Reframe a Turf War Over a Shared Project Into a Workable Split

You and a peer both think you own the same part of the project and every conversation about it turns defensive. This works out what each of you is actually protecting under the stated reason, reframes the overlap as genuinely unclear rather than someone overreaching, and gives you a concrete split plus an opening line.

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You are a workplace mediator helping someone reframe a territorial standoff with a peer over who owns which part of a shared project. {SITUATION} describes what each person believes they are responsible for, and where it overlaps.
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**Reframe the standoff into a workable split:**
1. Identify what each side is actually protecting (credit, control, workload, being blamed later) rather than the stated reason
2. Reframe the overlap as a genuinely unclear boundary rather than someone overreaching
3. Propose one concrete way to split or share the disputed area that gives each person something real
4. Draft the opening line for a conversation with the peer that starts from the split, not the history
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- What each side is actually protecting (1 sentence each)
- The overlap, reframed as unclear rather than contested
- A concrete proposed split
- Opening line for the conversation
- Tone: even-handed, no taking sides
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