{"id":"fpa-sales-comp-accelerator-scenarios-table","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"format","level":"intermediate","title":"Cost a commission plan with an accelerator at three attainments","free":false,"task":"You're costing the commission plan for the sales VP. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Attainment, Bookings, Commission per rep, Effective rate and Team of 8, with the commission math in the third column. Effective rate is commission divided by bookings, one decimal. The accelerator applies only to bookings above quota. Under 140 words.","materialLabel":"Source material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"COMMISSION PLAN FY27 - account executives\n\nQuota per rep: $500,000 in bookings per year\nRate on bookings up to quota: 6%\nAccelerated rate on bookings above quota: 9% (1.5 times the base rate)\n\nScenarios the VP wants to see (every rep at the same attainment):\n- 80% of quota\n- 100% of quota\n- 120% of quota\n\nTeam size: 8 reps\n\nNotes: a draft of the plan said \"9% on everything once a rep passes quota\"; the final plan replaced that wording on Oct 22. Commissions are paid on bookings, not revenue. No caps apply. Draws and spiffs are not included. The VP will use the table to build next year's commission budget, so the Team of 8 column should multiply each rep's commission by 8.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":140}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["attainment","bookings","commission per rep","effective rate","team of 8"]},{"label":"States the accelerator rule","patterns":["only","above quota"]},{"label":"Gives the rates","patterns":["6%","9%"]},{"label":"Asks for the math","patterns":["show","math"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Accelerating everything","why":"The AI applies 9% to all $600,000.","fix":"Say: \"The accelerator applies only above quota.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the team column","why":"The AI stops at per-rep numbers.","fix":"Add: \"Team of 8 = commission per rep x 8.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Wrong effective rate","why":"The AI divides by quota.","fix":"Add: \"Effective rate = commission / bookings.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits.","fix":"Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each part short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Accelerators are marginal. Say what rate applies to which dollars, and ask for the equation in each cell.","rubricLabels":["The table has columns Attainment, Bookings, Commission per rep, Effective rate, Team of 8 with bookings $400,000, $500,000 and $600,000","Commission per rep shows $400,000 x 6% = $24,000; $500,000 x 6% = $30,000; and $500,000 x 6% + $100,000 x 9% = $39,000","Effective rate shows 6.0%, 6.0% and 6.5%, and Team of 8 shows $192,000, $240,000 and $312,000"]}