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Case / 004 · The promise problem

The deadline was fixed. The scope wasn't.

Six countries, four languages, three audience levels, and one six-month promise. The estimate was not a number to discover; it was a set of consequences to make visible.

Stress-test the scope Proposal summary

The request

A global program with a local amount of time.

A corporate client needs a global manager-development program for 1,500 managers across six countries.

  • Three experience levels
  • eLearning
  • Virtual workshops
  • Toolkits
  • Scenarios
  • Translation
  • LMS deployment
  • Analytics
  • Six-month timeline

Your turn · Scope simulator

Add the ambition. Watch the work appear.

Change components, volume, languages, audiences, or complexity. The effort range and team split move with them. It is an illustrative model—not a price—but the scope logic is inspectable.

Components

Scope

Complexity

Estimated effort—

By role

    Timeline

    1. Discovery
    2. Architecture
    3. Prototype
    4. Development
    5. Pilot
    6. Revision
    7. Deployment
    8. Evaluation
    View generated proposal

    Illustrative estimation model. Ranges do not represent any real pricing. These projects are original solution-architecture demonstrations created to show my consulting approach. The organizations, requirements, data, budgets, vendors, timelines, and results shown are fictional and do not represent previous clients or employers.