Price and schedule the work the client must supply

Make missing inputs visible before they become an unplanned delivery cost.

ContractCanvas insights

Assign the input

A project dependency should identify the material, responsible role and required stage. “Client to cooperate” is difficult to operate. “Client coordinator to supply the agreed sales extracts before analysis begins” gives both sides a clear task. Confirm that the client has permission to provide the material.

Describe the consequence

If the extracts arrive late, the consultant may have to resequence interviews or move the workshop. Decide how the parties will assess timing and additional effort. Do not automatically treat every delay as chargeable or silently absorb it. Record the decision in the change process.

Use an explicit assumption

For a sample engagement, assume three consolidated feedback rounds from one client representative. Five conflicting sets of comments create a different workload. The estimate should say who consolidates feedback and what happens when the agreed rounds are exceeded.

Check before approval

Review unresolved dependencies alongside fee and timing. In ContractCanvas, a dependency belongs in the scope record and should be visible in the client output. A green pipeline stage cannot resolve an unknown input. Keep the approval pending when an essential dependency prevents the parties from knowing what they are agreeing to.