"Successfully implementing a solution that was openly arrived at requires great care and a management commitment to follow through. In most agencies, staff assigned to develop the plan are not directly involved in construction. Pilot state staff in many states observed that the hand-off from planning and design staff to construction staff, if not done properly, can result in the negation of carefully developed plans, [relationships], and commitments to stakeholders." "Successfully implementing a solution that was openly arrived at requires great care and a management commitment to follow through. In most agencies, staff assigned to develop the plan are not directly involved in construction. Pilot state staff in many states observed that the hand-off from planning and design staff to construction staff, if not done properly, can result in the negation of carefully developed plans, [relationships], and commitments to stakeholders."