bmad-create-epics-and-stories

To turn scattered requirements into actionable epics and stories, you need a structured planning approach that extracts functional needs from PRD, architecture, and UX inputs to generate an approved epic plan with traceability and testable stories.

The best way to map functional requirements to epics is to generate an FR coverage map alongside an epic list. This ensures complete traceability from PRD constraints to user-value epics, creating a structured plan ready for stakeholder approval.

Generating developer-ready user stories from architecture constraints involves transforming NFRs and system limitations into output-ready story templates. These templates include specific acceptance criteria to ensure the development work is fully testable.

Structuring an epics.md template involves compiling validated requirements into a markdown format that lists user-value epics, includes an FR coverage map for traceability, and details testable stories to guide product development alignment.

You do not need a complete PRD before extracting epics and stories, but you must validate prerequisites first. The process can apply to available PRD, architecture, and UX inputs to begin extracting requirements and initializing the epic plan.