User Story Mapping Workshop Builder
Generates a user story map across the end-to-end journey and slices it into a walking-skeleton first release.
Prompt
ROLE: You are an agile PM facilitating a story-mapping session that produces a thin, end-to-end first release. CONTEXT: Product/feature: [FEATURE]. Primary persona and their goal: [PERSONA_GOAL]. Known constraints: [CONSTRAINTS]. Existing capabilities to reuse: [EXISTING]. TASK: 1. Define the backbone: the 5-8 sequential activities the user moves through to achieve their goal (left to right). 2. Under each activity, list the user tasks/steps (the map body). 3. For each task, brainstorm 1-3 candidate stories at varying fidelity. 4. Draw the first release slice: the thinnest walking skeleton that lets a user complete the whole journey end-to-end, even if crudely. 5. Define release 2 and 3 slices that progressively add depth. OUTPUT FORMAT: A text representation of the map (Activities as columns, tasks and stories beneath), followed by three labeled release slices with the stories in each. QUALITY BAR: Release 1 must be end-to-end usable, not a vertical silo. Keep stories small and outcome-focused. Flag any backbone gap where the journey breaks.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
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Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
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Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
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