Working with Mingdao

Confidence starts
with a clear scope.

Use these topics to prepare a discussion about how your project should be delivered. Confirm the applicable arrangements in the engagement.

Prepare a project brief

What your proposal should make clear

Work included: Tasks, deliverables and the business objective they support.
Boundaries: Exclusions and what requires a separate workstream or specialist.
Responsibilities: The client owner, delivery contact, reviewer and authorised decision-maker.
Acceptance: How outputs will be reviewed, corrected and accepted.
Timing and dependencies: Information, access, review dates and external decisions affecting the schedule.
Fees and payment terms: Professional fees, applicable external charges and out-of-scope changes.
Information handling: Approved transfer methods, access, retention and return or deletion arrangements.
Completion and continuity: Handover records, unresolved actions and any recurring support.

Who owns each decision?

Your business

Name the authorised decision-maker, information owner and reviewer. Identify which commitments and approvals remain with your organisation.

The agreed delivery team

Confirm the work included, responsible contact, reporting expectations, review process and escalation route.

Specialists and external parties

Identify any separate professional advice, representation, vendor tasks or authority decisions. Confirm roles and dependencies in the proposal.

Share information in stages

Initial inquiry: share a non-confidential summary and business objective.
Scope discussion: agree the information required and who is authorised to receive it.
Document handover: confirm transfer method, access, review and record-retention arrangements before sharing sensitive files.
Completion: agree which records are returned, retained or deleted and who owns any ongoing actions.

The public inquiry form does not accept document attachments. A private client document portal is not part of this public workflow.

Use evidence with context

For research work, agree the questions, sources, reporting periods, methodology and material limitations. Separate confirmed findings from assumptions and questions requiring further verification.

Explore research and data

Start with your objectives.

Prepare a draft, then review it before sending an inquiry.

Plan a project