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Quality Under Tight Deadline

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You are asked to deliver an engineering project on a very tight timeline. The deadline is fixed, but the work still needs to meet a quality bar that avoids customer-facing regressions, rework, and loss of trust.

Question

How do you ensure quality while still meeting the timeline?