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Module scoping worksheet

5 pages · Method · A4 794 x 1123
01Worksheet
VP.
Pick three, not thirteen

Module
scoping
worksheet

Two of your five modules are decided already. This worksheet is for the other three.

VishnupriyaBuildXLR8
Method · 5 pages
Module scoping worksheetThe method
Four passes

How to fill this in

1
List the work
Every recurring process, one line each. Aim for twenty.
2
Mark the cost
Hours a week, from the person who does it.
3
Mark the risk
What stops if that person is away.
4
Take the top three
Highest cost and highest risk. Ignore the rest.
The trap

Two ways people pick

How it usually goes
Pick what would look impressive
Pick what the newest tool does
Pick everything and cut later
How it should go
Pick what costs the most hours
Pick what breaks when someone is off
Pick three and stop
Vishnupriya · BuildXLR802 of 05
Module scoping worksheetYour three
Module one

The most expensive process

What is it, in two sentences?
Hours a week it costs, and who counted them?
Who owns it today?
What would working look like?
Module two

The one with the single point of failure

What is it, in two sentences?
Whose absence breaks it?
How long would a replacement take to train?
What would working look like?
Vishnupriya · BuildXLR803 of 05
Module scoping worksheetYour three
Module three

The one that joins the other two

What is it, in two sentences?
What has to pass between module one and module two?
Who needs to see the result?
What would working look like?
Check your three

Each should pass all four

Someone can name the hours it costs each week
It has one owner, not a committee
It would still matter in a year
You could describe it in two sentences, which you just did
Vishnupriya · BuildXLR804 of 05
Module scoping worksheetWhat happens to this
After you fill it in

Three things

Send it to me and I will read it before anyone speaks to you
Prabhashankar uses it as the agenda for the 20 minute fit call
If it is scoped, it becomes the wireframe you see before you pay
One ask

Send me the three

Two sentences each is enough. I will tell you whether they fit a 30 day build.

The 30-Day Operations Reset is $5,000, held until 31 December 2026.

Vishnupriya · BuildXLR805 of 05