{"id":"sales-consultant-phase-fee-table-plain-numbers","audience":"consultants","category":"sales-work","technique":"format","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Price a consulting engagement by phase","free":false,"task":"Build a fee table for the Alder Foods engagement with columns Phase, Days, Math, Fee, then a Total row. The day rate is $1,500, but write all numbers plain, with no $ signs or commas (like 4 x 1500 = 6000). Add one last line starting \"Not in fee:\" naming what is billed separately. Under 120 words.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ENGAGEMENT NOTES - Alder Foods (consultant: Wei Chen)\nDay rate: $1,500.\nPhase 1 - Discovery and data review: 4 days.\nPhase 2 - Process redesign workshops and documentation: 8 days.\nPhase 3 - Handover and training: 3 days.\nTravel and expenses: billed at cost, capped at $2,000 total; not part of the fee.\nOld proposal draft (Sep): day rate $1,350, 12 days. Superseded after the scope grew.\nThe client's budget range mentioned on the call: \"somewhere around 20 to 25 thousand.\"\nPayment: 50 percent at start, 50 percent at handover (not needed in the table).","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old draft","why":"The AI prices at $1,350 and 12 days.","fix":"Add: \"Use the current day rate of 1500 and the three phases; ignore the September draft.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Dollar signs and commas","why":"The AI writes $6,000.","fix":"Add: \"Plain numbers only: no $ signs or commas.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the exclusions","why":"The AI folds expenses into the fee or skips them.","fix":"Add: \"Last line: Not in fee: travel and expenses at cost, capped at 2000.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Extra commentary","why":"The AI adds payment terms and budget advice.","fix":"Add: \"Table plus the Not in fee line only, under 120 words.\"","checks":["r0","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["phase","days","math","fee"]},{"label":"Plain numbers","patterns":["no \\$","commas","plain"]},{"label":"Ignores old draft","patterns":["old","superseded","ignore"]},{"label":"Not in fee line","patterns":["not in fee"]},{"label":"Caps","patterns":["under 80 words"]}],"hint":"Name the columns, require plain numbers, ignore the old draft, and add the Not in fee line.","rubricLabels":["The table has columns Phase, Days, Math, Fee with Phase 1 = 4 x 1500 = 6000, Phase 2 = 8 x 1500 = 12000, Phase 3 = 3 x 1500 = 4500","The Total row shows 15 days and 22500, written as plain numbers without $ signs or commas, and the old $1,350 rate is not used","The last line starts \"Not in fee:\" and names travel and expenses billed at cost (capped at 2000)"]}