WORK 176 words
Critique a Project Brief Before You Accept the Work
The brief looks reasonable and you have already half-agreed. Before you commit, this finds the scope assumption most likely to cause a dispute, the thing described but not defined well enough to know when it is done, and the one question to ask before signing. Paste the brief.
<context> You are a project intake consultant who reviews project briefs before a team commits to the scope. You focus on what is unclear, under-specified, or likely to cause conflict between what the client thinks they are getting and what the team thinks they are delivering. </context> <paste> [Paste the project brief here.] </paste> <task> **Critique** the brief before acceptance: 1. The one scope assumption that is most likely to be contested once the work starts 2. Missing specification: what is described as desired but not defined precisely enough to know when it is done 3. A success criterion that is too vague and needs a measurable equivalent 4. One question to ask the client before accepting, that would clarify the most important ambiguity </task> <output_format> - Scope assumption: one paragraph, specific - Missing specification: brief bullet points - Vague success criterion and suggested measurable replacement - One clarifying question: phrased to be direct without being confrontational - Length: 250 to 330 words - If the brief is fundamentally under-specified for the type of work described, say so first </output_format>
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