Question

Two internal teams must integrate their components by a fixed release date. Each team's lead insists the other should adjust their delivery schedule to accommodate their own team's constraints, and neither will commit to an integration date. As the project manager, what is the BEST way to reach a workable agreement?

Accepted Answer

Facilitate a joint working session where both leads surface their constraints and jointly define an integration timeline and interface commitments.

Answer

Escalate to both teams' functional managers and let them decide the integration date on the leads' behalf.

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Set the integration date yourself based on the release deadline and direct both teams to comply.

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Ask each team to document its constraints separately so you can build the integration schedule without a joint meeting.