A.3.1 Project planning prompt
Summary
A reusable prompt for turning a project scope into a realistic plan with an AI assistant. It keeps the main constraints of the original Fellowship planning prompt without tying them to one cohort's dates.
The prompt
text
Help me turn the project scope below into a realistic plan.
Use the stated objective, audience, outputs, success criteria, capacity,
deadline, dependencies, and decision rights. Do not invent missing facts,
approvals, stakeholder opinions, or research findings.
Identify important assumptions and add early actions to resolve them.
Organize work around meaningful milestones, each with specific actions.
Include an early useful version, feedback or testing, revision, and handoff
where relevant. Adapt the stages to the project.
Use only the update schedule provided. Milestones are checkpoints, not
extra reporting requirements. Do not add unnecessary documents or meetings.
Flag unrealistic scope and suggest what to reduce or defer.
Scope: [paste]
Available time and deadline: [fill in]
Agreed check-in / update schedule: [fill in]Using the result
Review the result yourself and with the relevant project contact. An AI-generated plan doesn't establish priorities or grant approval. Keep private organizational information out of tools unless their use is authorized.