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#86Chapter 08 — Playbooks by Role
Here's this week's operations data:

[Paste metrics — production numbers, incident reports, SLA performance, headcount, budget vs. actual, etc.]

Write an operations summary for leadership with:
1. Headlines — The 3 most important things from this week, in order of business impact
2. Performance vs. targets — Where we're on track, where we're behind, and why
3. Incidents and resolutions — What went wrong, what we did, what we changed to prevent it
4. Resource and capacity status — Are we over or under capacity? Where are the bottlenecks?
5. Decisions needed — What requires leadership input this week, with options and your recommendation

Tone: Clear, factual, no spin. If performance is down, say so and explain the cause. Leadership respects candor. They don't respect dashboards that make everything look green when it isn't.

Use only the data I provided. If a metric seems incomplete or anomalous, flag it rather than explaining it away.
Claude for Business
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