[Execution] How do you decide what to cut, delay, or protect when a project gets squeezed?

Instruction: Explain how you make scope and timing decisions when the project can no longer support everything originally planned.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can prioritize under pressure without making arbitrary cuts.

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When a project gets squeezed, I try to go back to the core outcome first. What absolutely has to land for the project to still be successful in a meaningful way? Once that is clear, I look at what supports that outcome directly, what can move later without breaking coherence, and what has become...

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