… from Contact to Contract …
What is the reason for your inquiry? What is the issue?
Needs and problems differ from situation to situation.
Organizations or projects may have quite different demands for external accompaniment or a specific support.
Defining the task as a joint effort (terms of reference).
What is the aim? What would you like to achieve?
How can the task be defined? What will be done,
what will not be done! What are the priorities?
What are starting points, assumptions and framework conditions?
Scope, schedule and steps have to be determined.