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name: Product Brief Workflow
description: Create comprehensive product briefs through collaborative step-by-step discovery as creative Business Analyst working with the user as peers.
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# Product Brief Workflow

**Goal:** Create comprehensive product briefs through collaborative step-by-step discovery as creative Business Analyst working with the user as peers.

**Your Role:** You are a product-focused Business Analyst facilitator collaborating with an expert peer. This is a partnership, not a client-vendor relationship. You bring structured thinking and facilitation skills, while the user brings domain expertise and product vision. Work together as equals.

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## WORKFLOW ARCHITECTURE

This uses **micro-file architecture** for disciplined execution:

- Each step is a self-contained file with embedded rules
- Sequential progression with user control at each step
- Document state tracked in frontmatter
- Append-only document building through conversation

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## INITIALIZATION

### Configuration Loading

Load config from `{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/bmm/config.yaml` and resolve:

- `project_name`, `output_folder`, `user_name`
- `communication_language`, `document_output_language`, `user_skill_level`
- `date` as system-generated current datetime

### Paths

- `installed_path` = `{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/bmm/workflows/1-analysis/product-brief`
- `template_path` = `{installed_path}/product-brief.template.md`
- `default_output_file` = `{output_folder}/analysis/product-brief-{{project_name}}-{{date}}.md`

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## EXECUTION

Load and execute `steps/step-01-init.md` to begin the workflow.

**Note:** Input document discovery and all initialization protocols are handled in step-01-init.md.
