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Review a forecast interactively
Compare the supplied retention cases and test changes to forecast months. The source workbook stays unchanged.
Sites · Example
Forecast Review Site
ForecastSlidesSources



Current outlook
$85.8M
FY26 total revenue +$200K vs plan
Drag any forecast month · up to $5M
Monthly revenue: actuals through June and the selected forecastActualsForecastMonthly revenue ($M)$20M$15M$10M$5M$0M$14.2MJul: $7.5M monthly revenueAug: $8.7M monthly revenueSep: $10.0M monthly revenueOct: $11.3M monthly revenueNov: $12.7M monthly revenueDec: $14.2M monthly revenueJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Monthly revenue: actuals through June and the selected forecastActualsForecastMonthly ($M)$20M$15M$10M$5M$0M$14.2MJul: $7.5M monthly revenueAug: $8.7M monthly revenueSep: $10.0M monthly revenueOct: $11.3M monthly revenueNov: $12.7M monthly revenueDec: $14.2M monthly revenueJanMarJunSepDec
Week-4 retention scenario
40% lower50% current60% higher
Reset to current outlook
Decision: keep the original outlook until the cohort evidence and rollout assumptions are reviewed.

Executive summary
The $9.9M higher case needs experiment evidence
The $85.8M current outlook remains the planning case pending review.
FY26 revenue outlook
$85.8MAnnual plan $85.6M
Current caseJan–Jun actuals are $21.3M. The Jul–Dec forecast contributes $64.5M.
Higher caseThe supplied 60% retention case totals $95.7M, or $9.9M above the current outlook.
DecisionReview mature cohort evidence and rollout assumptions before adopting the higher case.
Synthetic example · Original outlook Sources: Slack, Excel, Google Docs
Fictional sources for this example
Slack#business-review
ExcelFY26 revenue outlook.xlsx
Google DocsLast quarter’s business memo
FY26 revenue outlook.xlsx
FY26 revenue outlook.xlsx · Supplied exampleFY26 plan$85.59MFY26 current outlook$85.79MJan–Jun actuals$21.30MJul–Dec forecast$64.49MCurrent retention case50%
Fictional first-year rollout of a subscription product, in USD millions. Jan–Jun actuals total $21.30M; Jul–Dec forecast totals $64.49M. FY26 outlook is $85.79M versus an $85.59M plan. The steep ramp assumes expanding product availability; those assumptions are not validated here. The supplied 40%, 50%, and 60% retention cases total $78.82M, $85.79M, and $95.70M. These are model cases, not observed outcomes or a causal formula. Monthly values between cases are interpolated. Dragging a forecast month adds a separate adjustment of up to $5M, never below zero; only that month and the annual sum change. Sources and review slides stay unchanged.
How the draft uses itProvides the monthly inputs, exact annual control, and three cases. Manual adjustments explore a separate assumption; they do not revise the workbook.
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Bring your sources
Bring the current forecast, the Product question, and the previous review.
Ask for a first draft
Open the prompt in ChatGPT desktop or copy it into a task with your sources. Name the audience and result you need; add a template or past example if you have one.
Review what matters
Check the cohort definition, observation window, and rollout assumptions before treating the higher case as the forecast.
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Official OpenAI walkthrough | Finance
Explore a forecast interactively
Forecast and product context → interactive scenario review. Check proposed changes against the original model before approving an update.
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1 | Mindset
Why make it your home base?
Your work can build on what you have already taught it. Bring context together, review the result, and keep the methods that make the next task better.
Context you can return to
Keep source files, project instructions, and useful notes together. Where memory is available, choose which preferences to retain.
Corrections that carry forward
Review a real draft, explain what should change, and save the useful corrections in the project. The next task starts with better guidance.
Skills you have taught and tested
Capture a method that worked, test it on fresh examples, and reuse it. Each review is a chance to improve the instructions.
Work you can plan ahead
Agree on future checks or recurring drafts. With approved access and a schedule, it can look for relevant updates and prepare the next useful step.
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Do real work
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Review and correct
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Save what works
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Test and reuse
Save the corrections you want the next task to use. Recheck the sources and test the method on new work; keep important decisions with you.
2 | Context
Give it the context to do the work
Start with one useful project and the files and notes you’re allowed to share.
Choose a job you already know
A review, a memo, or a team update. Name the result and who needs it.
Connect the context that matters
Use approved files, Slack conversations, and meeting notes. Check what it can read, what’s current, and what’s missing.
Give the work a home
Keep sources, instructions, and corrections in the existing project. Reuse a tested Skill when it fits.
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3 | Workflow
Define the task, sources, and checks
Specify the result, where the information lives, and what you need to review.
Trigger
What starts this work?
Trusted sources
Where does the right information live?
Expected output
What should the finished result look like?
Quality checks
How will you know the work is right?
Human decision
What still needs your approval?
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4 | Skill
Turn repeat work into a Skill
A Skill is a reusable set of instructions for work you do repeatedly. You teach it the process, sources, and checks through a real example and your corrections, then test it on fresh work.
Draft while the real work is fresh. Use the example and your corrections to capture the sources, steps, and checks, then test the Skill with new inputs.
Choose recurring work
Start with a real job you expect to do again.
Share the context
Show the real sources, audience, and useful examples.
Work through a real example
Ask ChatGPT to help with the actual work.
Correct what matters
Explain what should change and which decisions stay with you.
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Capture the method while the real work is still in context.
Test on fresh examples
Check that the draft works with new information.
Improve and reuse
Keep what holds up and fix what does not.
A Skill saves the method. It does not connect tools, start a schedule, or give permission to act. Set those up separately when you need them.
5 | Automation
Plan the next useful check
Once the method holds up, agree on when it should run. An approved schedule can turn new information into a draft or a short list of decisions for you.
- Name the signal and timing
For example, review approved team updates each morning or prepare a draft before a recurring meeting.
Specify the sources, the draft you want, the checks to run, and where to keep the result.
Pause for missing access, conflicting evidence, or a decision that needs you. Sending, publishing, and changing sources need separate approval.
Connecting an app alone does not start monitoring. Set up the schedule and permissions explicitly, then review whether each run is useful.
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6 | Operating system
Review your projects from one home base
Keep a short list of active projects, their owners, decisions, and next steps. Return to each project for its sources and detailed work.
One project per workstreamKeep the owner, source files, instructions, and ongoing work together.→Instructions that fit the jobKeep your general preferences separate from the instructions for this project.→App Shots with your permissionUse App Shots or Computer History only when available, relevant, and approved.→Skills that stay usefulCapture personal or approved shared methods, test fresh examples, and review them monthly.→Status checks that show what changedCheck what actually advanced without confusing a status check with approval.→Review progress across projectsPrepare a brief from approved updates, with the owner and next decision for each project.→
Keep these things true: read the real source, automate what you understand, and keep the final decision. A draft is not permission to send, publish, deploy, or change access.
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