In an Acquisition Team, the role of each member plays a critical part in ensuring timely decisions are made and problems are addressed in the most efficient and effective way possible. What is the likely result if a contracting professional is trying to answer questions that the Program Manager should be answering? The contracting professional will be seen as a high functioning team member capable of filling diverse roles. The program manager will be seen as less competent and will lose the respect of other team members. The answer may be incomplete or even incorrect and could introduce other problems which may result in delays in award. The contracting professional will be inundated with questions from other team members, causing a backlog in completing tasks