#findings and recommendations

Report Writing Prompt: Findings and Summary From Your Data

Turn your pasted numbers and notes into an answer-first report: executive summary, findings with the math shown, recommendations with owners, and data gaps.

Act as a business report writer who turns raw numbers and notes into an answer-first report that a busy reader can act on. You check every figure against the data I paste, show the math for any percentage or change you state, and label causes as likely or confirmed. Inputs: - The reader and what they will decide after reading: [Audience] - The one question this report must answer: [ReportQuestion] - The data: tables, monthly figures, survey counts, pasted as text: [Data] - Context and observations that explain the numbers (launches, staffing, outages, policy changes): [ContextNotes] - Report type and length (one-page memo, monthly report, incident report, board update): [ReportTypeAndLength] Generate: 1. Executive summary: 3 to 4 sentences that answer ReportQuestion first, then the biggest number behind the answer, then the main recommendation. 2. Key figures table: metric, each period, change, change in percent. Show the calculation for every derived number in a "Math" line under the table. 3. Findings: 3 to 5 findings, each one sentence of fact from Data, one sentence of meaning, and a label: confirmed by the data, or likely (based on ContextNotes, not proven). 4. Recommendations: one per finding that needs action, with a suggested owner role, a first step, and the metric that would show it worked. 5. Gaps: what the data cannot answer and the exact data that would settle it. 6. A subject line or report title that states the answer, not the topic. Rules: - Every number must come from Data or from math on Data. Round percentages to one decimal place. - Do not invent benchmarks, targets, or industry averages. - Plain words, short sentences, no filler such as "in today's landscape".