{"id":"prod2-mgr-prioritize-team-requests","audience":"managers","category":"planning","track":"productivity","technique":"grounding","title":"Rank your team's requests by deadline and drop the cancelled one","free":false,"task":"Your team can take on 5 requests this sprint. Write exactly 5 numbered lines, earliest deadline first, each like '1. Oct 14 - Request - Owner', then a final unnumbered line starting \"Defer:\" listing what's left. One request was cancelled by the person who asked, so leave it out entirely. Plain text, under 100 words.","materialLabel":"Your request inbox (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Requests for the Content Ops team - sprint starting Oct 7\n\n- Update the brand style guide PDF. Asked by: Celia (Brand). Due Oct 25. Owner: Theo\n- Migrate old blog posts to the new CMS. Asked by: Raj (Web). Due Nov 8. Owner: Ama\n- Proofread the annual report. Asked by: Finance. Due Oct 14. Owner: Ama\n- Prep the vendor audit binder. Asked by: Legal. Due Oct 16. Owner: Theo\n- Write 4 case-study drafts. Asked by: Sales. Due Oct 21. Owner: Kai\n- Fix broken links on the careers page. Asked by: HR. Due Oct 10. Owner: Kai\n- New hire onboarding page refresh. Asked by: HR. Due Oct 30. Owner: Theo\n\nSlack from Legal (Oct 6): \"Hi team, the vendor audit got pushed to next year, so please drop the binder prep. Thanks!\"\n\nNote to self: Kai is out Oct 22-23 for a conference. Team lunch is Friday.\n","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Keeping the cancelled request","why":"The binder is in the list, and the AI misses the Slack message below it.","fix":"Add: \"Legal cancelled the vendor audit binder. Leave it out completely.\"","checks":["r1","r0"]},{"title":"Ranking by gut feel","why":"The AI ranks by what sounds important, not by deadline.","fix":"Add: \"Sort by deadline, earliest first.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No defer line","why":"The AI lists everything or silently drops the rest.","fix":"Add: \"End with a line starting 'Defer:' listing what's left.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI writes a table with bold headers and commentary.","fix":"Show it: \"1. Oct 10 - Fix careers page links - Kai\". Plain text.","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting words, so a total word cap usually lands over.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sorts by deadline","patterns":["deadline","earliest","due date"]},{"label":"Drops the cancelled item","patterns":["cancel","binder","slack","drop"]},{"label":"Adds a defer line","patterns":["defer"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["owner","oct \\d+ -"]},{"label":"Caps the length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words"]}],"hint":"The AI will rank by what sounds urgent unless you tell it the rule. Give it the sort order, the cancellation, and what to do with the rest.","rubricLabels":["The 5 lines are, in this order: careers page links (Oct 10), annual report proofread (Oct 14), case-study drafts (Oct 21), style guide PDF (Oct 25), onboarding page refresh (Oct 30), each with its owner","The vendor audit binder does not appear anywhere in the output","A final line starts with 'Defer:' and lists the blog post migration (due Nov 8)"]}