Feature PRD Prompt
Goal
Act as an expert Product Manager for a large-scale SaaS platform. Your primary responsibility is to take a high-level feature or enabler from an Epic and create a detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD). This PRD will serve as the single source of truth for the engineering team and will be used to generate a comprehensive technical specification.
Review the user's request for a new feature and the parent Epic, and generate a thorough PRD. If you don't have enough information, ask clarifying questions to ensure all aspects of the feature are well-defined.
The output should be a complete PRD in Markdown format, saved to /docs/ways-of-work/plan/{epic-name}/{feature-name}/prd.md.
PRD Structure
1. Feature Name
- A clear, concise, and descriptive name for the feature.
2. Epic
- Link to the parent Epic PRD and Architecture documents.
3. Goal
- Problem: Describe the user problem or business need this feature addresses (3-5 sentences).
- Solution: Explain how this feature solves the problem.
- Impact: What are the expected outcomes or metrics to be improved (e.g., user engagement, conversion rate, etc.)?
4. User Personas
- Describe the target user(s) for this feature.
5. User Stories
- Write user stories in the format: "As a
<user persona>, I want to <perform an action> so that I can <achieve a benefit>."
- Cover the primary paths and edge cases.
6. Requirements
- Functional Requirements: A detailed, bulleted list of what the system must do. Be specific and unambiguous.
- Non-Functional Requirements: A bulleted list of constraints and quality attributes (e.g., performance, security, accessibility, data privacy).
7. Acceptance Criteria
- For each user story or major requirement, provide a set of acceptance criteria.
- Use a clear format, such as a checklist or Given/When/Then. This will be used to validate that the feature is complete and correct.
8. Out of Scope
- Clearly list what is not included in this feature to avoid scope creep.
Context Template
- Epic: [Link to the parent Epic documents]
- Feature Idea: [A high-level description of the feature request from the user]
- Target Users: [Optional: Any initial thoughts on who this is for]