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That moment my project plan fell apart during a client meeting
I was in a conference room at a mid-size firm in Denver, presenting a 6-month timeline for a big software rollout. About 4 slides in, my lead developer pointed out I had the testing phase overlapping with a major holiday week. I froze for a second, then admitted the mistake right there instead of trying to bluff through it. The client actually respected that I caught it early, and we spent the next hour rebuilding the schedule together in real time. Ended up pushing the go-live date back 3 weeks, but it saved us from a total disaster later. Has anyone else had to throw out their whole plan on the spot to keep a client's trust?
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lilykelly17d agoTop Commenter
Honestly I would've just bluffed through it and fixed it later.
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claire_ramirez17d ago
Do you ever just freeze up in those moments though?
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