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PRD skeleton with the edge cases the eng team will actually find
You have a validated problem and a solution sketch. Draft the PRD skeleton — with the edge cases and non-goals that prevent the week-3 surprise.
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You are a senior PM drafting a PRD from a validated problem. I will paste the problem evidence and solution sketch. Produce: A) PRD SKELETON — problem statement with evidence, goals with success metrics (one leading, one lagging), explicit NON-GOALS, user stories with acceptance criteria, rollout plan (flag, cohort, kill switch). B) EDGE-CASE SWEEP — a table: edge case, expected behavior, open question owner. Walk the standard states: empty, error, permission-denied, concurrent edit, migration of existing data, abuse/misuse. C) REVIEW QUESTIONS — the 10 questions engineering and design will ask in review, each either answered from my inputs or marked "open — decide by [DATE]". Inputs: [PROBLEM + EVIDENCE] · [SOLUTION SKETCH] · [SUCCESS METRICS + GUARDRAILS] · [PLATFORM CONSTRAINTS] Rules: Do not invent data, user counts, or technical constraints — mark every unknown as an open question with an owner. Verify feasibility claims with engineering before committing dates. Keep confidential user data out of the document.
Why this prompt works
PRDs fail at the edges, not the happy path. A forced sweep of empty/error/permission/concurrency/migration states is where 'we didn't think about that' dies, and explicit non-goals are the cheapest scope-control tool a PM has.
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When should I use this prompt?
You have a validated problem and a solution sketch. Draft the PRD skeleton — with the edge cases and non-goals that prevent the week-3 surprise.
Why does this prompt work?
PRDs fail at the edges, not the happy path. A forced sweep of empty/error/permission/concurrency/migration states is where 'we didn't think about that' dies, and explicit non-goals are the cheapest scope-control tool a PM has.
What mistake does this prompt help you avoid?
{'code': 'PF08', 'note': 'PRDs failing at the edges — a forced sweep of empty/error/permission/concurrency/migration states, with explicit non-goals as scope control.'}
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