[Stakeholders] How do you handle a sponsor who expects certainty too early?

Instruction: Explain how you respond when a sponsor wants strong confidence before enough planning or discovery has happened.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can manage sponsor expectations before the project has earned strong confidence.

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I try to separate the sponsor's need for confidence from the project's current ability to provide certainty. Those are not always the same thing. I want to understand what decision they are trying to make, what level of confidence would actually help them, and what the project can responsibly support...

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