To begin the session, each participant was asked to share the following with the group:

• 1. Their name.
• 2. Their role in the organization and life.
• 3. What is the most surprising thing on the project in the last 90 days?

The Facilitator requested the parties break into their silo teams to review the survey results, and discussed the following questions:

• 1. So far in the team interactions on the project, What's Working?
• 2. So far in the team interactions on this project, What's Not Working?

Here the participants were invited to openly discuss the current status of the project. Any comments regarding its design and construction were added to this report.

The Facilitator had the participants realign into their respective Horizontal Groups (Executives, Managers and Field Teams). Here they discussed their communication protocols with each other

While the participants were still in their Horizontal Groups, they were asked to discuss their protocol for resolving issues. It is shown here how the teams deal with issues and the expectations they set for themselves and the other teams.

The Facilitator had the group expand upon their Issue Discussion topics. With their top 5 issues from their Horizontal Teams, they discussed specific definitions, root causes and mitigation strategies and actions they would take. (Action Items begin on page 17.)

The partners identified the following Action Items and the person who will take responsibility for assuring it is accomplished and by when.

The Facilitator discussed with the participants the importance of establishing goals and making commitments to the project team. The participants were invited as a group to elect some goals and commitments they would adopt for the remainder of the project. They are as follows.

A trust poll was taken where trust was calculated using a ten point scale with 10 as the greatest amount of trust parties can have on a project and 0 represents no trust. The,results,of,the,poll,follow:

The Facilitator asked the participants, as a group, to list their Plusses and Deltas for this meeting. The Plusses are what went right. The Deltas are what could be improved for the next meeting. They are as follows.

At the end of the session, the participants we asked to discuss the most important aspects of this partnering session.