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+---
+name: pivotal-labs-pm
+description: Use when writing stories, breaking down work, prioritizing a backlog, organizing what to build next, or managing scope. Covers story writing, acceptance criteria, story splitting, backlog ordering, and icebox triage.
+---
+
+# Pivotal Labs PM
+
+Backlog management adapted from the Pivotal Labs methodology. The backlog is a single stack-ranked list. The story at the top is the next thing to work on. Scope is the only flexible variable -- cut scope, not quality.
+
+## Stories
+
+A story captures what changes, who benefits, why it matters, and how to verify it's done.
+
+Every story must answer:
+
+- **What** is the change?
+- **Who** is it for?
+- **Why** does it matter now?
+- **Done when?** Specific, testable acceptance criteria.
+
+### Splitting
+
+Prefer smaller stories. The goal is the smallest change that delivers meaningful value on its own.
+
+| Signal | Action |
+|---|---|
+| Multiple "and"s in acceptance criteria | Split into independent stories |
+| Can't explain who benefits | Not a story yet -- clarify or discard |
+| Can't explain why now | Move to icebox |
+| Too much uncertainty to define done | Spike first (timeboxed investigation) |
+| Acceptance criteria could each ship alone | Each criterion is its own story |
+
+## The Backlog
+
+### Containers
+
+- **Icebox:** Unscheduled ideas. No ordering required. Stories live here until worth doing.
+- **Backlog:** Strict linear ordering. Every story has exactly one position. No priority buckets. Above means before, below means after.
+
+### Managing
+
+- Reprioritize continuously. The backlog is never "set."
+- Use **release markers** as goal posts -- a named milestone at a position in the backlog. Stories above ship for that milestone; stories below don't.
+- When scope exceeds capacity, cut from the bottom.
+- Move from icebox to backlog only when a story has a clear narrative and acceptance criteria.
+
+### Flow
+
+Work top to bottom. Start the top story, finish it, start the next.
+
+**unstarted → started → delivered → accepted**
+
+- **Delivered** means ready for verification against acceptance criteria.
+- **Accepted** means done.
+- If delivered work doesn't meet acceptance criteria, reject with specific feedback. It returns to started.