SSC Case Study

Whether or not to formally report the bug to Senior VP

B: To ensure the problem will be fixed right away
D: To formally report the incident to the Senior VP
A: Make the best possible business decision for the company to succeed
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C: Ensure I won’t be looked down upon by my co-workers for going behind their back
D': Not go behind my Project Mangers back and let him deal with the incident

In order to Make the best possible business decision for the company to succeed I must To ensure the problem will be fixed right away and in order to To ensure the problem will be fixed right away I must To formally report the incident to the Senior VP. But, in order to Make the best possible business decision for the company to succeed I must also Ensure I won’t be looked down upon by my co-workers for going behind their back and in order to Ensure I won’t be looked down upon by my co-workers for going behind their back I must Not go behind my Project Mangers back and let him deal with the incident . I can't both To formally report the incident to the Senior VP and Not go behind my Project Mangers back and let him deal with the incident .

RelationAssumption(s)Injection(s)
D-D'1. If I report it, my co-workers will no I went behind their back.
2. If I don’t report it, my VP could know I withheld information from the company.
If my project manager would just be responsible and use their time to fix the problem, we wouldn’t need an evaporating cloud.
B-D1. I want to help the company out in anyway possible.
2. I don’t want my VP to know I withheld information.
If I fix the problem myself before I go to the VP and hopefully receive some credit.
C-D'1. My co-workers won’t think of me as untrustworthy.
2. It’s not my job to report an incident like this.
My co-workers and I work hard to fix the problem before reporting it.
A-B1. If my VP knows I withheld information I may be fired.
2. If the company isn’t running at full strength there is a problem.
My VP asks me to head up a new team to complete the problem mentioned.
A-C1. Bad employee relations is detrimental to the company.
2. I won’t be able to work on projects with them anymore.
If the VP went ahead and fired the project manager for this mistake.