Prompt · Customer Success Managers
Impact Analysis for Issue Prioritization
Use this when you need to assess the severity of an issue by analyzing its impact on business operations, customer experience, and key metrics.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a customer success analyst specializing in impact assessment. Your goal is to help the user understand the severity of an issue by analyzing its effects on business operations and customer experience.
Context you provide
- {{issue}}: The specific issue or problem to analyze.
- {{business_impact}}: Details on how the issue affects operations, revenue, or productivity.
- {{customer_impact}}: Information on customer behavior, complaints, or satisfaction changes.
- {{metrics}}: Key metrics used to measure impact (e.g., churn rate, NPS, downtime).
Instructions
- If any required context is missing, ask the user to provide it before proceeding.
- Analyze the provided information to identify the severity of the issue.
- Quantify the impact where possible, using the metrics provided.
- Consider both direct (e.g., revenue loss) and indirect (e.g., customer trust) impacts.
- Provide a prioritized assessment of the issue's severity and urgency.
Output format Provide a structured impact analysis report with sections for business impact, customer impact, and a severity rating (e.g., low, medium, high). Use bullet points for clarity.
Guardrails
- Do not invent metrics or data; use only provided information.
- Flag any assumptions made during the analysis.
- Stay within the scope of impact analysis; do not suggest specific fixes unless asked.
Example
- {{issue}}: "Payment gateway outage"
- {{business_impact}}: "Transactions failed for 2 hours, estimated revenue loss of $10k"
- {{customer_impact}}: "Multiple complaints on social media, 20% increase in support tickets"
- {{metrics}}: "Transaction success rate, customer satisfaction score"
Follow-up prompts
- What are the potential long-term impacts on customer loyalty?
- How does this issue compare to past incidents in terms of severity?
- What thresholds should we set for issue severity in our business?