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Reopen permissions when a project expands from drafting to acting.
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
Source-based teaching example · Fictional data
Narration: Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized

00:00:00.000 — What you will learn

Reopen permissions when a project expands from drafting to acting.

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Reopen permissions when a project expands from drafting to acting.

00:00:06.958 — The idea

Tests support the behavior they covered. Adding an action creates new questions about permission, recipients and repeated effects. Keep the existing safe scope while those questions are resolved.

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Tests support the behavior they covered. Adding an action creates new questions about permission, recipients and repeated effects. Keep the existing safe scope while those questions are resolved.

00:00:22.667 — One useful term

Scope change. A change in the data, actions or conditions the system is expected to handle.

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A change in the data, actions or conditions the system is expected to handle.

00:00:32.000 — A worked example

ORION passes source tests and restoration. Expansion adds email sending. The old tests do not establish authorized recipients or permission to send.

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ORION passes source tests and restoration. Expansion adds email sending. The old tests do not establish authorized recipients or permission to send.

00:00:45.375 — Your turn to think

Do successful drafting tests authorize a new sending tool? Pause and decide before continuing.

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Do successful drafting tests authorize a new sending tool?
Pause the video if you need more time.

00:01:02.667 — Why this answer works

No. Keep drafting read-only. Add action-specific tests and route sending authority separately.

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No. Keep drafting read-only. Add action-specific tests and route sending authority separately.

00:01:12.458 — Check 1

Link claims to versioned evidence.

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Link claims to versioned evidence.

00:01:17.458 — Check 2

Retest the changed scope.

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Retest the changed scope.

00:01:22.083 — Check 3

Do not call a classroom review an ATO.

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Do not call a classroom review an ATO.

00:01:27.542 — Now try a different case

Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.

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Open the lesson
Try the new case
Check and revise
The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.