Plan a Project Across Customers and Partner Teams

You are given a new project involving a customer and several internal teams. Explain how you would clarify the scope, coordinate communication, and build a delivery timeline. ### Constraints & Assumptions The report describes a project/product-management simulation without the actual project brief. Use a clearly labeled hypothetical project when illustrating the method; do not invent customer commitments or a company-specific process. ### Clarifying Questions What customer outcome matters? Which date is fixed and why? Which teams own dependencies? What is uncertain? Who can approve scope changes or accept delivery? ### What a Strong Answer Covers A shared problem definition, dependency-aware milestones, owners and decision paths, risk discovery, customer feedback, and a timeline with explicit uncertainty. ### Follow-up Questions What would you do if a partner team cannot meet its date? How would you communicate a tradeoff without promising an unverified deadline? What makes a minimum release acceptable to the customer?