Community Wellbeing· Medium risk

Prepare a pilot programme plan

Design a small, well-scoped pilot before full launch.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to design a small, well-scoped pilot before full launch. It's designed for Programme manager. Typically used within Programme design work.

Draft with AI, then have a colleague verify facts and tone before use.

How to use it

1
Gather your inputs
You'll need: Programme concept, Pilot duration, Available budget.
Nice to have: Risks, Partners.
2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.
3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context.
4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.

Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.

Prompt template

Design a pilot plan for the programme below. Include: hypothesis, participants, activities, timeline, staffing, safeguarding, what we will measure, how we will decide to continue/adapt/stop, and clear exit criteria. Keep it small enough to learn from.\n\nProgramme: {{programme}}\nDuration: {{duration}}\nBudget: {{budget}}

Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.

Human review checklist

Tick each before you send or publish the output.

Is the pilot small enough to actually run?
Are safeguarding steps concrete?
Is there a decision date to review learning?

Why this prompt works

Requesting explicit stop/continue criteria prevents "always continue" pilot creep.

Related prompts

Create a programme theory of change
Draft a theory of change linking activities to outcomes and impact.

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