Module 4: Delivery Artifacts
The build-facing outputs, produced last, when the thinking has earned them.
Why and when
Section titled “Why and when”Delivery artifacts are how your thinking becomes your team’s work. A badly framed epic wastes sprints, and a PRD written too early locks in your least-informed thinking. You’ll reach for these moves the moment a validated concept needs to become something a team can build: sprint planning, backlog refinement, and every artifact review where quality gets decided.
What you’ll cover
Section titled “What you’ll cover”- scaffolding the smallest proof-of-concept slice that tests the bet
- defining an epic from the validated concept
- breaking work into stories with acceptance criteria a team can pick up
- drafting the PRD after discovery and design improved it
- simple data analysis on small datasets: honest charts, no spreadsheet fear
- review loops before anything leaves the room
Why PRD-last
Section titled “Why PRD-last”Writing the PRD first locks in your least-informed thinking. By now you have a tested bet, a decision, and evidence. The PRD becomes a record of judgment, not a substitute for it.
Where the learning happens
Section titled “Where the learning happens”Not on this page. This site is your map; the classroom is Claude Desktop. Open a Cowork session pointed at the course-materials folder and say: “Take me to Module 4.”
If you’re lost mid-module, paste this into that session, even a brand-new one:
I'm taking the Claude Desktop for Product Managers course and I'm lostsomewhere in Module 4 (Delivery artifacts). Read COMPANION_INSTRUCTIONS.mdand my-progress.md in this folder, tell me where I am, and offer methree ways forward.