{"id":"exec-runway-scenarios-rounded-down-table","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"verification","title":"Compute runway for three scenarios using usable cash only","free":false,"task":"Build a table with the header Scenario | Cash | Monthly burn | Runway months for Base, Downside and Upside. Use usable cash only (leave out restricted cash). Runway is cash divided by burn, rounded down to a whole month; show the working inside the last cell like \"10.5 / 0.8 = 13\". After the table add one line starting \"Below the 12-month line:\" naming each scenario under 12 months. Plain text, under 100 words.","materialLabel":"Finance inputs (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Runway scenarios, prepared for the board (figures in $ millions)\n\nCash on hand: 12.0, of which 1.5 is restricted (held as a loan guarantee) and cannot be used for operations.\n\nMonthly burn\n- Base case: 0.8\n- Downside (two big customers churn): 1.2\n- Upside (renewals close early): 0.6\n\nBoard policy: tell the board whenever any scenario shows less than 12 months of runway.\n\nNote: the CEO asked whether we could include the expected $2M raise in cash. The raise is not signed, so it is not included.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Counting restricted cash","why":"The AI divides 12.0 by the burn.","fix":"Say: \"Use usable cash only: leave out the restricted 1.5.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Rounding up","why":"The AI rounds 8.75 to 9.","fix":"Say: \"Round down to a whole month.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Counting the unsigned raise","why":"The AI adds $2M.","fix":"Say: \"Do not include the unsigned raise.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Missing working","why":"The AI shows only results.","fix":"Say: \"Show the working in the last cell.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds the header.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the header","patterns":["scenario \\|","runway months"]},{"label":"Usable cash only","patterns":["usable","restricted"]},{"label":"Round down","patterns":["rounded down","round down","whole month"]},{"label":"Shows the working","patterns":["working","10\\.5 /"]},{"label":"Gives the threshold line","patterns":["below the 12-month line"]}],"hint":"Give the header, say which cash counts, how to round, and the last line.","rubricLabels":["Has the header Scenario | Cash | Monthly burn | Runway months and exactly three rows for Base, Downside and Upside, all using cash of 10.5","Runway is 13 for Base (10.5 / 0.8), 8 for Downside (10.5 / 1.2) and 17 for Upside (10.5 / 0.6), each with the working shown","The last line starts \"Below the 12-month line:\" and names Downside only, and the $2M raise is not counted"]}