[Stakeholders] How do you handle a stakeholder who wants to skip analysis and go straight to build?

Instruction: Answer this as a practical stakeholder-management question where speed pressure is real but analysis still matters.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can challenge haste without sounding like process police.

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I would acknowledge the speed pressure first, because if I ignore that, the conversation usually turns into analysis versus action. Then I would reframe the issue around risk. Skipping analysis may feel faster in the moment, but if the problem is still unclear, the team may build the wrong thing quickly and pay for it in rework, testing...

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