s2-cover cover Session 2
From mess to signal — in minutes
Backlog Intelligence — From Mess to Signal
_demo-s02 · Acme Robotics · 60m · PMs ·
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_demo-s02 → 4 blocks, 5 slides, 3 trainer notes, 1 exercises, 2 reflects, 1 quizzes, 1 asides
Pre-read
- *M1 framing* one-pager — what Backlog Intelligence is supposed to produce
- Skim ten ideas in the Whisker backlog (homework from S1)
- Skim ten ideas in the Whisker backlog (homework from S1)
Session goal
By the end of this session each PM has:
1. Seen the M1 5-step chain run end-to-end on Whisker's real-shaped backlog
2. Their own slice of the backlog assigned for the S3 clinic
3. The cost receipt for the live run — so the practice is grounded, not abstract
1. Seen the M1 5-step chain run end-to-end on Whisker's real-shaped backlog
2. Their own slice of the backlog assigned for the S3 clinic
3. The cost receipt for the live run — so the practice is grounded, not abstract
Framing — what M1 is and isn't
5 itemss2-m1-frame list What M1 is
- Dupe detection across a messy public backlog
- Stale-idea surfacing (no activity in 6+ months)
- Demand consolidation into 3–5 themes
- Orphan-report generation (ideas with no Feature parent)
- … 1 more
s2-m1-not list What M1 isn't
- A roadmap generator
- A decision-maker on what to ship
- A replacement for customer interviews
- An excuse to skip prioritisation
The 5-step chain — live on Whisker
3 itemss2-chain-shape list The chain
Five prompts. One report.
- Extract — pull structured fields from each idea
- Dedupe — cluster by embedding similarity
- Map to features — link each cluster to existing Features
- Cluster to themes — surface demand patterns
- … 1 more
Cost discipline — what the receipt shows
3 itemss2-receipt statement The receipt
600 ideas. 47 dupes. 89 stale. 5 themes. ~2.8 minutes. $0.41 in tokens.
Slice + practice + S3 setup
2 itemsAfter this session
- **For S3 (Monday):** run the chain on your assigned slice. Post one finding in the cohort chat as it lands.
- **Cost cap:** keep the spend under $1 per slice. If you're going over, ping me before continuing.
- **Cohort the cohort chat:** post one "huh, didn't expect that" finding by Sunday evening. It seeds the S3 clinic.
- **Cost cap:** keep the spend under $1 per slice. If you're going over, ping me before continuing.
- **Cohort the cohort chat:** post one "huh, didn't expect that" finding by Sunday evening. It seeds the S3 clinic.
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