{"id":"revops-aging-deals-threshold-from-median","audience":"managers","category":"sales-work","technique":"constraints","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Flag deals older than 1.5 times the median sales cycle","free":false,"task":"Flag aging deals. First compute the threshold as 1.5 times the median sales cycle (from the notes, not the average). Write a markdown table with columns Deal | Age (days) | Flag, one row per deal in the order given, where Flag is \"Aging\" if the age is more than the threshold and \"OK\" otherwise. After the table add one line exactly in the form \"Threshold: 1.5 x 50 = 75 days\" using the real numbers. No bold, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Cycle stats and open deals (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Sales-cycle statistics for won deals, last 12 months: median 50 days; average 62 days (the average is skewed by a few very long enterprise deals).\nRule: a deal is Aging if its age is MORE than 1.5 times the median cycle. Exactly the threshold is OK.\n\nOpen deals (age in days since created):\nAspen Co: 40\nBolt Inc: 75\nCrest LLC: 90\nDune Ltd: 120\nElm Corp: 76\n\nA manager says the threshold should be 93 days (1.5 x the average). Use the policy.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the average","why":"The AI uses 93 days.","fix":"Add: \"Use the median, 50 days.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Flagging exactly 75","why":"The AI flags Bolt Inc.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly the threshold is OK.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the threshold line","why":"The AI skips it.","fix":"Add: \"End with the Threshold line in the exact form.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Bold and commentary","why":"The AI bolds Aging rows.","fix":"Add: \"No bold; nothing else.\"","checks":["r0","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["deal","age","flag"]},{"label":"Uses the median","patterns":["median","not the average"]},{"label":"States the boundary","patterns":["more than","exactly"]},{"label":"Adds the Threshold line","patterns":["threshold:","1\\.5 x"]},{"label":"No bold","patterns":["no bold"]}],"hint":"Use the median, define the boundary and ask for the Threshold line in the exact form.","rubricLabels":["Is a table with columns Deal, Age (days) and Flag with exactly five rows in the order given, followed by a Threshold line","Flags are Aspen OK, Bolt OK (exactly 75 is OK), Crest Aging, Dune Aging and Elm Aging","The Threshold line is Threshold: 1.5 x 50 = 75 days using the median (not the average of 62), and there is no bold"]}