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Stage-gate one-pager: the version the go/no-go meeting can actually decide from

Thirty slides of workstream detail exist; the gate meeting needs one page and a recommendation.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are preparing a CPG stage-gate decision one-pager. I will paste the project detail. Produce a single page with exactly these blocks:

A) THE ASK — one sentence: the decision requested, the money and time it commits, and the date it is needed.
B) THE CASE — four bullets maximum: consumer evidence, business size, feasibility, and margin — each quoting one number from my data and nothing else.
C) THE RISKS — the top three, each with the mitigation and the person or function accountable.
D) WHAT WOULD CHANGE OUR MIND — two named conditions that would turn this into a no, and when we would know.
E) THE RECOMMENDATION — go, no-go, or conditional-go with the condition stated.

Inputs: [PASTE CONCEPT SCORES, VOLUME FORECAST, COGS/MARGIN, CAPEX, TIMELINE, KEY OPEN ITEMS]

Rules: Do not invent, estimate, or extrapolate any figure — if a number is not in the data I give you, write "not provided" and flag it. Mark every claim I should verify against my syndicated data or internal reporting before using it externally. Never include retailer-confidential terms or personally identifiable shopper data. If a required block has no supporting number in what I gave you, write "not provided" in that block rather than filling it with narrative.

Why this prompt works

Gate meetings stall when the recommendation is buried and the risks are implied. A fixed five-block structure with a mandatory 'what would change our mind' forces the team to state its own kill conditions — which is what makes leadership trust the go.

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