{"id":"exec-steerco-decision-request-one-pager","audience":"project-managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"audience","title":"Write a steering committee decision request with options and risks","free":false,"task":"Write a decision request for the steering committee in plain text under 170 words. Headings on their own lines: Decision needed, Options, Recommendation, Risks if we choose it, By when. Options lists exactly two choices with cost and date. Recommendation names one. Risks lists two risks drawn only from the notes. Do not state a probability that is not in the notes.","materialLabel":"Project notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Project Lantern: new member portal. Go-live planned Mar 31.\n\nIssue: the identity-verification vendor (not yet contracted) can't meet March. Two paths:\nA. Build verification in-house: +$180,000, +7 weeks, go-live May 19. Team of 3 engineers pulled from the mobile roadmap.\nB. Use the vendor with a manual review fallback for the first 8 weeks: +$60,000, go-live Apr 14, but support needs 2 temporary agents ($22,000 included).\n\nRisks known\n- A: mobile roadmap slips by 7 weeks; engineers have no prior experience with this type of verification.\n- B: manual reviews take about 15 minutes each; at launch volume that may overwhelm the 2 agents; vendor SLA not yet signed.\nTeam recommends B. Probability of vendor delay beyond Apr 14: \"maybe 30%\" per the PM's guess; no data. (Do not use.)\nDecision needed by Fri Feb 21 for either path to hold its date.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":170},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the guessed probability","why":"The AI quotes 30%.","fix":"Say: \"No probability that isn't in the notes.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Risks of the wrong option","why":"The AI lists risks of A.","fix":"Say: \"Risks if we choose the recommended option.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Missing headings","why":"The AI writes a narrative.","fix":"Say: \"Use the five headings in order.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing costs and dates","why":"The AI says 'cheaper and faster'.","fix":"Say: \"Give cost and date for each option.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds headings.","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 section: \"each section under 35 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":"Headings","patterns":["decision needed","options","recommendation","risks","by when"]},{"label":"Two options","patterns":["two options","exactly two"]},{"label":"Cost date","patterns":["cost","date"]},{"label":"Risks","patterns":["risks? if we choose"]},{"label":"No guesses","patterns":["probability","not in the notes"]}],"hint":"List the headings, require cost and date per option, and tell it which risks to include.","rubricLabels":["Has the five headings Decision needed, Options, Recommendation, Risks if we choose it and By when on their own lines in that order","Options lists exactly two choices with costs and dates (A: $180,000, May 19; B: $60,000, Apr 14), and Recommendation names B","Risks are two items from the notes about the chosen option B (manual reviews overwhelming 2 agents, vendor SLA not signed) and the 30% guess is not used; By when is Fri Feb 21"]}