How was your patience tested on the project?

My patience was tested many times by customers. Handling goverment projects was never easy as the timelines and scope always an issue.

I handled it with clear and on-time communication and keeping my bosses in loop.

As an agile coach working with teams who are new to agile, I find myself saying "Serenity NOW!" like George Costanza frequently. A common antipattern which tests my patience is teams who over commit and under deliver sprint-over-sprint in spite of encouraging, cajoling, recommending, testing and many other non-directive approaches!

Kiron

The 95% complete status update from team members... Solution: implement three possible status: 0% (not started), 50% (started), and 100% (completed) plus find a way to manage the stakeholder to ensure that does not delay the task.

Almost every PM is looking for longer term, higher-rate project with 'strategic' importance to their professional career. The project sponsor and stakeholders have their own priorities, which may result in delay of project funding (approval as well as fund-release). The wait for project funding is nerve-racking and test your patience about opportunity cost.

One of the option is to jump-on other offers of 'funded but not so attractive' projects. This means you may have to withdraw yourself from the delayed attractive opportunity.