What is the recommended initial action for providing operational insights when a new data ingestion product is under development?

The recommended initial action of reviewing the design of the product with the development team is crucial for providing operational insights early in the development process. By engaging in a design review, stakeholders can identify potential issues, understand the foundational architecture, and ensure that operational considerations are integrated into the product from the start. This proactive approach helps in aligning the development with operational goals, setting up monitoring requirements, and identifying performance metrics that need to be tracked, thereby facilitating smoother transitions to later testing phases and production deployment.

Other actions, while valuable at different stages, do not provide the same level of early operational insight. Deploying the product to a staging environment is useful for testing but comes after the product design phase. Sharing error logs and performance metrics typically occurs after the product is operational and would not provide insights during the design phase. Waiting until the product is in production is counterproductive, as operational insights should ideally inform the development process before any deployment, rather than reactively addressing issues post-deployment.