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CHOPS is a strategic and systemic analysis framework designed to guide your projects—whether you're a designer, entrepreneur, architect, or creative professional.
This kit brings together carefully structured prompts to help you:
🎯 Purpose: To help you frame your projects, make informed decisions, and accelerate your thinking process.
⚠️ License: Creative Commons BY 4.0
The CHOPS Framework was created by Djimey A. Sangaré. You are free to copy, adapt, and share it, as long as you credit the author.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15811170
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Follow these steps to make the most of this template:
1️⃣ Select the right section for your needs:
- Example: CHOPS Report Prompt → To frame and structure a project (starting point).
- CHOPS Scraper → To search for and extract useful information.
- CHOPS Verifier → To test the robustness and coherence of your analysis.
2️⃣ Copy the suggested prompts into your preferred AI tool (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.).
3️⃣ Answer the questions according to your specific context.
Pro Tip: Use your AI tool’s voice input feature for a smoother experience.
4️⃣ Save the results in your project workspace to track your progress.
👉 Quick Tip: You can also combine several prompts for a more comprehensive diagnosis.
CHOPS is an open and free framework for everyone.
Every contribution directly supports its development and helps grow the CHOPS community.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15811170
CHOPS is evolving. Your feedback is valuable to refine and strengthen the Framework.
🕒 ~5 mins
Looking for a quick diagnostic to better understand your project’s strengths and weaknesses?
This prompt guides you through a fast, ultra-focused strategic mini-assessment based on the 5 pillars of the CHOPS Framework. In less than 10 minutes, you'll gain a clear snapshot of your project, highlighting key tensions, assumptions to validate, and immediate action points.
🕒 20-30 mins
Working on a complex project and need to clarify your goals and vision?
This prompt will guide you step by step through around twenty targeted questions. The goal: identify tensions, inconsistencies, and underlying biases in your project to build a solid, actionable structure.
Must use deep research (Works with an existing CHOPS report.)
🕒 5-10 mins
Want to strengthen your CHOPS Report with rigorous external and forward-looking analysis?
This prompt adds a layer of systemic intelligence to your CHOPS analysis by integrating data from the external ecosystem (trends, benchmarks, studies). It highlights opportunities, risks, and future scenarios, identifies and mitigates biases, and delivers actionable insights and balanced projections—providing a broader, grounded strategic vision.
(Works with an existing CHOPS report.)
🕒 ~30 sec
Looking to anticipate your project’s evolution and explore future scenarios?
This prompt transforms your CHOPS Report into a strategic foresight tool. It identifies tensions, opportunities, and key success indicators, then generates three detailed prospective scenarios. You'll be able to anticipate possible project trajectories and prepare for future decisions—without rushing into immediate solutions.
(Works with an existing CHOPS report.)
🕒 ~30 sec