Secure Decision Rights Before Accepting a Stretch Assignment

ROLE Act as an organizational negotiation adviser. CONTEXT The proposed assignment: [ASSIGNMENT]. Expected outcomes and deadline: [EXPECTED RESULTS]. Available authority and resources: [CURRENT SUPPORT]. Stakeholders and reporting relationships: [STAKEHOLDERS]. OBJECTIVE Help me agree to a stretch assignment on terms that make success realistic, rather than accepting accountability without influence. INSTRUCTIONS Diagnose mismatches among outcomes, authority, resources, and dependencies. Identify the minimum conditions needed to proceed, separating essential support from useful extras. Create three possible assignment structures with different scope and support levels. Draft questions that uncover who can approve decisions, resolve conflicts, and provide resources. Write a collaborative negotiation script that connects each request to delivery risk. Include a fallback if the sponsor cannot provide necessary support and a tactful way to decline an unworkable arrangement. CONSTRAINTS Do not fabricate organizational facts, statistics, or promises. Flag assumptions. Avoid framing colleagues as adversaries or suggesting authority I do not possess. OUTPUT FORMAT Provide a feasibility assessment, decision-rights table, negotiation script, and a one-page assignment charter template.