{"id":1448,"date":"2012-08-10T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T18:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2012-08-10T11:23:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T18:23:51","slug":"describing-how-value-would-be-provided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/career\/describing-how-value-would-be-provided","title":{"rendered":"Creating a custom job out of thin air, part 3: Describing how value would be provided"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the previous installment<\/a> of this series, I talked about how you start by identifying the compelling need that key stakeholders in the organization have.<\/p>\n

Now that you have this reasonably stable, you can start describing how you provide value by addressing the problem. You’d like it to be this simple:<\/p>\n

The organization needs X.<\/p>\n

I will do X.<\/p>\n

This is missing the big picture, which is: It’s never just<\/em> about the one problem. If it were that easy to identify and solve a problem, it would have been done long ago. As a result, the picture actually looks more like this:<\/p>\n

The organization’s goals are suffering, and one of the contributing factors is X.<\/p>\n

The reason we haven’t fixed it before is because Y and Z are holding us back, and changing X would cause us to have risks in areas A, B and C.<\/p>\n

But the goals are most important, so we must<\/em> do something about X.<\/p>\n

I can, want to, and will do X.<\/p>\n

I will do these things to address Y and Z: ….<\/p>\n

I will do these things to control the risks in A, B and C: ….<\/p>\n

At this point, you’re feeling overwhelmed by how many interrelated forces are at work, and how many things are outside your control. That’s normal; don’t get discouraged. If this were easy, the problem would have already been solved.<\/p>\n

What we’re ending up with is a statement of your desired job which includes:<\/p>\n