# Outcome Statement

Instead of a title, an Outcome is defined through an **Outcome Statement**, demonstrating a desired state in the project in declarative format. For example:

> Acorn no longer uses a legacy unmaintained library and instead it is replaced with a modern typescript API definitions.

## Editing an Outcome's Statement <a href="#changing-an-outcomes-scope" id="changing-an-outcomes-scope"></a>

To edit an Outcome's Statement, do one of the following:

* **In Table View**
  1. Click on the Outcome's Statement to open the Expanded View for that Outcome.&#x20;
  2. Click on the Statement to make edits to the Statement. Click anywhere off of the text input field to save your changes.
* **In Map View**
  1. Double click on the Outcome card to open the Expanded View for that Outcome.&#x20;
  2. Click on the Statement to make edits. Click anywhere off of the text input field to save your changes.

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When a member is editing an Outcomes' Statement, the other members will see it in Being Edited status and won't be able to edit it at the same time.
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