Strategic Analysis Prompt

# Worked Example: Strategic Risk Analysis

**Complexity**: Complex (891 tokens)
**Domain**: Business / Strategy

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## User Request

> "Analyze business strategies and identify risks"

## Analysis

| Element | Value |
|---------|-------|
| Domain | Business strategy, risk management |
| Task Type | Analytical — multi-phase workflow |
| Output Format | Structured report with sections |
| Success Criteria | Non-obvious risks, quantified where possible, actionable mitigations |
| Complexity | Complex — 4 distinct phases, judgment-heavy, high-stakes output |

**Key insight**: Business strategy analysis fails when it only lists obvious risks ("competition might increase"). The prompt must push Claude toward non-obvious, second-order risks and opportunity identification — not just threat catalogs.

## Why Complex Tier

This task has:
- **Multiple phases** (decompose → risk-scan → opportunity-scan → synthesize)
- **Judgment calls** (risk severity scoring, mitigation prioritization)
- **High stakes** (output informs business decisions)
- **Need for self-validation** (claims must be evidence-based)

A Medium prompt would produce a surface-level risk list. Complex tier adds the phased methodology, output template, success criteria, and edge case handling that produce genuinely useful analysis.

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