Issues of timing may affect the feasibility or desirability of collaborating on a particular topic at a particular time. Mechanisms will be needed for informing people about the collaborations to be done, the reasons for doing so, and the impacts and outcomes. Any collaboration requires some level of trust that the collaboration will be well-managed and will be done so as to benefit the participants. Some form of assurances will be necessary to safeguard the arrangement. Such groups could include a broad range of administrative technology, topics participation should include personnel at various levels within the University, including managers, supervisors, and operational staff.
Collaboration requires a commitment of additional resources to the collaboration effort itself.
There are time demands for people to work together to do the collaboration, and time is limited for everyone. There are many more methods to establish this balance than have existed in the past. Some collaboration approaches may affect issues of timing and responsiveness more than others. In-house developed enhancements Obtaining software supplements to the core systems which are made available from the primary vendor or other 3rd party vendors Developing interfaces to other software products 6. Back to Top 8.