How artifacts connect
PRD is the single source of truthPRD→User Flows→Wireframes→Architecture→Engineering→Design→GTM→Readiness
Traceability
Problem → Goal → Story → Requirement → Flow → Wireframe → Analytics| Problem | Goal | User story | Requirement | Flow | Wireframe | Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New employees spend their first weeks hunting for basic answers — leave policy, payroll da… | Give new employees trusted answers to onboarding questions in one place. | As a new employee, I want to ask an onboarding question and get a cited answer s… | FR-01 — Onboarding home with progress | New Employee Asks an Onboarding Question | Employee Home | ai_question_submitted, ai_answer_displayed |
| New employees spend their first weeks hunting for basic answers — leave policy, payroll da… | Reduce repetitive onboarding questions reaching HR. | As a new employee, I want to reach a human when the assistant cannot answer so t… | FR-02 — AI assistant answering only from approved sources | HR Uploads Knowledge | HR Knowledge Management | ai_answer_displayed, hr_escalation_created |
| New employees spend their first weeks hunting for basic answers — leave policy, payroll da… | Make onboarding progress visible to the employee and to HR. | As an HR specialist, I want to see which questions the assistant cannot answer s… | FR-04 — Escalate to HR when confidence is low | Employee Completes Onboarding Task | Onboarding Task Dashboard | hr_escalation_created, onboarding_task_completed |
Information the PRD does not contain
- PRD section "Acceptance Criteria" is empty — required before generation.
- Unresolved gap: Problem Evidence — You cited qualitative sources, but no numbers yet. Add frequency or cost so severity is arguable with data.
- Unresolved gap: Success Metrics — Define measurable outcomes that indicate whether the product solves the problem.
- Unresolved gap: Non-Goals — Clarify what this product will explicitly NOT solve.
Artifacts will not invent these details — resolve them in the PRD or Gap Analysis.