epic-breakdown-advisor

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Guide PMs to break epics into actionable stories.

Authordeanpeters
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill guides product managers to translate epics into actionable user stories using the Humanizing Work workflow, ensuring end-to-end value through a structured, pattern-based approach.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • 9-pattern Epic Breakdown: Applies the complete sequence of the Humanizing Work splitting patterns to generate a practical set of stories.
  • INVEST-aligned Validation: Ensures each story is Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, and Testable.
  • Structured Output: Produces a detailed breakdown with a core epic context, rationale for choice of pattern, and story-level acceptance criteria.
  • Iterative Refinement: Re-splits large stories using Pattern 1 through Pattern 9 to achieve evenly sized increments and reveal low-value work to deprioritize.

Quick Start

Provide your epic context to begin. The agent will validate, apply a splitting pattern, and return a structured Story Breakdown ready for review.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: epic-breakdown-advisor
Download link: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/archive/main.zip#epic-breakdown-advisor

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