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Situation: At my last role, midway through a 12-week rollout, Product expected a feature-rich release while Sales expected a lightweight MVP aligned to a client contract. Task: I had 48 hours to align expectations without slipping the timeline. Action: Within 6 hours, I scheduled 1:1s with each stakeholder to clarify success metrics, constraints, and non‑negotiables. I then created a one-page comparison of current scope vs. each expectation (features, effort, impact on go‑live). Within 24 hours, I facilitated a 45‑minute alignment meeting, proposed a phased roadmap (MVP in week 12, Phase 2 in +4 weeks), and re-baselined scope in Jira with agreed acceptance criteria. Result: We preserved the original go‑live date, delivered 85% of must‑have features, secured a 3‑month contract extension worth $250K, and reduced post‑launch change requests by 40%.
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