QUESTION 20 OF 26

Two project team members are not seeing eye to eye on a decision point. How will you handle the conflict to keep the project on track?

As a project manager, you are expected to keep the team on goal and on time. As with any activity that involves teamwork, differing opinions could prevent the project to move forward. When positioning your answer, clearly express that you can mediate between team members when conflict arises before it can impact the project's success. Cite an example of a time when you had to act as peacemaker between team members. Include ways in which you were able to respond calmly and objectively.

"In a previous role, I managed the development of an inbound marketing campaign. The creative director and web developer had a disagreement about the landing page design. I met with them separately to understand their points of view. The creative director wanted to ensure that the visuals were top quality. On the other hand, the web designer found the content to be superfluous and the overall design to be confusing from a user interface perspective. In the end, was able to find a middle ground between aesthetics and function. I did this by tying everything back to the target metrics we set with the our project sponsors at the beginning of the build."

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