prd-v04-persona-definition
Persona Definition
Position in workflow: v0.3 Feature Value Planning → v0.4 Persona Definition → v0.4 User Journey Mapping
Personas are not demographic profiles—they are behavioral models synthesized from evidence. Every persona must trace back to CFD- research, BR- targeting rules, and FEA- features they care about.
Consumes
This skill requires prior work from v0.1-v0.3:
- CFD-* problem statements and pain points (from v0.1 Problem Framing) — Behavioral signals about what users struggle with
- CFD-* value hypotheses (from v0.1 User Value Articulation) — Evidence about what users want to accomplish
- CFD-* competitive intelligence and segment gaps (from v0.2 Competitive Landscape) — Market segmentation and underserved signals
- BR-* targeting rules (from v0.3 Moat Definition) — Constraints on which segments to pursue (switchers vs. new-to-category, etc.)
- BR-* product type classification (from v0.2 Product Type Classification) — Determines which personas matter (Clone = feature parity users; Undercut = price-sensitive niche)
- FEA-* entries (from v0.3 Features Value Planning) — Feature list to validate which features each persona cares about
- MVP-SCOPE artifact (from v0.3 Features Value Planning) — The explicit list of features defining MVP; personas map to MVP feature set only
This skill assumes v0.1-v0.3 work is complete.
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