Scope Exclusion Consulting
Out of Scope.
We define what falls outside the engagement. That is the engagement.
Out of Scope is a consulting firm with a single practice area: scope exclusion. We do not advise on what to do. We do not recommend strategies, solutions, or paths forward. We formally define, document, and deliver what falls outside the engagement — and then we leave.
Our clients receive one thing: the Definitive Out-of-Scope Report. It is laminated. It is final. It tells you, in precise professional language, everything that is not your problem.
Services
Initial Scope Exclusion Assessment
A structured review of your situation, project, or engagement. We identify what is genuinely within scope, what is clearly outside it, and the significant gray area that most engagements pretend does not exist. We document the gray area and exclude it. This is the most important thing we do.
Typical engagement: 2 to 3 weeks. Deliverable: the Definitive Out-of-Scope Report (laminated).
Ongoing Out-of-Scope Monitoring
Scope creep is the expansion of what is considered in-scope without corresponding adjustment in resources, timeline, or expectations. We monitor your engagement and formally document each instance of scope expansion as it occurs. The documentation does not prevent creep. It creates a record of it that can be used later. Clients find this alternately useful and uncomfortable.
Monthly retainer. Deliverable: Scope Expansion Log, updated weekly.
Definitive Out-of-Scope Report
The core deliverable of all Out of Scope engagements. A formal document specifying every item, task, question, stakeholder, system, process, dependency, assumption, and risk that falls outside the defined scope. Organized by category. Indexed. Available as a standalone service for clients who already know what they want excluded but need it documented.
One-time engagement. Delivered laminated. Cannot be un-laminated.
From the client record
"We came in with a thirty-item project plan. Out of Scope told us that twenty-three of those items were outside scope and documented why. We were left with seven items. We completed all seven. This had not happened before."
— Director of Program Management, enterprise software company