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Thanks Sloaken - appreciate the length you have gone to here. Some useful suggestions but a few clarifications on my brief:

1. It's an in life product that's been in the market for a number of years, no big recent development on it from what I see.

2. I'm not responsible for the code - I work with the team that is but because it's in life don't think there is a dedicated code expert for this at the moment.

3. Boss is very aware and supportive - he laid his cards on the table when he offered me the job. They are in the same boat as they were parachuted in to takeover due to previous manager moving on.

Thanks Matt, good idea - I will plan in some meet and greets with key stakeholders to watch and listen how they use/think of the product.

Thanks Twunde, this is useful. I'm trying to build a 'product manual' or similar, which will cover all the key items. Any suggestions for 'chapters'? i.e Service model, Key stakeholders.

I'm the new product owner, I don't code but manage the requirements for the team that does. It's an existing product which has been in life for many years and is part of a large organisation.

'Smarter Investing' by Tim Hale

Dominic Cummings (Johnson’s top advisor)has blogged extensively about how Britain needs to be a leader in hard science and of his admiration for DARPA model. As Per Dan’s comment - the attraction is that it avoids/minimises the inefficiencies of the standard academic funding focus on submitting proposals and then publish or die.

Cummings blog is worth a read. The content is not very political beyond a key refrain that nearly all current political structures, processes and people aren’t fit for purpose for the modern world and especially the future. For what it’s worth, I voted remain.

Teach her math. Set problems and ask her to calculate the answers, which requires understanding.