Components come together to make subsystems. Subsystems are debugged and become operational, and a system starts coming together. The staff begins to realize that the plan's major milestones are being accomplished. Also, this is the time when project participants start feeling the pressure of a delivery date. So much has been done, but so much remains to do.
Every day seems to bring both progress and frustration, and the pace of the work increases.
By this step, those doing the work understand very well what to do and how to do it. Only for dealing with problems should the manager intervene, and then only to facilitate the solutions. The manager should keep looking ahead to anticipate potential problems and to foresee anything that might have been missed during the planning effort. Unfortunately, the end of Step 7 is often marked by a more or less collective burnout by the project's participants. This intervention is individual, because each person must do it himself or herself.