[Planning] How do you re-baseline a project without making it look like failure?

Instruction: Explain how you would re-baseline a project when the original plan no longer reflects delivery reality.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can reset a project plan honestly while maintaining confidence and control.

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I usually frame re-baselining as a control decision, not a reputation problem. If the original plan no longer reflects reality, keeping it in place does not preserve confidence. It just delays the point where people can make better decisions.

So I would start by being clear about what changed. Was...

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