What problem does it solve?
Teams starting a Foundation Sprint often skip explicit alignment on who the product is for, what problem it solves, why their team can win, and what alternatives customers use today. This Skill forces those four foundational choices into one coherent, Decider-signed strategic frame before differentiation work begins.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Four Structured Sub-Decisions: Guides the team through target customer, important problem, team advantage, and competitor/alternative mapping using note-and-vote with Decider supervote.
- Bundled Artifact with Template and Example: Produces a single coherent strategic frame using the canonical template in references/TEMPLATE.md, illustrated by the Brainshelf worked example in references/EXAMPLE.md.
- Quality Enforcement: Rejects vague customer segments, mild-annoyance problems, generic team advantages, and forces explicit consideration of "do nothing" as a competitor.
- Use Case: A product team kicks off a 2-day Foundation Sprint after signing the sprint brief. On Day 1 morning, the facilitator runs this Skill for 105 minutes so the Decider can ratify the bundled frame before afternoon Differentiation begins.
Quick Start
Run the Foundation Sprint Basics session for our initiative using the signed sprint brief and our existing customer research packet, and produce the bundled strategic frame for Decider sign-off.
