I worked on a collaborative project between a biometrics firm and a computer vision laboratory. Most of the R&D work was done by the lab. My project manager had a tough time working with the lab as they were very slow in their process and we had to change our timelines several times. The reason behind it was that the Ph.D. students were overwhelmed with many projects and could not give results for the software team. Also, the lab coordinator really didn’t know who was the boss and communication was almost zero until several meetings. For matrix type organizational structure, it is very important to assign responsibilities and function manager(recruiter) to be reasonable in allotment of resources with appropriate schedule at the very beginning.