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You are handed a mature, 2.5-year Excel-based tracker used across teams with many formulas, manual handoffs, and inconsistent data. How would you approach scoping and designing a scalable automated solution (data model, integrations, user roles, and validation) while minimizing disruption to ongoing work?
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