A company my team is collaborating with has created a software issue, resulting in a delay on the release date. This is an error my team cannot fix due to the origin of it coming from the work of the collaborating company. Reporting it can cause a conflict or not reporting can result in damaged public relations with customers.
B: communicate to my peers for future projects
D: not release the software and convince my boss of the implications of carrying on
A: save my career and help my company by not releasing the software with bugs.
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C: receive a future promotion or keep my job
D': release the software as it is and move on to other projects
In order to save my career and help my company by not releasing the software with bugs. I must communicate to my peers for future projects and in order to communicate to my peers for future projects I must not release the software and convince my boss of the implications of carrying on. But, in order to save my career and help my company by not releasing the software with bugs. I must also receive a future promotion or keep my job and in order to receive a future promotion or keep my job I must release the software as it is and move on to other projects. I can't both not release the software and convince my boss of the implications of carrying on and release the software as it is and move on to other projects.
| Relation | Assumption(s) | Injection(s) |
| D-D' | too much time has passed on this project and my boss wants us to move on | I can successfully convince my boss we need more time on the project due to the collaborating company's egregious error. |
| B-D | releasing the faulty software in its current state can damage our reputation with future customers | release the faulty software and damage our reputation for the future. |
| C-D' | too much time has gone by and our boss wants us to move forward now | I successfully convince my boss to give us more time on the project. |
| A-B | there is no "I" in team and while I am a part of this team, I will do my best to make sure everything works according to plan. | I don't make sure everything works properly |
| A-C | during my time at this company, I will do my upmost best to make sure everything I do for the company benefits everyone | I don't communicate the faults of the collaborating company. |