MECE Decorator¶

Structures the response using the Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive framework - a principle where categories have no overlaps and cover all possibilities. This decorator ensures comprehensive analysis with clear categorization for decision-making and problem-solving.

Category: Structure

Parameters¶

Framework Options¶

• issue tree: Use an issue tree framework to break down the topic into a hierarchy of questions and sub-questions, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all relevant issues.
• value chain: Apply a value chain framework to analyze the topic across all activities that add value, from inputs to final outputs/outcomes.
• business segments: Categorize the analysis using business segments such as products/services, customer segments, geographical regions, and operational functions.
• stakeholders: Structure the analysis around all relevant stakeholders, ensuring every entity affected by or influencing the topic is considered.
• custom: Develop a custom MECE framework tailored specifically to this topic, with categories that best fit the subject matter.

Examples¶

Basic MECE analysis of a business problem¶

+++MECE
What factors should we consider when expanding to a new market?

Organizes market expansion factors into 3 mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive categories with no overlaps and full coverage of all considerations

Detailed MECE framework with stakeholder focus¶

+++MECE(dimensions=4, depth=3, framework=stakeholders)
Analyze the implications of implementing a four-day work week.

Provides a 4-dimension MECE analysis of a four-day work week using a stakeholder framework, with up to 3 levels of hierarchical breakdown within each stakeholder category

Model-Specific Implementations¶

gpt-4-turbo¶

Instruction: Create a MECE (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) analysis with {dimensions} main categories that don't overlap and together cover everything about this topic. Use the {framework} approach. For each main category, break it down into {depth} levels of sub-categories. Make sure there are no gaps in your analysis and no overlaps between categories.

Notes: This model sometimes struggles with maintaining true MECE principles and may need explicit reminders to check for category overlaps or gaps

Implementation Guidance¶

MECE analysis of market expansion factors¶

Original Prompt:

What factors should we consider when expanding to a new market?

Transformed Prompt:

Please structure your response using the Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) framework, ensuring all categories are distinct with no overlaps (mutually exclusive) and together cover all possible aspects (collectively exhaustive). Organize your analysis into exactly 3 distinct top-level MECE dimensions or categories. For each top-level dimension, provide a hierarchical breakdown with up to 2 sub-levels of categorization. Develop a custom MECE framework tailored specifically to this topic, with categories that best fit the subject matter.

What factors should we consider when expanding to a new market?

Stakeholder-focused MECE analysis of work week change¶

Original Prompt:

Analyze the implications of implementing a four-day work week.

Transformed Prompt:

Please structure your response using the Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) framework, ensuring all categories are distinct with no overlaps (mutually exclusive) and together cover all possible aspects (collectively exhaustive). Organize your analysis into exactly 4 distinct top-level MECE dimensions or categories. For each top-level dimension, provide a hierarchical breakdown with up to 3 sub-levels of categorization. Structure the analysis around all relevant stakeholders, ensuring every entity affected by or influencing the topic is considered.

Analyze the implications of implementing a four-day work week.

Transformation Details¶

Base Instruction: Please structure your response using the Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) framework, ensuring all categories are distinct with no overlaps (mutually exclusive) and together cover all possible aspects (collectively exhaustive).

Placement: prepend

Composition Behavior: accumulate

Parameter Effects:

• dimensions:

• Format: Organize your analysis into exactly {value} distinct top-level MECE dimensions or categories.

• depth:

• Format: For each top-level dimension, provide a hierarchical breakdown with up to {value} sub-levels of categorization.

• framework:

• When set to issue tree: Use an issue tree framework to break down the topic into a hierarchy of questions and sub-questions, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all relevant issues.
• When set to value chain: Apply a value chain framework to analyze the topic across all activities that add value, from inputs to final outputs/outcomes.
• When set to business segments: Categorize the analysis using business segments such as products/services, customer segments, geographical regions, and operational functions.
• When set to stakeholders: Structure the analysis around all relevant stakeholders, ensuring every entity affected by or influencing the topic is considered.
• When set to custom: Develop a custom MECE framework tailored specifically to this topic, with categories that best fit the subject matter.

Compatibility¶

• Requires: None
• Conflicts: None
• Compatible Models: gpt-4o, gpt-4-turbo
• Standard Version: 1.0.0 - 2.0.0

Related Decorators¶

• Prioritize: Enhances MECE MECE provides comprehensive categorization, while Prioritize helps rank the identified categories by importance
• Structured: Enhances MECE MECE and Structured work well together to create clearly organized and comprehensive content
• FindGaps: Enhances MECE FindGaps can help verify the 'collectively exhaustive' aspect of a MECE analysis by identifying any missing categories