A common collaboration challenge is that a key component from a collaborator (team or individual) is delivered late or it does not fully meet your defined acceptance criteria. Very often this is due to the collaborator’s time being reprioritized by a competing project or initiative, typically by the team’s or individual’s manager.
To be successful, you must define the benefits for collaborators to prioritize your project or collaborative effort high on their list, as well as explain the consequences if they don’t deliver. Or, plan for the risk that the deliverable you’re expecting may not arrive on time or with the level of quality you anticipated.
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