:401). There is a growing list of factors that influence the success of virtual teams. Considering the BSG had branches that were widespread, in South Africa and other countries, do you consider that the adoption of a virtual team could have been beneficial? Discuss the factors that influence the success of virtual teams and advise the project manager at BSG how these factors could have benefited BSG