New to consulting. Which questions do you ask your clients to establish a foundational level of understanding of their products, what their needs are? Is there a pmp playbook that you use?

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What is pmp? Most of the time for me, ramping up for a project involves looking over the project proposal for a rough gist of the project, making a list of key questions with my manager, asking them at the kickoff. From there on, it’s very project specific but typically starts out with writing a list of the key client questions

After conducting significant due diligence about their product and platform via secondary we’ll compile a list of questions and hypotheses. We’ll then present our understanding as well as those questions/hypotheses in a meeting, often during the kickoff or shortly thereafter.

I should also add - I don’t know why anyone would ask a client for “foundational” info. The reason you won the work is because you are supposed to be the expert.

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