When creating a timetable for the project's develoment, the manager should designate certain junctions in which he or she will meet with the critical design staff members to ensure that the project is progressing in the agreed-upon fashion. The manager must also make sure that certain neglected steps of the system development cycle, such as testing the system before and after it has been put into practice are not ignored. The objective must be a "best of breed" product, in other words a kind of middle ground between the competing visions of the human and technical sides involved in the system's...

(Greengard, 2004) Communication and clarity are the keys to preventing unnecessary delays and confusion, and management must not refuse to exercise a strong hand if it appears that different members of the IT staff are engaging in unnecessary delays, not testing the system components properly, or worst of all, deviating from the initial purpose or plan without a clear rationale.
Works Cited

Greengard, Sam. (Jun 2004) "System Failure." Workforce Management. Retrived 26 May 2006 at http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2090/is_200406/ai_n6352789