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Measured by Spring Prompt

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: Responsive repairs: in-house team or renewed contract

For the board of trustees of a housing association, including two tenant board members. The decision it supports: whether to approve £1.2m to set up an in-house repairs team or renew the contract.

Verdict
Not presentable
Deck rating
615
Slides
7 (brief: 6-9)
Design quality
64%

Why it is not presentable

  • Quoted a figure the analysis says not to quote
  • Did not give the analysis's recommendation within the first two slides
  • Made a material claim the analysis does not support
  • A slide the judges rated as needing work

In detail

  • Slide 4 quotes 3.8: Brakes & Bond's indicative price of £3.8m a year.
  • Slide 7: “An in-house team will provide better service for tenants.” is not supported by the analysis.
  • Slide 7: “better service for tenants” is not supported by the analysis.
  1. Slide 1 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 1Polished The layout is top-heavy, with a large unused area beneath the subtitle.
  2. Slide 2 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 2Polished
  3. Slide 3 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 3Acceptable The reported-repairs series is light grey and has weak contrast against the white background.Caption is a three-line paragraph that is text-heavy
  4. Slide 4 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 4Acceptable The generic title does not communicate the savings takeaway.Topic-label title 'Cost comparison' where the takeaway line would serve better
  5. Slide 5 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 5Polished In the left card, 'Down from 93% last year' is tacked on after the caveat in smaller text, which breaks the card's hierarchy and makes it inconsistent with the right card's comparison line
  6. Slide 6 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 6Acceptable Both comparison panels have substantial unused space below their content.Topic-label title where a takeaway would serve better
  7. Slide 7 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 7Needs work Broken replacement glyphs appear in 'in-house' and '12-month' within the main recommendation; these must be corrected before presenting.Missing-glyph boxes render in 'in?house' and '12?month' in the main recommendation text (an unsupported hyphen character)