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You’ve been asked to kick off a new engineering initiative and need to set an initial delivery timeline and staffing plan before execution begins. You want to give the business a plan that is realistic, transparent about uncertainty, and grounded in the actual work rather than a top-down date.
Describe your process for estimating project timelines and resource allocation.