01 Answer first
How should unknown information be handled in a turnkey water bottling project?
Record it as an explicit assumption with a source, owner, affected decisions, validation action, due gate, and consequence if wrong. If provisional work proceeds, document the authorized risk and change route.
02 Where it fits
Position in the project journey
Continuous project control — from first brief through handover.
03 Buyer inputs
What the buyer should prepare
- Unverified business, site, and local inputs
- Decision and validation owners
- Authorization for provisional risk
04 Allot Tech and manufacturing-resource inputs
What should be clarified or provided
- Technical and commercial assumptions
- Affected scope and evidence needs
- Change consequences and deadlines
Allot Tech coordinates requirement, quotation and project communication. Detailed engineering, manufacture, testing, documentation and confirmed service are performed by selected manufacturing resources according to the signed scope.
05 Technical scope
Questions and work to control
Capture Assumptions at Their Source
Record assumptions from buyer briefs, supplier proposals, site surveys, drawings, test data, local advice, meetings, and models with dates and revisions.
Classify by Decision Area
Group market, product, source, site, utility, package, capacity, process, quality, schedule, logistics, commercial, and local requirement assumptions.
Name One Validation Owner
Assign a person or organization able to obtain the necessary evidence; shared ownership without one accountable lead often leaves the item open.
Connect Each Assumption to Its Consequence
State which design, scope, price comparison, schedule, test, site work, or operating decision would change if the assumption is wrong.
Set a Closure Gate
Choose the latest safe decision point before the assumption would release engineering, procurement, construction, shipment, or mobilization on a weak basis.
Control Accepted Provisional Inputs
If work proceeds provisionally, document the authorized risk, design allowance, rework route, cost and schedule responsibility, and expiry condition.
Link Changes to Affected Records
When evidence changes an assumption, update the URS, scope, drawings, interfaces, schedule, test plan, and commercial record that relied on it.
Review the Register at Every Gate
Use open, overdue, changed, and high-consequence assumptions as a formal input to each project release decision.
Buyer questions answered
Practical answers before you request a quotation
Are assumptions always errors?
No. Early projects require assumptions, but they should be visible, owned, time-bound, and reviewed before dependent releases.
What is the difference between an assumption and an exclusion?
An assumption is a provisional input; an exclusion states work or responsibility outside the defined scope.
Who may close an assumption?
The named decision owner should accept suitable evidence from the responsible technical, buyer, supplier, or qualified local party.
06 Responsibility
Assign the owner before the work is due
Land, building and civil work, permits, import and customs, local taxes, site utilities, unloading, lifting, local labor, travel support and commissioning materials are not automatically included. Confirm every responsibility before order.
07 Common risks
What commonly creates avoidable uncertainty
- Provisional statements become treated as facts
- Assumptions close without evidence
- Changed inputs do not update dependent records
08 Acceptance or completion
How to know the stage is complete
An item closes only when the owner accepts traceable evidence and all affected records and decisions are updated.
09 Required documents
Records that support the decision
- Assumption register
- Decision log
- Change-impact record
10 Next project step
Turn this decision into a reviewable project brief
Share the product, container, target output, destination and available site information. Unknown inputs can remain open for the first review.
Turnkey scope is project-specific and is defined by the signed technical and commercial agreement.