Business Writing · Change request
Write a scope change request with trade-offs
Make a proposed change and its cost to the current plan explicit.
Your prompt
Editable variables are marked with brackets.Prepare sections Requested change, Reason, Impact on current scope, Timeline and cost evidence, Options, and Approval needed. Use only provided estimates. If no estimate exists, label it “Estimate needed”; never invent one. Separate approval of discovery work from approval of delivery.
SOURCE MATERIAL
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Current scope: export a monthly CSV. Request: add weekly scheduled exports. Engineering has not estimated it. The existing release is scheduled for November 6.
What a useful answer should do
The request asks for estimation or a scope decision, without manufacturing effort or price.
Recorded output excerpt
## Requested change
Add weekly scheduled exports to the current scope of exporting a monthly CSV.
## Reason
The business reason, expected benefit, and priority were not supplied. Confirmation is needed.
## Impact on current scope
The request adds weekly scheduling beyond the monthly CSV export. Engineering has not estimated the change, so its effect on the current work and release plan is unknown.
## Timeline and cost evidence
- Existing release: scheduled for November 6.
- Engineering effort: **Estimate needed**.
- Cost: **Estimate needed**.
- Effect on the November 6 release: **Estimate needed**. Delivery of weekly scheduled exports by that date is not established.
- Discovery effort and cost: **Estimate needed**.
## Options
- Retain the monthly CSV scope for the planned release and defer the additional feature. This leaves the weekly scheduling request unmet in that release; the source does not confirm release feasibility.
- Authorize discovery and estimation, then decide whether to include weekly scheduled exports in the existing release or plan them separately. Timing and cost trade-offs remain unknown until estimated.
## Approval needed
**Discovery:** Approve engineering discovery and estimation as a separate decision, with its effort and cost to be confirmed.
**Delivery:** After reviewing the estimate and business reason, decide whether to approve the scope addition, associated cost, and any release-plan change. Discovery approval does not approve delivery or com
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Use this when you have change request and current scope and need a reviewable change request.
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