eProcure - The Project (A)

Two analysts have each been assigned to work on the conceptual and detail designs of two modules in a Web-based software solution. A week before the final design presentation, the analysts discover that their software designs are not integrated. The case focuses on the frustrations of one of the analysts and her concerns about the working relationship with the other analyst. They have had personal differences and are both prospects for early promotion. She considers how the project came to this point and how the situation might have been avoided. Supplement eProcure - Finishing the Project (B), product 9B02C021, discusses the analyst's strategies during the final week working on the design; supplement eProcure - Conversation with Claire (C), product 9B02C022 explores the analyst's decision to confront her co-worker and supplement eProcure - End of the Design Team (D), product 9B02C023, focuses on the outcomes for both analysts after the project is complete.