Scoping Questions
Generate brief-specific scoping questions a senior agency PM would ask before committing to a scope of work. Use when a client brief lands and you need to surface gaps, assumptions, and delivery risks before writing the SoW. Triggers: 'pressure-test this brief', 'what should I ask the client', 'scoping questions', 'gap analysis on this brief'.
Assumptions And Dependencies
Stress-test the Assumptions and Dependencies sections of a Scope of Work — the load-bearing paragraphs that save the PM at week four. Use when you've drafted a SoW and want to pressure-test what you've assumed, what the client is on the hook for, and what would trigger a change request. Triggers: 'stress-test assumptions', 'pressure-test dependencies', 'what am I assuming', 'which assumptions wou…
Project Time Plan
Turn a work breakdown into a realistic time plan — durations in working days, hard dependencies, genuine parallelisation, critical path, and minimum elapsed time to launch. Use when you need to convert a WBS into a schedule that will hold under pressure. Triggers: 'build a time plan', 'estimate the schedule', 'how long will this project take', 'create a Gantt-ready plan'.
Project Risk Register
Produce a risk register with the top 5 risks to a specific project — ranked by exposure (likelihood × impact), with early warning signs, owners, and executable contingencies. Use after the SoW and time plan are drafted, to pressure-test delivery. Triggers: 'flag the risks', 'risk register', 'what could go wrong', 'build a RAID log'.
Work Breakdown Structure
Decompose a signed Scope of Work into a work breakdown structure (WBS) — phases, tasks, owners, dependencies, and critical path. Use when moving from 'what are we delivering' to 'how are we delivering it'. Triggers: 'break down this scope', 'build a WBS', 'create work breakdown', 'what are the tasks for this project'.
Scope Of Work
Write a tight, commercially watertight Scope of Work under 500 words, using the client brief and your scoping answers as input. Use when discovery questions have been answered and you're ready to lock in what's in, what's out, and who's doing what. Triggers: 'write the SoW', 'draft scope of work', 'turn this into a SoW', 'write a statement of work'.
Scope Change Control
Draft a commercial change request when scope, timeline, or budget shifts mid-project — tied back to the original SoW's assumptions and dependencies. Use when the client asks for more, the brief changes, or an assumption has turned out to be wrong. Triggers: 'write a change request', 'draft a CR', 'the scope has changed', 'handle this new ask', 'client wants to add'.