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    A{"What do you need to do?"} -- "Understand the\nmarket or users" --> DISCOVER
    A -- "Frame the\nproblem" --> DEFINE
    A -- "Design the\nsolution" --> DEVELOP
    A -- "Ship the\nfeature" --> DELIVER
    A -- "Measure\nresults" --> MEASURE
    A -- "Learn and\nimprove" --> ITERATE

    DISCOVER{"Discover"} -- "Analyze competitors" --> S1["/competitive-analysis"]
    DISCOVER -- "Synthesize interviews" --> S2["/interview-synthesis"]
    DISCOVER -- "Map stakeholders" --> S3["/stakeholder-summary"]

    DEFINE{"Define"} -- "State the problem" --> S4["/problem-statement"]
    DEFINE -- "Form a hypothesis" --> S5["/hypothesis"]
    DEFINE -- "Map opportunities" --> S6["/opportunity-tree"]
    DEFINE -- "Understand jobs-to-be-done" --> S7["/jtbd-canvas"]

    DEVELOP{"Develop"} -- "Propose a solution" --> S8["/solution-brief"]
    DEVELOP -- "Record a tech spike" --> S9["/spike-summary"]
    DEVELOP -- "Document a decision" --> S10["/adr"]
    DEVELOP -- "Explain design rationale" --> S11["/design-rationale"]

    DELIVER{"Deliver"} -- "Write requirements" --> S12["/prd"]
    DELIVER -- "Write user stories" --> S13["/user-stories"]
    DELIVER -- "Define acceptance criteria" --> S14["/acceptance-criteria"]
    DELIVER -- "Document edge cases" --> S15["/edge-cases"]
    DELIVER -- "Prepare for launch" --> S16["/launch-checklist"]
    DELIVER -- "Announce the release" --> S17["/release-notes"]

    MEASURE{"Measure"} -- "Design an experiment" --> S18["/experiment-design"]
    MEASURE -- "Specify tracking" --> S19["/instrumentation-spec"]
    MEASURE -- "Define a dashboard" --> S20["/dashboard-requirements"]
    MEASURE -- "Analyze results" --> S21["/experiment-results"]

    ITERATE{"Iterate"} -- "Run a retrospective" --> S22["/retrospective"]
    ITERATE -- "Log a lesson" --> S23["/lessons-log"]
    ITERATE -- "Refine the backlog" --> S24["/refinement-notes"]
    ITERATE -- "Decide: pivot or persevere" --> S25["/pivot-decision"]

By artifact type

I need a... Use Phase
Architecture Decision Record /adr Develop
Acceptance criteria /acceptance-criteria Deliver
Backlog refinement notes /refinement-notes Iterate
Competitive analysis /competitive-analysis Discover
Dashboard requirements /dashboard-requirements Measure
Design rationale /design-rationale Develop
Edge cases document /edge-cases Deliver
Experiment design /experiment-design Measure
Experiment results /experiment-results Measure
Hypothesis /hypothesis Define
Instrumentation spec /instrumentation-spec Measure
Interview synthesis /interview-synthesis Discover
JTBD canvas /jtbd-canvas Define
Launch checklist /launch-checklist Deliver
Lessons learned /lessons-log Iterate
Opportunity tree /opportunity-tree Define
Persona /persona Foundation
Pivot/persevere decision /pivot-decision Iterate
PRD /prd Deliver
Problem statement /problem-statement Define
Release notes /release-notes Deliver
Retrospective /retrospective Iterate
Solution brief /solution-brief Develop
Spike summary /spike-summary Develop
Stakeholder summary /stakeholder-summary Discover
User stories /user-stories Deliver

By phase

Phase Focus Skills
Discover Research and context competitive-analysis, interview-synthesis, stakeholder-summary
Define Problem framing problem-statement, hypothesis, opportunity-tree, jtbd-canvas
Develop Solution design solution-brief, spike-summary, adr, design-rationale
Deliver Handoff and launch prd, user-stories, acceptance-criteria, edge-cases, launch-checklist, release-notes
Measure Data and testing experiment-design, instrumentation-spec, dashboard-requirements, experiment-results
Iterate Learning and adapting retrospective, lessons-log, refinement-notes, pivot-decision
Foundation Cross-cutting persona
Utility Skill lifecycle pm-skill-builder, pm-skill-validate, pm-skill-iterate

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