# How to Change a Campaign Brief Without Confusing Your Agency: Editable Worksheet

This worksheet accompanies [the Agency Field Guide article](https://agencyfieldguide.com/guides/how-to-change-a-campaign-brief) by Tim Kilroy.

Copy this document into your preferred editor. Replace the bracketed prompts with your details, remove inapplicable items and agree on the result with the people responsible for the work. Keep confidential information in an appropriately controlled location.

## Use this change request.

Complete the request before asking the agency to implement the change.

- We need to change [requirement] in brief [version] because [new information or decision].
- The requirements that remain unchanged are [requirements].
- This affects [audience, offer, outputs or other assumptions].
- Please assess the effect on completed work, remaining work, third-party commitments and other teams.
- Please propose [options] with their costs, timing and material risks.
- [Authorized approver] will decide whether to proceed by [date].
- Until approval, the agency should [continue specified work or hold specified work].
- Once approved, [owner] will issue the new brief and notify [affected parties].

After a major change, reset the evaluation criteria as well as the deliverables. [The internal-feedback guide](https://agencyfieldguide.com/guides/how-to-consolidate-feedback-for-your-agency) helps prevent reviewers from judging the new work against an obsolete direction.