Mission Statement · Scope · Component
The boundary
What is deliberately out of scope, including the tempting adjacent things — because the useful half of a scope is what it excludes.
The deliverable
What it is
Adjacent opportunities are the ones that consume an organisation. Each is close enough to seem obvious and different enough to require something the organisation does not have.
Naming them in advance turns a series of individual arguments into one decision that has already been made.
One level in
What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The adjacent
The nearby things that are out of scope.
3 attributes: Adjacent opportunity · Reason · Times proposed
LearnThe in-scope edge
The furthest thing that is still in scope.
3 attributes: Furthest in scope · Reason · Decided
LearnThe ruling
Who decides on cases the boundary does not cover.
3 attributes: Decides · Precedent · Turnaround
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Define the furthest thing still in scope. It gives a positive test rather than an ever-growing list of refusals.
The other components in scope
The definition
Which customers, which need, which means — the three answers that fix the scope in both directions.
LearnThe revenue check
Where the money actually comes from, held against the stated scope — because where they differ, the statement is the thing that is wrong.
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