# Everyone has tasks. Who owns the shared work? Several departments or organisations contribute to the project. Each handles its part, but decisions between teams remain unresolved. The issue is responsibility for the work, not another job title. [Work gets stuck between departments](https://apiperson.com/projects/projects-between-teams/) The next step depends on a decision nobody clearly owns. [The person in charge is unavailable](https://apiperson.com/projects/projects-temporary-ownership/) Work continues, but decisions and commitments are drifting apart. [The team has outgrown its old routines](https://apiperson.com/projects/projects-new-team-order/) What once worked through informal conversations now keeps getting lost. All stories are fictional. They do not describe specific people, companies or projects. Any resemblance is coincidental.