http://www.juliediamond.net/blog/winning-the-one-legged-race-keys-to-interdisciplinary-teamwork/ Thoughts on Leadership Development, Learning and Change Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.juliediamond.net/blog/winning-the-one-legged-race-keys-to-interdisciplinary-teamwork/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jude Morton Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:48:46 +0000 http://www.juliediamond.net/blog/?p=214#comment-11 Julie, You are describing my profession, so I find this very interesting. As a business software analyst, my job is to facilitate detailed, goal-oriented communication between purchasers of a large industrial software system and the vendor (my employer). I have to identify gaps and help define workable solutions. Your points are spot on. Re: point 1 - be flexible, and willing to adapt what you think the solution is within the framework of what is actually possible. 2 - if the end users are not in the room you will have to do this all over again with them. 3 - literally multi-lingual, and also respectful of regional and national differences in business models. 4- accept the 80 percent solution; it's good enough to build on. 5 - make it work or you will all meet again in the unemployment line. A complicating factor is "ghosts" - stakeholders not in the room, e.g. trading partners, whose purported interests are represented by those present as justifications. (Of course all process work principles apply...) I could go on and on... Thanks again ! Julie,
You are describing my profession, so I find this very interesting. As a business software analyst, my job is to facilitate detailed, goal-oriented communication between purchasers of a large industrial software system and the vendor (my employer). I have to identify gaps and help define workable solutions. Your points are spot on. Re: point 1 – be flexible, and willing to adapt what you think the solution is within the framework of what is actually possible. 2 – if the end users are not in the room you will have to do this all over again with them. 3 – literally multi-lingual, and also respectful of regional and national differences in business models. 4- accept the 80 percent solution; it’s good enough to build on. 5 – make it work or you will all meet again in the unemployment line. A complicating factor is “ghosts” – stakeholders not in the room, e.g. trading partners, whose purported interests are represented by those present as justifications. (Of course all process work principles apply…) I could go on and on… Thanks again !

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