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M07-U01 · 15-20 minutes

Define the Task, User, and Success

Work through the explanation, apply it to the example, and complete the quick check before continuing.

Task planning worksheet showing a weak idea being converted into a bounded capstone task with deliverable, purpose, intended user, observable success criteria, excluded actions, suitability checks, and named final approver.
Define what the workflow will produce, who it serves, how success will be checked, what it must not do, and who approves the result before use.
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The figure contrasts a weak idea, Research local programmes, with a bounded capstone task: create a two-page comparison for a fictional community coordinator using three approved public programme pages, comparing audience, schedule, cost, and access information without recommending funding. The worksheet asks learners to record the deliverable, purpose, intended user, observable success criteria, excluded decisions or claims, suitability checks, and named final approver. It reminds learners to check that the task is suitable, reversible before use, and outside high-impact decisions. If the idea needs real sensitive information or consequential automatic action, learners should reduce the scope or choose another task.

State the deliverable, purpose, intended user, and observable success criteria. Define what the workflow must not do.

Weak: Research local programmes.

Stronger: Create a two-page comparison for a fictional community coordinator using three approved public programme pages. Compare audience, schedule, cost, and access information. Do not recommend funding or infer missing facts.

Check that the task is suitable, reversible before use, and outside high-impact decisions. Record the named final approver. If the idea needs real sensitive information or consequential automatic action, reduce the scope or choose another task.