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Process · Prepare and review solar scope

Prepare and review solar scope

Set up a solar scope review that keeps site inputs and decisions tied to their design revision.

Step by step

  1. Identify the site Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist links the design input to its quote and organization and records the site address. Check the location with the customer before using it in the scope discussion.

    • Site scope is connected to the intended quote
    • Updates Solar design inputs, Quotes, Organizations
  2. Prepare the design input Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist records panel count, design capacity and required-by date, with the supporting design material attached to the quote. During setup, agree the source of the quantities and configure the design submission, independent review and completion procedure.

    • Panel count, design KW and required by describe the design demand
    • Updates Solar design inputs, Record attachments
  3. Submit the revision Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist submits the Draft design input through the configured review procedure. The submitted revision identifies the scope under consideration; subsequent changes must return through the agreed revision handling.

    • Draft moves to Submitted through the configured procedure
    • Updates Solar design inputs
  4. Decide on the scope Pricing Reviewer

    Pricing Reviewer independently reviews the submitted design input and its evidence. Record the approval or rejection against the current revision and retain the decision date.

    • Current revision receives the design decision and its evidence
    • Updates Solar design inputs, Operation receipts
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  5. Complete the design work Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist follows the approved extension through completion. Check that the design outcome leaves the parent quote's amount and commercial state under the quote's separate pricing and approval controls.

    • Approved design work completes without changing quote economics
    • Updates Solar design inputs, Quotes

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • The site address describes a different property from the supporting design document.
  • A reviewer acts on an older design revision after the scope has changed.
  • The team treats design approval as permission to alter an already reviewed quote amount.
Quote Specialist
, Pricing Reviewer, Auditor.

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