Usually a project team like the one you describe has a project manager: someone who's responsible for keeping the team on track, making sure schedules are met, providing resources, acting as liaison with the management structure of the company, and very importantly; running interference for the team so that it can get its job done.
I suggest that this "competing" design is interference that it is the responsibility of your project manager, not you personally, to handle. It's certainly appropriate for you to bring this problem to your project manager's attention, and to offer to your expertise and assistance in handling it, but it's his/her job to address it. I also suggest that whatever techniques are used (such as complimenting initiative, encouraging ideas, and discouraging divisiveness or competition) the fundamental objectives should be (a) for your project manager to relieve your team from the burden of interference, and (b) for the interfering party to learn how to work effectively and appropriately within a corporate/team environment. This last may require a collaboration between your project's manager and that party's boss, and in my mind should be done in a firm but constructive and professionally nurturing manner (your corporate culture may vary). FWIW, Bill Fernandez -- ====================================================================== Bill Fernandez * User Interface Architect * Bill Fernandez Design (505) 346-3080 * bf_list1 AT billfernandez DOT com * http://billfernandez.com ====================================================================== ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
