Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Student Workbook

Cross-Functional Team Assessment

Team members: _________________________________________________________________
Their departments and priorities: _________________________________________________________________

Collaboration Plan

Shared project objective: _________________________________________________________________
How we'll make decisions together: _________________________________________________________________
How we'll handle conflicts: _________________________________________________________________
What success looks like: _________________________________________________________________

Silos in Organization

Silos preventing this project: _________________________________________________________________
Why they exist: _________________________________________________________________
How we'll break them down: _________________________________________________________________

Priority Negotiation

Our department's priorities: _________________________________________________________________
Other departments' priorities: _________________________________________________________________
How we'll navigate conflicts: _________________________________________________________________

Collaboration Ground Rules

We will:

Cross-Functional Success

One way I'll improve collaboration: ________________________________________________________________
One barrier I'll address: ________________________________________________________________