Sample Answer
On a cross‑functional project with about 18 people (ops, product, and finance), I realized we were burning a lot of time just figuring out who was doing what. We had three separate trackers, conflicting deadlines, and constant status meetings. I mapped out everyone’s responsibilities and noticed 20–25% of tasks were duplicated or unclear. I proposed we move to a single shared board with clear owners, SLAs, and weekly priorities, and I volunteered to set it up and run it for the first month. I also introduced a 15‑minute weekly check‑in focused only on blockers, plus a simple RACI so decisions didn’t stall. Within six weeks, we cut our status meetings from 4 hours to 1.5 hours per week, reduced missed handoffs by about 60%, and delivered the project two weeks earlier than planned. The leads from each function agreed to keep using the new setup beyond that project.
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