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Give an example of a project where you had to integrate dependencies on external vendors or other internal teams into your project plan. How did you track those dependencies and handle delays or failures from those parties?
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On a platform expansion project last year, about 40% of our critical path depended on an external data provider and two internal teams (security and data engineering). We had a hard launch date tied to a marketing campaign, so I built a dependency-focused plan in Jira and Smartsheet. Every external or cross-team dependency had a clear owner, SLA, and “drop-dead” date, plus a defined fallback. I set up a weekly 30-minute risk review just for dependencies, with a simple RAG status and lead/lag tracking. When the vendor slipped by two weeks on an API change, we didn’t panic—we triggered our contingency: we shipped an MVP using their existing endpoint and feature-flagged the advanced reporting. That kept us on the launch date, with 80% of functionality live. Once the new API stabilized, we released the remaining 20% two sprints later. Stakeholders cared that we hit the date without burning the team out, and the phased approach made that possible.

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Used structured tools (Jira, Smartsheet) with explicit owners and SLAs for each dependencyRan a regular dependency-focused risk review with RAG status and lead/lag trackingDefined and executed contingency plans (MVP + feature flags) when vendor slippedMaintained launch date while delivering 80% of value, then phased remaining 20%
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