One client request can create work across five different teams.
A new request, a scope change, a deliverable review or a client approval may need to reach delivery, project management, finance, documents and client service — often through separate systems and manual updates.
Client approves expanded scope for Engagement PS-214
Add two workstreams and extend the plan to 16 weeks.
Find two more consultants from week three.
Grow the deliverable plan from six items to ten.
Move the billing schedule from three milestones to five.
Confirm the new terms to the client in writing.
The client decided once. The firm recorded it five times — in five systems, by five people, across four days, with nothing confirming they all describe the same engagement.