Newly Corporate

Here’s a good word to know: scope. This word is used to determine what you are responsible for delivering with your project. If you are expected to deliver it, then it is “in scope”. If you are not responsible to deliver it, then it is “out of scope”. This seems simple, but it can get complex in the real world.

For example, let’s say you are in charge of stopping rabbits from eating the carrots in your community garden. You are issued a gun and given specific instructions to kill the wabbits rabbits. While out rabbit hunting, one of your neighbors approaches you and suggests that you should also kill the gophers. They also eat carrots, so why not kill them too? This seems like a reasonable idea, but you weren’t really instructed to do it. And who knows, maybe gophers are a protected species. Also, you might waste time killing gophers when you should be after the rabbits. There is risk if you attempt to over-deliver, so just stick to the rabbits. Keep the rabbits, and only the rabbits, in scope. <–Ahem, sweet pun!