What would you do to convince another internal organization to lend you resources for your project?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

To successfully secure resources from another internal organization, the most
effective strategy is to align the project’s goals with their core objectives.
By presenting a powerful business case that vividly illustrates the return on
their investment and positioning resource-sharing as a mutually beneficial
strategy, you can drive buy-in with confidence.
In our case, testing within Flutter was a known pain point—everyone acknowledged
the challenges, yet no team was willing to dedicate resources. Taking
initiative, I thoroughly researched the testing objectives across the iOS,
Android, and Flutter Engine teams. Using these insights, I crafted a compelling
business case, demonstrating how a joint collaboration with the engineering
productivity team would make testing more accessible, efficient, and
user-friendly for everyone involved.
I outlined a detailed, incremental improvement plan with clearly organized tasks
and presented it to each team. Through this targeted approach, I persuaded each
team to allocate resources to address the areas impacting them directly. The iOS
and Android teams committed to enhancing log collection, the Flutter Engine team
developed a command-line application to streamline test discovery and execution,
and the engineering productivity team created a standardized testing framework
to unify the approach across platforms.
This strategic collaboration created a true win-win scenario, allowing each team
to tackle their challenges in parallel, guided by a clear plan that demonstrated
how every contribution would resolve shared obstacles. This experience
underscored my strengths in leading cross-functional teams, negotiating resource
commitments, and designing a cohesive, high-impact solution for lasting
improvements.

Anonymous · Answer

Understand the role/goals/priorities of the other org. Prepare a pitch/proposal
covering:
 * My project – summary + goal/objectives + expected impact + timeline
 * What is needed from the org and how fits in the project plan. Why them and
   not the current proj team
 * Discuss how the org will benefit from partnership and results to be realized
 * Make very clear it is a partnership and specific asks/resources required and
   by what timeline/deadline

Anonymous · Answer

I would look to ask a team with the skill set I need. I would approach the
manager and ask what their roadmap was like and whether I would be able to
borrow their resource. Explaining why the porokect is important and the
implication of not doing so. I would also ask if we could work together and
share resources during our project critical
Paths so that we are both able to deliver oir projects and also share resource
effectively

Anonymous · Answer

First I would present to them clearly what is the objective of the project which
highlights the scope and what is high-level timeline and what is the budget with
this I will also convey what is the area of the project with the deliverable
from that I need resource from their team and I will also present to them the
delivery timeline for the deliverable and cost allocated for it . This will help
the manager of the org in allocating the right resource for my project.

Anonymous · Answer

I would look to ask a team with the skill set I need. I would approach the
manager and ask what their roadmap was like and whether I would be able to
borrow their resource. Explaining why the porokect is important and the
implication of not doing so. I would also ask if we could work together and
share resources during our project critical
Paths so that we are both able to deliver oir projects and also share resource
effectively

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