Anticlue

How to not build a team within an IT department

The best way to ensure that a department will not work with your team, is to set a deadline for a unit before talking it over with the unit.

There needs to be a cooperative understanding and a larger sense of meaning when you are in IT. Before setting a deadline with the customer, talk to the other needed departments and establish a timeline given the goals and understanding of all. Set a timeline that can be met and maintained, after all isn't the ability to get a project done, on time and within budget the best way to move forward with improving customer relations?