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Push Back on Unreliable Data

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A product manager asks you for a metric or dataset to support a decision, but you discover the data is missing, delayed, or not reliable enough to use confidently. You need to respond in a way that protects decision quality without damaging the working relationship.

Question

Describe a situation where you had to push back on a product manager's request because the data wasn't available or reliable. How did you communicate the issue, handle the stakeholder dynamics, and move the work forward?