AI Scope Change Request: Explain Cost and Timing
A client asks for ‘one small addition’ after approval. It may be a correction, a missing original requirement or a genuine change. Use AI to compare the request with the agreed scope before drafting a commercial response. Keep the tone factual and give the client a decision they can understand.
Download the task worksheet
The brief fields, prompt and review checklist in one editable Markdown file. No account is needed to download it.
Blank planning worksheet with an illustrative example. AI generation is a separate account action.
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Prepare these inputs
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Supply the relevant approved scope paragraph and approval date, not the entire private contract. Include the client’s new request in its original wording.
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List implementation effects you have assessed: extra deliverables, dependencies, review rounds and any impact on existing milestones. Label effort estimates as estimates.
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Provide options you are willing to offer, such as deferring a feature or exchanging a deliverable. Prices and dates must come from you, not an invented AI calculation.
A prompt you can adapt
Prompt
Compare approved scope [baseline] with request [request]. Classify each item as included, unclear or new, quoting the supplied wording. Draft a neutral change request with proposed work, exclusions, estimated impact, options and an explicit approval step. Do not change existing terms or say work has started. Leave unknown prices and dates as questions. This is a project communication draft, not legal advice.
Worked example — illustrative, not a customer result
Illustrative baseline: an English brochure page with an enquiry form. The new request adds an Urdu version and a searchable course catalogue. The change note separates translation review from catalogue functionality, states which estimate is still pending and offers a later phase. A typo correction remains a correction; it is not bundled into chargeable new work.
Acceptance checks before delivery
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Is the comparison anchored to supplied wording rather than assumptions about what clients normally receive?
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Are costs, estimates, dependencies and the date of approval visible, with an option to decline or defer?
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Does the message request agreement before altering the project, while keeping corrections separate from new work?
A mistake to avoid
Do not send an AI-written ultimatum or automatically amend contractual terms. If the baseline is ambiguous, ask for clarification. Have an appropriate professional review any disputed legal interpretation.
From the brief to a usable deliverable
Start by pasting the brief into chat and ask for missing information before a draft. Keep source facts, assumptions and open questions separate. Review the draft, then move approved material into the relevant workspace. A well-written answer is a starting point; inspect the actual document, slide, image, video or code before handing it over. Signing in preserves the workspace destination linked from this guide; it does not submit a paid generation automatically.
For work across India and Pakistan, write instructions in the language you use comfortably, then specify the delivery language. Confirm names, Indian or Pakistani numbering conventions, currency, date format and the client’s time zone. Hindi and Urdu versions of this guide are available below; page translation does not mean every signed-in app screen is translated.
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Before you start
Does this guide guarantee a client-ready result?
No. It provides a task brief, an illustrative example and acceptance checks. Verify source facts and the actual exported result. Paid access does not guarantee accuracy, acceptance, search rankings or client revenue.
Is the worksheet the same as free AI generation?
No. The Markdown worksheet is a free planning file. Brainbaby generation, editing, model usage and exports follow the current account plan, job quote and feature availability.