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Guides software project planning with discovery questions, requirements gathering, user stories, MoSCoW prioritization, T-shirt estimation, scope management, risk assessment, and templates for briefs and epics. Use for new projects or features.
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Comprehensive knowledge for planning software projects from ideation to execution.
Plans new projects or major epics by exploring domain, defining boundaries and architecture, decomposing into phased features, and producing a project plan artifact. Use for multi-feature work.
Generates structured project plans and PRDs with three modes (new, feature, retro) using a researched Q&A engine that dispatches parallel Explore agents.
Breaks requirements into epics and user stories for agile planning. Auto-activates when user says "create the epics and stories list" or invoke via /bmad-create-epics-and-stories.
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Comprehensive knowledge for planning software projects from ideation to execution.
Questions to Ask:
Requirement Types:
**As a** [type of user]
**I want** [goal/desire]
**So that** [benefit/value]
**Acceptance Criteria:**
- [ ] Criterion 1
- [ ] Criterion 2
- [ ] Criterion 3
**Priority:** P0/P1/P2
**Estimate:** S/M/L/XL
MoSCoW Method:
Priority Levels:
| Priority | Description | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| P0 | Critical | Immediate |
| P1 | High | This sprint |
| P2 | Medium | Next sprint |
| P3 | Low | Backlog |
T-Shirt Sizing:
| Size | Complexity | Time |
|---|---|---|
| XS | Trivial | < 1 hour |
| S | Simple | 1-4 hours |
| M | Medium | 4-8 hours |
| L | Complex | 1-3 days |
| XL | Very Complex | > 3 days |
Story Points (Fibonacci): 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21
In Scope:
Out of Scope:
| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope creep | High | High | Strict change control |
| Technical debt | Medium | Medium | Regular refactoring |
| Key person dependency | Medium | High | Documentation, pairing |
# Project: [Name]
## Overview
[1-2 sentence description]
## Problem Statement
[What problem does this solve?]
## Goals
1. [Primary goal]
2. [Secondary goal]
3. [Tertiary goal]
## Success Metrics
- [Metric 1]: [Target]
- [Metric 2]: [Target]
## Scope
### In Scope
- [Feature 1]
- [Feature 2]
### Out of Scope
- [Excluded 1]
- [Excluded 2]
## Timeline
- Phase 1: [Date]
- Phase 2: [Date]
- Launch: [Date]
# Epic: [Name]
## Description
[What this epic accomplishes]
## User Stories
- [ ] US-001: [Story]
- [ ] US-002: [Story]
## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] [Criterion]
## Dependencies
- [Dependency 1]