Decide Whether to Accept This Project or Push Back

A project lands on your desk and something about it feels off. Vague scope, thin resources, unclear payoff. This runs it through four factors, tells you whether to accept, renegotiate, or decline, and drafts the one-line reply to send to whoever asked. Better than saying yes and regretting it by Thursday.

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You have been asked to take on {PROJECT_TYPE} at work. Something feels off about it, but you are not sure whether to accept, negotiate, or decline. You want a clear framework to decide.
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**Before deciding, assess these four factors:**
1. Scope clarity: do you know exactly what done looks like, or is it deliberately vague?
2. Resource fit: do you have the time, budget, and authority to deliver it properly?
3. Strategic value: does this project advance your career, the team, or the business, or is it just filling a gap?
4. Opportunity cost: what would you not be doing if you take this on?

**Then decide:**
5. If all four are acceptable, accept with clear terms
6. If one or two are problematic, name what needs to change before you agree
7. If three or four are problematic, decline or propose a reduced scope

State your decision clearly, then draft the one-line response you would send to whoever asked.
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- Four-factor assessment: one sentence per factor, amber or red or green
- Decision: one sentence
- Draft response: two to three sentences in professional but direct language
- Length: 200 to 300 words
- Tone: measured and confident
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