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deanpeters/product-manager-skills

Guide product managers through creating a user story map by asking adaptive questions about the system, users, workflow, and priorities—then generating a two-dimensional map with backbone (activities), user tasks, and release slices. Use this to move from flat backlogs to visual story maps that communicate the big...

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npx skills add https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-skills --skill user-story-mapping-workshop
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Guide product managers through creating a user story map by asking adaptive questions about the system, users, workflow, and priorities—then generating a two-dimensional map with backbone (activities), user tasks, and release slices. Use this to move from flat backlogs to visual story maps that communicate the big picture, identify missing functionality, and enable meaningful release planning—avoiding "context-free mulch" where stories lose connection to the overall system narrative. This is not a backlog generator—it's a visual communication framework that organizes work by user workflow (horizontal) and priority (vertical). A story map (Jeff Patton) organizes user stories in two dimensions : Horizontal axis (left to right): Activities arranged in narrative/workflow order—the sequence you'd use explaining the system to someone Vertical axis (top to bottom): Priority within each activity, with the most essential tasks at the top Structure: The Backbone: Essential activities form the system's structural core—these aren't prioritized against each other; they're the narrative flow. Walking Skeleton: The highest-priority tasks across all activities form the minimal viable product—the smallest end-to-end functionality. Ribs: Supporting tasks descend vertically under each activity, indicating priority through placement. Left-to-Right, Top-to-Bottom Build Strategy: Build...

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What does user-story-mapping-workshop do?

Guide product managers through creating a user story map by asking adaptive questions about the system, users, workflow, and priorities—then generating a two-dimensional map with backbone (activities), user tasks, and release slices. Use this to move from flat backlogs to visual story maps that communicate the big...

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user-story-mapping-workshop currently lists compatibility with codex, gemini-cli, opencode, cursor, kimi-cli, github-copilot.

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Skills in the same category include telegram-bot-builder, flutter-app-size, sharp-edges, iterative-retrieval.

How do I install user-story-mapping-workshop?

npx skills add https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-skills --skill user-story-mapping-workshop

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