Use AI to Break Down Your Project into Key Areas of Focus
You’ve built a strong foundation so far—
A clear vision statement
Measurable success criteria
A core team
And a list of impacted groups
Now it’s time to define the big building blocks of your project—also known as epics in Agile.
Step 5: Define Key Areas of Focus
Epics help you organize your work into strategic themes. These are the major efforts that will require time, attention, and teamwork to deliver.
Use this prompt to get clarity on what your epics might be, plus examples from similar projects to guide your thinking.
📌Prompt:
"I am defining the key areas of focus, also known as epics, for my project.
Please:
Suggest areas of focus relevant to my project based on industry best practices.
Provide real-world examples of similar projects and how they structured their focus areas.
Here’s some additional context:
• Project Description: [Briefly describe the project – insert project vision statement and success criteria]
• Key Challenges: [List challenges or critical focus areas]
If I don’t know how to answer, ask me things like this to gather the information you need:
• What are the biggest risks or challenges for this project?
• What major workstreams need focused attention?
• What areas will require the most collaboration or stakeholder input?"
Why this matters:
Defining your epics gives you a roadmap. It helps you group tasks, delegate responsibilities, and keep your project aligned with its overall purpose and constraints.
Still using the template?
These epics plug right into your Project Vision Template, so you can keep everything in one place.
Coming up next: In our final installment of this series, we’ll be putting it all together and giving you an example of a completed Vision Document. See you there!