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epic-breakdown-advisor

deanpeters/product-manager-skills

Guide product managers through breaking down epics into user stories using Richard Lawrence's complete Humanizing Work methodology—a systematic, flowchart-driven approach that applies 9 splitting patterns sequentially. Use this to identify which pattern applies, split while preserving user value, and evaluate splits...

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npx skills add https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-skills --skill epic-breakdown-advisor
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Guide product managers through breaking down epics into user stories using Richard Lawrence's complete Humanizing Work methodology—a systematic, flowchart-driven approach that applies 9 splitting patterns sequentially. Use this to identify which pattern applies, split while preserving user value, and evaluate splits based on what they reveal about low-value work you can eliminate. This ensures vertical slicing (end-to-end value) rather than horizontal slicing (technical layers). This is not arbitrary slicing—it's a proven, methodical process that starts with validation, walks through patterns in order, and evaluates results strategically. A user story is "a description of a change in system behavior from the perspective of a user." Splitting must maintain vertical slices —work that touches multiple architectural layers and delivers observable user value—not horizontal slices addressing single components (e.g., "front-end story" + "back-end story"). Use workshop-facilitation as the default interaction protocol for this skill. It defines: This file defines the domain-specific assessment content. If there is a conflict, follow this file's domain logic.

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What does epic-breakdown-advisor do?

Guide product managers through breaking down epics into user stories using Richard Lawrence's complete Humanizing Work methodology—a systematic, flowchart-driven approach that applies 9 splitting patterns sequentially. Use this to identify which pattern applies, split while preserving user value, and evaluate splits...

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epic-breakdown-advisor currently lists compatibility with codex, gemini-cli, opencode, cursor, kimi-cli, amp, github-copilot.

What are alternatives to epic-breakdown-advisor?

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How do I install epic-breakdown-advisor?

npx skills add https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-skills --skill epic-breakdown-advisor

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