Client brief (fill in with the client, 30–45 minutes)

Item	Answer
Client name and role
Student team and teacher
The decision the work will inform
The question (one sentence, answerable with data)
What do they do today without data? (the "current way")
What would success look like? (measurable)
Data they already have (format, who owns it)
Data we may be able to add (open datasets + licences)
Who could be affected or harmed by this work?
Deliverables (e.g. notebook, 1-page memo, dashboard, 5-min talk)
Date for handover and presentation
What will be published? (anonymised)

Plan check: Can the question be answered with the data? If not, change the question — not the data.