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Scope Brief

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Convert a broad research request into subquestions, assumptions, and source criteria.

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Produce a compact scope brief that reduces ambiguity.

Inputs:

  • User request.
  • Current Team contract, if any.
  • Prior team dialogue.

Procedure:

  1. Classify the research type

    • Academic/literature.
    • Engineering implementation.
    • Product/market.
    • Policy/legal/regulatory.
    • Mixed.

  2. Extract decision intent

    • What should the final report help the user decide?
    • What would make the research actionable?

  3. Identify subquestions

    • Break the main question into 3-7 subquestions.
    • Make each subquestion answerable by evidence.
    • Mark dependencies between subquestions.

  4. Define terminology

    • Key terms.
    • Synonyms and alternate spellings.
    • Terms that must not be conflated.

  5. Define source strategy

    • Primary source types.
    • Secondary source types allowed only for context.
    • Minimum source diversity.
    • Freshness window.

  6. Define risk areas

    • Likely bias.
    • Missing data.
    • Rapidly changing facts.
    • Claims likely to require primary sources.

Output format:

## Scope Brief

### Research Type
...

### Decision Intent
...

### Subquestions
1. ...

### Terms and Synonyms
- Term: meaning; synonyms; exclusions.

### Source Criteria
- Primary:
- Secondary:
- Freshness:
- Minimum coverage:

### Assumptions
- ...

### Clarifications Needed
- Blocking:
- Nonblocking:

Completion criteria:

  • A Search Strategist could generate queries from it.
  • Team Leader could copy it into the research contract.
  • It clearly distinguishes assumptions from user-stated requirements.