As a newbie reading through this for the first time, I noticed we seem to be interchanging the words "Product" and "client" teams quite often which led to some confusion on my part. I'd like to propose we make the language more consistent throughout and perhaps add these to the 'definitions" section so it is clear the role they are playing in this process when we use these terms? @NNzali (WMF) helped to clarify that they can be synonymous.
Example 1: The Product team submits an API initiative request by creating a Phabricator ticket in the Untriaged column on the Platform-Product Roadmap Workboard here, ideally no later than 3 months before stakeholders expect to start using the API to give the team responsible for building the API enough time to plan and execute. As stated earlier, the development and client teams work together to build the API, including frequent client reviews, feedback, and demos throughout the API initiative implementation.