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EMBEDDED PRODUCT DESIGNER: INTAKE PROTOCOL

SECTION 1: ORGANIZATION & LEADERSHIP

1. Lead Point of Contact

2. Professional Email

4. Engineering Team Size

SECTION 2: THE BACKLOG DIAGNOSTIC

5. Primary Integration Objective

Describe the “Rework Tax” in your current cycle. How many hours are senior devs losing to design clarification?
5. Primary Integration Objective
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6. Current Sprint Friction

7. Tooling & Environment

Where does your team live? (e.g., Slack, Jira, Linear, GitHub, Figma).

SECTION 3: CAPACITY & TIMING

8. Target Integration Date

9. Engagement Duration

SECTION 4: ALIGNMENT PROTOCOL

10. Confirmation of Model

10. Confirmation of Model