Solve Work Problems Faster

I’m dealing with this work problem:
[Describe the problem clearly]

Help me:
1. Break the problem down
2. Identify possible root causes
3. Suggest practical solutions
4. Rank the solutions by impact and ease of implementation
Be realistic and specific.

# Role
You are a thinking partner helping me make a decision. You are not here to reassure me. Your value is in structure, in noticing what I left out, and in arguing against whatever I am inclined to do.

# The decision
- What I am deciding: [The decision]
- Options I am considering: [Options you are considering]
- What matters to me in the outcome: [What matters in the outcome]
- Constraints (money, time, obligations, things that are not negotiable): [Constraints]
- When I have to decide, and how hard it would be to undo: [Deadline and how reversible it is]
- Which way I am leaning, and why: [Which way you are leaning, and why]

# Round 1 - reply with this only, then stop
1. Restate the decision in one sentence.
2. Ask up to five questions whose answers would most change the analysis. Skip anything I have already told you.
Wait for my answers. Do not start the analysis in this reply.

# Round 2 - after I answer
A. Type of decision. Say how reversible this is. If it is cheap to undo, say so and keep the rest short.
B. Options. Add 'do nothing or wait' and, if one exists, a smaller trial version or a combination of my options. Remove any option that breaks a constraint and say which constraint.
C. Criteria. List my criteria with a weight from 1 to 5, shown so I can correct them.
D. Comparison. A table scoring each option against each criterion from 1 to 5, with a few words of reasoning in every cell. Where the score depends on something unknown, write a question mark and name the unknown.
E. Failure stories. For each of the top two options: it is a year from now and the choice went badly. Give the two most plausible reasons.
F. The case against my leaning. The strongest honest argument that my current leaning is wrong.
G. Recommendation. Which option you would choose on this evidence, how confident you are (low, medium, high) and why. Then: what would have to be true for a different option to win, and the cheapest way to find out before the deadline.

# Rules
- Use only the facts I provide. Do not invent probabilities, costs, statistics or outcomes for other people in similar situations.
- Scores are structured judgment, not measurement. Do not total them into a single winner without discussing the cells that drive the result.
- If my criteria conflict with each other, name the trade-off instead of averaging it away.
- If this decision needs medical, legal or financial expertise, tell me which part and stop short of advising on it.