What problem does it solve? Product development often lacks clear stage boundaries, causing teams to skip discovery, ship untested MVPs, or release without rollback plans. This Skill gives a Technical Product Owner a structured template that divides work from discovery to post-launch into eight gated stages, each with explicit entry criteria, deliverables, and exit criteria for controlling an AI Developer Agent. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Eight-Stage Lifecycle: Covers Discovery, Requirements, Architecture, UX/UI, MVP Build, QA and Stabilization, Release, and Post-Launch with defined objectives and activities. - Gate Checklists: Every stage includes checkbox-based entry and exit criteria plus a standardized Stage Gate Review decision format (Approved / Approved with Conditions / Rejected / Needs Rework). - Use Case: A Technical Product Owner managing an AI Developer Agent uses the template to verify that requirements are approved before architecture begins, that P0/P1 bugs are resolved before release, and that a rollback plan exists before production deployment. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to apply the development stages template to your product and produce a stage gate review for the current stage.
