Product & planning21 categories
Simplest version worth shipping
A feature spec that has grown a second and third phase.
What is the simplest version of this that is still worth shipping?
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Prioritising and scope. Deciding what makes the cut and what the plan actually is: backlogs, MVPs, estimates, roadmaps.
Related prompts
Cut this to fit the deadlineThe date is fixed, the scope is not, and someone has to decide today.Prioritise this actual backlogA real list of competing items and an argument about which comes first.Turn a roadmap into a narrativePresenting a plan that currently reads as a list of boxes on a timeline.Estimate effort as ranges, not single numbersSomeone wants a date and you only honestly have a spread.Define an MVP honestlyWhen the "minimum" version has quietly grown into the full product.Cut this to one weekScope that has quietly grown past the time available.
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