The short version
PRD Development Workshop
By Dean Peters (PM)
Turn scattered discovery notes into a clear, complete PRD that aligns your team and gets engineers building.
User Story Writer
By Dean Peters (PM)
Turn ideas into clear user stories with testable acceptance criteria—no dev work required.
What each one does
PRD Development Workshop
- Walks you through 8 phases of PRD creation, from executive summary to user stories and success metrics
- Structures your discovery insights into sections: problem statement, personas, strategic context, solution overview, and requirements
- Generates a complete PRD document that engineering can act on, with acceptance criteria and scope boundaries
- Captures the 'why' behind decisions so future team members understand strategic context
- Provides a standard template covering problem, users, solution, metrics, dependencies, and out-of-scope items
User Story Writer
- Formats user needs using the industry-standard Mike Cohn template (As a/I want/So that)
- Generates Gherkin-style acceptance criteria that define when the work is done
- Ensures stories focus on user outcomes rather than just features or tasks
- Provides quality checks to catch vague requirements before they reach the dev team
- Includes templates and examples for writing product-ready stories quickly
When to pick each one
Reach for PRD Development Workshop when…
- You're starting a major feature or product initiative and need to align your team
- You've finished discovery research and need to turn findings into an engineering-ready document
- You need to document requirements before development begins on a significant project
- You want to create a shared source of truth that prevents scope creep and miscommunication
Reach for User Story Writer when…
- You're a PM or founder translating customer feedback into development work
- You need to communicate a product requirement clearly to your engineering team
- You're prepping for sprint planning and need properly formatted backlog items
- You want to ensure acceptance criteria are testable before development starts
Quick facts
| PRD Development Workshop | User Story Writer | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Dean Peters (PM) | Dean Peters (PM) |
| Category | Product Management | Product Management |
| Source | View ↗ | View ↗ |
| Detail page | Open | Open |