Your potential partner, with experience on the ground, may suggest a different issue to address, or different engagement strategy, than the one you have been considering.

To steal someone else's book title, "Feel the fear and Do it Anyway." Don't let fear hijack your potential or run your life (into the ground).

It may be helpful to think of the program plan as a seismograph that seeks to detect and measure the potential impact of any trembling in the ground underneath the program effort.