ChatGPT Cheatsheet 👀

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INSIGHT
ChatGPT Cheatsheet 🤫 

When I started using ChatGPT for work I had no idea what I was doing.

So I made a Google Doc where I started saving all the ‘prompts’ that I found most useful. Grouped into categories.

Today it’s ready to share. I hope you find it useful ⬇️

Psst - Before using the below prompts, make sure you’ve already ‘fed’ ChatGPT any relevant data you’ve gathered for your project. ChatGPT does not work if it doesn’t have context!

Refining Requirements

• ‘Can you provide a business requirements template?’

• ‘What are the main pain points users are currently facing?’

• ‘Give me the primary objectives of this project in bullet points’

• ‘Create a high-level specification based on the context given’

Writing Use Cases and User Stories

• ‘Based on the data provided, what are some potential scenarios that could be turned into detailed use cases?’

• ‘Can you provide examples of user stories that align with the data provided’

• ‘Can you split these user stories into functional and non-functional requirements’

Documentation and Communication

• ‘Can you write a background and executive summary section based on the data provided.’

• ‘Can you provide a paragraph describing the scope of the project’.

•  ‘Can you recommend an alternative report structure to improve readability? The report is for a non-technical executive audience.’

•  ‘Can you write a communications piece describing the problem and solution. It should be no more than 100 words.’

Research assistant

• ‘Can you summarise the governance process involved for implementing [API Solution] with [Our Organisation]’

•  ‘Are there any case studies or examples of successful implementations of [API Solution] that I can reference?’

• ‘Can you help me understand the common challenges that organisations face when attempting to implement [Solution].’

SQL Wizard

• ‘Can you review this SQL query and let me know if there are any syntax errors?’

• ‘Could you validate if the results returned by this SQL query align with the business requirements provided?’

Key takeaways

• Proper formulation of prompts is crucial for valuable responses.

• Clear objectives and context will improve prompt quality

• Prompts should be specific (avoid technical jargon!)

• It’s an iterative process.

And of course - ChatGPT is (obviously) just a tool. It won’t replace the work that you do!

It will save you 5+ hours per week once you get to grips with it though.

WISDOM

'A great solution for a poorly defined problem is infinitely worse than a decent solution applied to a well-defined problem.'

MEMES