"In my experience, making sure the project's purpose, need, and scope is well-defined prevents significant problems down the road. In terms of risks that I've encountered during past projects, they would include contractor delays or contractors not meeting quality standards. I've learned techniques to combat these risks such as getting a B-team together or incorporating quality standards into service level agreements with contractors. In terms of issues, I recently had to quickly adapt when a key member of my team was unexpectedly hospitalized. Luckily, I had identified backup employees and was able to tap some of them to fill in while this person was incapacitated so the project timeline wasn't impacted."