"The most stressful part of my career is when unforeseen situations threaten the project's completion on time. To help alleviate that, I think of all possible situations that could occur when planning the project and have backup plans in place to keep the project on track. For example, I had a team member become ill and was hospitalized the final week before our deadline to complete the project. I relied heavily on her expertise to finish the project but had a temporary replacement lined up with a temp agency in the event this would happen. The temporary employee had been vetted before the project started, and he was available to help us in our final week to complete the project on time. Having backup plans in place greatly reduces my stress levels."