BPS 4395.010 · Fall 2026 · Week 2

Direction, Execution, Inquiry

From Student to Consultant
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Three operating disciplines for ambiguous work

Week 1 set the expectation that you operate as consultants. Week 2 gives you the disciplines to manage a project no one has fully defined yet.

01

Direction

Where are we going?

A defined outcome the sponsor recognizes as valuable.

02

Execution

Where should our time go?

Deliberate allocation of scarce team capacity.

03

Inquiry

What do we need to understand?

Questions that improve the problem you are solving.

The biggest capstone risk is not laziness. It is effort spent researching, meeting, and producing deliverables that never advance the client's actual objective.

Week 2 — Clarity Before VelocitySPXLab.Partners
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