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by Dean Petersdeanpeters/product-manager-skills7.1k stars
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Frame an epic as a testable hypothesis with target user, expected outcome, and validation method. Use when defining a major initiative before roadmap, discovery, or delivery planning.

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Epic Hypothesis Template

Use this template to frame an epic as a testable hypothesis with experiments and validation measures.

Provenance

Adapted from prompts/backlog-epic-hypothesis.md in the https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-prompts repo.

Template

### If/Then Hypothesis

**If we** [action or solution on behalf of the target persona]
**for** [target persona]
**Then we will** [desirable outcome or job-to-be-done]

### Tiny Acts of Discovery Experiments

**We will test our assumption by:**
- [Experiment 1]
- [Experiment 2]
- [Add more as necessary]

### Validation Measures

**We know our hypothesis is valid if within** [timeframe]
**we observe:**
- [Quantitative measurable outcome]
- [Qualitative measurable outcome]
- [Add more as necessary]

Source: SKILL.md on GitHub

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Capability

argument-hint
[initiative or epic idea]
type
component
theme
pm-artifacts
Other metadata
intent
Frame epics as testable hypotheses using an if/then structure that articulates the action or solution, the target beneficiary, the expected outcome, and how you'll validate success. Use this to manage uncertainty in product development by making assumptions explicit, defining lightweight experiments ("tiny acts of discovery"), and establishing measurable success criteria before committing to full build-out.
best_for
[
  "Framing a major initiative as something that can be proven wrong",
  "Forcing an outcome and a validation method before build starts",
  "Giving a team a shared bet to test instead of a scope to deliver"
]
scenarios
[
  "Leadership approved a big initiative and nobody can say what would prove it wrong",
  "I need to frame this epic as a bet with a real validation method, not a delivery plan"
]
estimated_time
15-20 min

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