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Write a business case or decision paper
A bigger decision needs a proper paper: options, costs, risks and a recommendation. Get the structure filled in from your notes, with the gaps marked.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me write a business case or decision paper. The decision: [what needs deciding, by whom, by when] Options: [including "do nothing"] What I know about each: [costs, benefits, risks, time] My recommendation: [if I have one] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A summary: decision needed, recommendation, cost, benefit. 2. Background in 5 lines. 3. An options table: cost, benefit, risk, time, for each option. 4. The recommendation and why, with the main risks and how to manage them. 5. Next steps if approved. 6. A list of every figure I still need to supply. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. what needs deciding, by whom, by when: a short note you already have. including "do nothing": a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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