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Prepare an agenda for a 20-minute project meeting. The team needs to choose a delivery date. The current target is Tuesday, but testing is not finished. Attendees are the project lead and the testing lead. Use only these facts. Include questions to ask and flag missing information. Do not assume a date is agreed.
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A delivery-date meeting agenda
5 minutes: review the remaining testing. 10 minutes: compare possible delivery dates. 5 minutes: agree the next step. The testing lead can finish by Monday. Confirm Tuesday as the agreed delivery date.
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Has anyone confirmed Monday?
The instructions do not say when testing can finish. Replace the claim with a question for the testing lead.
Is Tuesday a target or a decision?
Tuesday is only a target. Keep the delivery date open until the people responsible agree it is realistic.
What information is still missing?
Ask which tests remain and what could delay them. Use those answers to decide the date and assign the next step.
After you check it
5 minutes: ask which tests remain and when they can finish. 10 minutes: compare delivery options using that answer. Tuesday remains a target, not an agreed date. 5 minutes: record the decision, or what must be checked first. Next-step owner and deadline: [CHECK].
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