Louis CarterFounder and Chief Executive Officer, Best Practice Institute · Founder and CEO, Best Practice Institute - Most Loved Workplace® | Organizational Psychologist | Creator of AI Workplace Intelligence and Employer Branding Platform

Stop Vague Tasks! Demand CLEAR Project Boundaries & Deadlines NOW! #shorts

4 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this short, the speaker urges managers to stop assigning vague tasks and instead define crystal‑clear project boundaries, desired outcomes, platforms, and firm deadlines. Using a programming assignment as an example, they explain that saying “develop new software” is too ambiguous; instead, one should specify the exact platform, the precise function the software must perform, and the expected result, while still allowing the programmer to design the solution. The speaker stresses that without such specificity, projects fail, and that coupling clear requirements with a deadline is essential for success.

Can I have that pasture for the addition? Okay, yes or no. You see, I'm, I want very specific sort of on the boundaries of the job. Now, if it's programming, don't just go and say, develop new software. That's too vague. You wanna say, I want software on this platform to do something specific. Now let that programmer design it, but tell 'em what the outcome of the project has to be. And you've got a deadline, but specifics, vagueness is, that's something that absolutely doesn't work.