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Culture, rather than technology, was the biggest impediment to successful collaboration. Clear goals and roles for collaboration were named the second obstacle to success.

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The problem: the client didn't have the source files. Fortunately, the vendor responded right away and sent the files to us. Without the source files, we would have had to re-create the entire presentation to change less than 20 percent of its content.

That's the problem with e-learning: having the finished module running smoothly on your LMS doesn't guarantee that you can update it. This isn't a problem, assuming you have a good relationship with the original vendor and the company is still around.