# The next step falls between responsibilities. · Departments disagree about what should happen first

All stories are fictional. They do not describe specific people, companies or projects. Any resemblance is coincidental.

Sales is waiting for a product change. Development needs confirmed requirements, finance needs a cost justification, and support needs service rules. Everyone answers questions within their remit. Nobody is preparing the shared decision that would let the work move forward.

## Where we could start

Compare commitments, available resources and the consequences of postponement. Prepare workable sequences of activity and bring the differences to a shared decision.

## What you would have

An agreed sequence of work with reasons for the priorities and explicitly deferred tasks.

## Participants

The participating department leaders, resource owners and the leader authorised to approve shared priorities.

## Roles and decisions

I prepare options and follow through on agreements. Changes to priorities and resource allocation remain decisions for authorised leaders.

## Factual experience, separate from the fictional story

Tapcore / AirPush / Airnow: Operating work involving people, finance, contracts and specialists across countries.
https://apiperson.com/experience/#work-operations

MVP Lab / Pivot: Client requirements, approvals, demonstrations and release review.
https://apiperson.com/experience/#work-pivot

[A decision that others depend on has not been made](https://apiperson.com/projects/projects-between-teams/decision/)

[Departments disagree about what should happen first](https://apiperson.com/projects/projects-between-teams/priorities/)

[The decision is made, but nobody takes on the next part](https://apiperson.com/projects/projects-between-teams/handover/)

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