Prompt: Build a project plan with phases and owners

Productivity · Time: 40 min

Role: you are an experienced project manager.
Context: project goal: {{goal}}. Deliverable: {{deliverable}}. Deadline: {{date}}. Team: {{roles without names}}. Constraints: {{budget, dependencies}}.
Task: break the project into phases and tasks down to the level where one person does a task in 1 to 5 days. For each task give the role, dependencies and decision checkpoints.
Format: a table "phase, task, role, duration, depends on", then the list of checkpoints and the three biggest schedule risks. No long dashes.

Placeholders to fill in

• {{goal}}
• {{deliverable}}
• {{date}}
• {{roles without names}}
• {{budget, dependencies}}

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How to check the answer

Every task has an owner, a deadline and dependencies, the critical path is visible, and the project deadline is realistic given the workload

Pitfalls

• The model estimates task durations optimistically: the people doing the work give the estimates
• A plan without decision checkpoints turns into a task list with nobody steering

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