## Question Describe a significant obstacle that threatened a goal you owned. How did you determine the real constraint, change the plan, and keep people aligned until the outcome was resolved? ### Constraints & Assumptions - Choose an obstacle that required more than personal effort. - Explain diagnosis before action. - Include an updated plan, communication, and trade-off. - The outcome may be a smaller delivery if that was the responsible choice. ### Clarifying Questions to Ask - Would you prefer a technical dependency, resource constraint, or stakeholder obstacle? - Should I emphasize recovery speed or the decision process? - Is a partially achieved original goal acceptable? ```hint Find the bottleneck, not the symptom Identify which dependency or assumption actually controls the schedule, then reshape scope around it. ``` ### What a Strong Answer Covers - The goal, obstacle, and evidence for the bottleneck. - Options considered and why the chosen response fit the risk. - Clear ownership and stakeholder updates. - A measurable outcome and prevention step. - No reliance on heroics as the main strategy. ### Follow-up Questions 1. When did you realize the original plan would fail? 2. What did you stop doing? 3. How did you restore confidence after changing the commitment?