Scope of Work covers how physical things are made and used, such as silica gel, radios, factories, and coffee warehouses.
HN links it for its detailed posts on manufacturing. The author describes spending about a decade on an electronic product unsuited to overseas outsourcing.
(note: i wrote the link in the OP)
as it happens, i spent about a decade working on an electronic product that, for complex reasons, wasn't suitable for outsourcing overseas. i wrote a reasonably long and detailed post about this process recently, which you can find here: https://scopeofwork.net/proof/ i also wrote about it a bunch on my personal blog; you can find the relevant posts here: https://pencerw.com/feed?tag=thepublicradio