Abstract
Lafayette College is a small, private liberal arts college in Easton, PA. The administrative activities of the College are supported by the five member staff of Administrative Computing Services who provide software programming, analysis and training to administrative personnel. In the fall of 1993, Administrative Computing began the process of evaluating commercial software to replace the hybrid home grown/commercial software that had been in use since 1983. In February of 1994 a package was chosen and the process of converting the old system to the new was begun. The Team method of implementation was chosen for this 18-month project. What makes this implementation unusual is that this five-member team is self-directed; there is no formally appointed team leader or project manager. This paper shares experiences to date working as a self-directed team; where we have been successful and why, as well as the problems we have encountered along the way and what we have done toward their resolution. Paper presented at CAUSE94, the full proceedings of which are available through this Library as PUB1094.