SCOPE AND MINIMAL INQUIRY WORKSHEET

BLANK WORKSHEET — no signup or customer data required

Compare actual work, not implied superiority. Leave prices unknown until owner review. Keep budget no-fit distinct from unclear scope and broken routes.

Use blank fields for your own planning. Blank does not mean zero.
Use unknown, missing, proposed, or not applicable when appropriate.
Do not paste private customer/student details into these worksheets.

Buyer job:
  Guidance: What is the person trying to have done?

Alternative compared:
  Guidance: Known alternative or explicitly labeled assumption.

Possible explanation:
  Guidance: Budget; scope; trust; route; unknown.

Evidence for explanation:
  Guidance: Actual observation; do not invent the reason a prospect left.

True inclusions:
  Guidance: Actual tasks or deliverables.

Exclusions:
  Guidance: Explicitly outside scope.

Variables affecting work:
  Guidance: Only actual determinants relevant to scope or quote.

Evidence for quality claim:
  Guidance: Evidence locator and exact claim supported.

Preparation requirements:
  Guidance: Verified requirements.

Access requirements:
  Guidance: Public explanation only; no codes or private addresses.

Public price format:
  Guidance: Fixed; range; from; custom quote, subject to owner and applicable review.

Actual price or range:
  Guidance: Owner-filled only; blank is not zero.

Minimum and conditions:
  Guidance: Only actual minimum and applicable conditions.

Owner economics review:
  Guidance: Acceptable; revise; stop; unknown.

Necessary inquiry fields:
  Guidance: For each: what fit/scope/next-step decision does it change?

Unnecessary fields removed:
  Guidance: Remove data with no initial qualification purpose.

Later private information:
  Guidance: Describe category only and why later; no real customer data.

Genuine simpler alternative:
  Guidance: Actual lower-scope option, or none.

Respectful no-fit:
  Guidance: Clear reason without shaming or pressure.

Next step:
  Guidance: What happens after the inquiry and before commitment?

Route test result:
  Guidance: Owner-run inspection; no fake submission or charge.

Publication decision:
  Guidance: Approve; revise; offer repair; technical repair; hold.

SCOPE COMPARISON — copy for each actual option
Option name:
Buyer task:
Inclusions:
Exclusions:
Relevant work variables:
Actual evidence:
Price format and verified terms:
Who it fits:
Who it does not fit:

MINIMAL INQUIRY FORM OUTLINE — not a live form
Field label:
Why needed for initial fit/scope/next step:
Required or optional and why:
Safe private route if sensitive information is later necessary:
Remove if no decision depends on it:

PUBLIC EXPLANATION
[Service] includes [verified scope]. [Actual exclusions] are not included.
[Real variables] can change the quote. To start, provide [minimal details]
through [working route]. If you need [simpler actual scope], [genuine option]
may fit better. We confirm [actual next step] before commitment.
Do not publish bracketed placeholders.

These are original editorial decision aids, not tested outcome models.
Article and sources: https://runcontengine.ai/resources/local-service-price-scope-qualification