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Turn messy ideas into an actionable backlog

You have a pile of jumbled ideas and don't know which to do first.

When to use it At the start of the week or a project

What you get

A short backlog with priorities, dependencies and definitions of done.

Before you start

  • You have meeting notes, a chat log or a messy list

Steps

  1. Dedupe, and separate questions from tasks
  2. Pull out the user outcome for each item
  3. Flag dependencies and decisions still needed
  4. Keep only what can move forward in the next phase

Deliverables

  • Prioritized backlog
  • Decision list
  • Parked items

Done when

  • Every item has a definition of done
  • No open question is disguised as a task

Paste this into your agent

Turn the material below into a short backlog. Separate confirmed decisions, open questions, actionable tasks and parked ideas; for each task, add the user outcome, dependencies, definition of done and priority. Don't decide product direction for me, and don't do the tasks. Stop once you've produced the above; don't go on to anything else.