Design a deprecation and migration program for a legacy product.

Instruction: Design a scalable operating model. Be explicit about governance, tradeoffs, escalation paths, and how the system stays useful over time.

Context: Tests whether the candidate can design a scalable PM operating system that remains useful under complexity, politics, and growth.

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I would plan deprecation and migration in stages. First, define the business reason and the target replacement. Second, map the affected cohorts, workflows, and technical blockers. Third, build the transition system: migration tools, documentation, communication waves, support coverage, and an exception path for the hardest customers.

I would track the program with metrics like migration completion, support...

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