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title: "Podcast: Task decomposition and complex tree diagrams"
date: 2024-07-28
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# Podcast: Task decomposition and complex tree diagrams

> This tutorial will help you understand task decomposition by guiding you through the process of creating a complex tree diagram that's too sophisticated for an AI tool to create at once. Whether you're creating tree diagrams or not, it doesn't matter. This is just an example of how to break down complex information into smaller chunks and pass it into AI.

**Listen here:**

[Audio](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/promptengvids6-task-decomposition.mp3)

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[Video: Podcast: Task decomposition and tree diagrams](https://www.youtube.com/embed/er8pKg5d31E)

For a written version of this video tutorial, see [Task decomposition and complex tree diagrams](https://idratherbewriting.com/ai/prompt-engineering-task-decomposition.html).

To watch more of the Keren Brown Zoomin podcast, see [Uncovering and communicating the value of your tech comm teams’ work](https://idratherbewriting.com/blog/value-techcomm-zoomin-podcast).