Artifact: Difficult Feedback Conversation Script — Sam's Pattern

A scripted conversation about a pattern of missed deadlines, not a single incident -- exercises co-03, co-07. Everline and every name here are fictional; every quote is an illustrative, constructed example.

Opening (names the pattern, not the latest miss): "I want to talk about something I'm seeing across the last two months, not just this week. Three times now -- the migration script in April, the alert-batching work in May, and this week's dashboard task -- you've missed a committed date without flagging it in advance. I want to understand what's going on, because it's a pattern now, not a one-off."

Space for Sam's side: "Before I say more -- what's your read on what's happening across these three? Is it estimation, is it something getting in the way partway through, is it something else?"

Naming the impact plainly: "Whatever the cause, the effect on my side is that I can't commit dates to product with confidence when your work is on the critical path, and that's starting to cost the team's credibility, not just this task's timeline."

One named next step: "For the next four weeks, let's do a mid-task check-in every Wednesday -- just a two-line async update on whether you're still on track -- so if something's slipping, I hear about it Wednesday, not the day it's due."