Hypothesis-Driven Analysis Scoping Template

Most analyses get scoped on the fly. A PM pings Slack with a question, an analyst opens a notebook, and three weeks later nobody agrees on what success looks like — or whether the data exists at all. This template brings Jolie Kemp's hypothesis-driven methodology from Faire to your analytics team: a scoping workbook, Kanban pipeline by status, kickoff calendar, and a 7-step guided task that walks analysts and PMs through alignment before any data work begins. Every request starts with documented hypotheses, expected impact, required data, and analysis approach. The built-in "Killed at Scoping" status is intentional — catching a data-blocked request before it consumes analyst time is a good outcome, not a failure. For analytics leads building team-wide scoping discipline, senior analysts tired of mid-project direction changes, and data scientists who want hypotheses locked before experiments run.