Small Steps, Big Insights

You're analyzing 300+ customer interview transcripts for a major telecommunications client using conversational AI. The VP of Customer Experience is waiting for clear, actionable recommendations for the next steering-committee meeting.

One best practice in this situation is to run several prompts with incremental analysis—first extracting themes, then sentiment, then patterns, then initiatives—instead of asking the model to "analyze all interviews and propose an action plan" in one go.

Why is this step-by-step approach recommended?