Creating a plan for testing new popcorn flavor

The situation

They wanted to test a new popcorn flavor with a group of friends over the weekend. The plan was to be brief, just a few lines, and saved for future reference. This was a personal project to gauge reactions to the new flavor. They needed a simple plan to make it happen.

What they weighed

• Act on the message and verify the result

  Chosen

• Keep it as context when no action is called for

What they decided

Act on the message and verify the result

Why

The message explicitly requested a plan to be created and saved to files. This suggested that taking action was the intended next step. By creating the plan, they could ensure the testing went smoothly and gather useful feedback from their friends.

The first step

Create a three-line plan for testing the new popcorn flavor with ten friends this weekend, and save it to their files.

How they would know it worked

A file exists in their files containing a three-line plan for testing the new popcorn flavor with ten friends this weekend.

How it turned out

Not known yet. The result is added here when it comes in.