{"id":"exec-sponsor-email-request-signoff-headline","audience":"project-managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"constraints","title":"Request a sponsor's sign-off with an exact subject and ending","free":false,"task":"Write an email asking your sponsor, Ana Pereira, to sign off on the project plan. Plain text, under 90 words. Line 1 is exactly: Subject: Sign-off needed by Friday Nov 22. Body sentence 1 asks for her sign-off. Then exactly 2 dash lines on what the plan commits to (scope and cost). End with the sentence: A reply with \"approved\" is enough. Do not include internal debates.","materialLabel":"Project notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Project Skylark plan\n\n- The plan commits to: a customer self-service portal for 3 account types, go-live Mar 17.\n- Cost: $380,000 (the earlier draft said $350,000; $380,000 includes the security review).\n- The plan has been reviewed by IT, Finance and Legal; all agreed on Nov 12.\n- Internal debate: IT wanted a different vendor; Finance pushed back on cost. Settled; don't mention.\n- Ana needs to sign by Friday Nov 22 so that vendor contracts can be signed Nov 25.\n- Reply \"approved\" by email is enough; no form.\n- Ana prefers short emails.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Old cost","why":"The AI uses $350,000.","fix":"Say: \"Cost is $380,000 including the security review.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Mentioning the debate","why":"The AI mentions IT and Finance disagreeing.","fix":"Say: \"Leave out the internal debate.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong ending","why":"The AI ends with 'Thanks'.","fix":"Say: \"End with the exact sentence.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong subject","why":"The AI invents a subject.","fix":"Say: \"Line 1 exactly: Subject: Sign-off needed by Friday Nov 22.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds numbers.","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 it: \"each line under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"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 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Exact subject","patterns":["subject","exactly"]},{"label":"Two dash lines","patterns":["two (dash )?lines","scope","cost"]},{"label":"Exact ending","patterns":["approved","end with"]},{"label":"Leaves out","patterns":["debate","don'?t mention"]},{"label":"Short","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"Give the exact subject and ending, the two dash lines, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 is exactly \"Subject: Sign-off needed by Friday Nov 22\" and the first body sentence asks Ana to sign off on the Skylark plan","Has exactly two dash lines: scope (self-service portal for 3 account types, go-live Mar 17) and cost ($380,000, not $350,000)","Ends with the sentence \"A reply with \\\"approved\\\" is enough.\" and does not mention the vendor debate"]}