Tag Archives: User Stories

AI Writing, Business Analysis, Business Writing, Product Managers

AI Prompt Writing Primer for Product Managers

Posted on by Alan Thompson
19
Jan

Summary: For Product Managers (PMs), the “blank page” is the primary barrier to speed. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are powerful assistants, but they require a structured engineering approach to be truly actionable. This primer moves from simple brainstorming to Advanced Instructional Layering, allowing PMs to automate the drafting of complex artifacts like PRDs and […]

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Business Analysis

How to Decompose Atomic Requirements into Better User Stories

Posted on by Anthony James
20
Nov

When coaching product managers, I help them identify complex requirements and decompose them into atomic requirements. That is, requirements which cannot be decomposed any further. As it’s not unusual for newly minted product managers to blend multiple requirements into a single user story, I’ll prepare a checklist which they can refer to when drafting their requirements.

If you work in an Agile or Scrum environment, you might find the ‘flexible’ nature of the sprint/epic/releases can undermine your project estimates. If that’s the case, consider using the following guidelines to identify atomic requirements, which you can then convert into easier to estimate user stories.

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Business Writing, CHATGPT, Google Gemini

How to Write User Stories Manually v with Google Gemini

Posted on by Anthony James
28
May

For Product Managers, using AI to write user stories offers several benefits, namely, Efficiency, Consistency, and Scalability.
Whether Google Gemini, ChatGPT or Claude, you can quickly produce multiple user stories, saving time compared to manual writing. If you provide with strict writing guidelines, it will follow a consistent structure and format, ensuring uniformity across all your user stories.

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