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What is the greatest fear of the Project Manager / Scrum Master?

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Jonathan Lee Business Development Manager| Symphony Communication Services LLC Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
What is the greatest fear of the Project Manager / Scrum Master? Does it change as one gains experience? How does it differ between organizations and industries?

More importantly, what can reasonably be done?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Jonathan -

Fear is a personal thing so I don't believe you can generalize this to a role. For some, it might be letting down their team whereas for others, dissatisfying their customers. And for most, it might be losing their jobs!

Kiron
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Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz RYLAI Access Control Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
I agree with Kiron. Fear is different between persons, according to their particular personality and characteristics. Nowadays, we have experimented generalized fear since COVID-19 pandemic has changed our normal life, but a Project Manager must be prepared for any situation and take advantage of it, innovating and tailoring processes to emerge with success.
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Marnad Maia Senior IT Business Analyst| Supergasbras Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Work in a company that run Agile, but our client not! How do you do you with your team saying: We dont worjk this way....?
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Perhaps do not run faster than the stakeholders when things go wrong....
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Jul 16, 2020 8:37 AM
Kiron Bondale
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Sergio -

That reminds me of the joke of the two friends who went camping in the woods and started discussing what they'd do if a bear attacked them. The first tells the second "I'm not sure that I can outrun a bear". The second replies "I'm not worried - I just have to outrun you!"
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Jul 16, 2020 7:06 AM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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Perhaps do not run faster than the stakeholders when things go wrong....
Sergio -

That reminds me of the joke of the two friends who went camping in the woods and started discussing what they'd do if a bear attacked them. The first tells the second "I'm not sure that I can outrun a bear". The second replies "I'm not worried - I just have to outrun you!"
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1 reply by Sergio Luis Conte
Jul 16, 2020 9:20 AM
Sergio Luis Conte
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JAJAJA, Indeed it is very best than mine.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jul 16, 2020 8:37 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Sergio -

That reminds me of the joke of the two friends who went camping in the woods and started discussing what they'd do if a bear attacked them. The first tells the second "I'm not sure that I can outrun a bear". The second replies "I'm not worried - I just have to outrun you!"
JAJAJA, Indeed it is very best than mine.
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Susan Marangos
It really depends on the role/company. Obviously, we all try to do risk management and make contingency plans but there's always unknown unknowns.

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