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Rule: Teams that understand personas and their problems build remarkable products.
A persona is an archetype built from observed patterns, not a fictional character
you invented. Ground every trait in market evidence (interviews, win/loss, support,
usage). See ../pm-copilot/references/framework.md for the market-driven basics.
Before writing personas, make sure you've talked to a balanced sample. Map who to interview across segments and persona types:
| Segments | Buyer Personas (Economic · Technical · Functional) | User Personas (User 1 · User 2 · User 3) |
|---|---|---|
| Segment A | who fills each buyer role | who the day-to-day users are |
Buyer roles: Economic (owns the budget/ROI), Technical (gatekeeps on fit/risk), Functional (uses the outcome, champions internally). Balance interviews across all four market segments: customers, competitors' customers, evaluators (win/loss) and potentials.
# User Persona — <Name>
**Company:** <company> · **Feature / Product:** <feature / product name>
**Author:** <author> · **Date created:** <date>
**Name:** <memorable name + role> | **Segment:** <segment>
**Relevant Information:** <age/role/context that matters for the product>
> "<A quote in their own voice that captures their outlook.>"
## Problems
Roadblocks that keep them from achieving their goals (first person):
- "I can't …"
- "It takes too long to …"
## Background Story
<Enough story to explain how they got to their current situation and outlook.>
## Goals
- **Be:** <who the persona wants to be>
- **Do:** <what the persona wants to do>
- **Feel:** <how the persona wants to feel>
## Behaviors
- <Specific behaviors that impact how they approach their goals.>
## Evidence
- <interview count / sources> · > TODO: <gaps to validate>
# Buyer Persona — <Name>
**Company:** <company> · **Feature / Product:** <feature / product name>
**Author:** <author> · **Date created:** <date>
**Name / Role:** <name> | **Buyer type:** Economic / Technical / Functional
**Segment:** <segment>
> "<quote capturing what they care about in a purchase>"
## Problems & goals (business outcome they're buying)
- <problem in first person> · <the outcome/ROI they need>
## Buying process & barriers
- **How they buy:** <steps, who else is involved, timeline>
- **Selection criteria:** <what must be true to choose a vendor>
- **Barriers / objections:** <risk, budget, switching cost>
## What moves them
- **Triggers:** <what starts the search> · **Information sources:** <where they look>
## Evidence
- <win/loss, interviews, sources> · > TODO: <gaps>
Follow ../pm-copilot/references/artifact-output.md: confirm inputs, ask Markdown
or .docx, write the .md, convert to .docx on request via your environment's native document-creation capability.
Deliver a buyer and a user persona where relevant. Next stage: use these personas to
write pm-positioning (per persona) or prioritized pm-requirements.
name: pm-personas description: >- Create Pragmatic Institute buyer and user personas — archetypes grounded in real market evidence, written so the team stays connected to real people. Use when the PM asks about personas, "who is the buyer", "who is the user", target audience, ICP, or wants to make a persona come alive. Distinguishes the buyer (makes/influences the purchase) from the user (uses it daily). Produces a Buyer Persona and a User Persona as a Markdown or Word .docx artifact. allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep
--- name: pm-personas description: >- Create Pragmatic Institute buyer and user personas — archetypes grounded in real market evidence, written so the team stays connected to real people. Use when the PM asks about personas, "who is the buyer", "who is the user", target audience, ICP, or wants to make a persona come alive. Distinguishes the buyer (makes/influences the purchase) from the user (uses it daily). Produces a Buyer Persona and a User Persona as a Markdown or Word .docx artifact. allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep --- # Personas (Pragmatic Framework: Planning → Buyer Personas & User Personas) **Rule:** *Teams that understand personas and their problems build remarkable products.* A persona is an **archetype built from observed patterns**, not a fictional character you invented. Ground every trait in market evidence (interviews, win/loss, support, usage). See `../pm-copilot/references/framework.md` for the market-driven basics. - **Buyer persona** — the archetypical person who **makes or influences the purchase** decision (motivations, barriers, buying process). Guides marketing and sales. - **User persona** — the archetypical person who **uses** the product day to day. Guides the product. In B2B the buyer and user are usually different people — **build one of each.** Create a separate persona whenever the problems genuinely differ. ## The Interview Matrix (get a balanced cross-section) Before writing personas, make sure you've talked to a balanced sample. Map who to interview across segments and persona types: | Segments | Buyer Personas (Economic · Technical · Functional) | User Personas (User 1 · User 2 · User 3) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Segment A | who fills each buyer role | who the day-to-day users are | Buyer roles: **Economic** (owns the budget/ROI), **Technical** (gatekeeps on fit/risk), **Functional** (uses the outcome, champions internally). Balance interviews across all four market segments: customers, competitors' customers, evaluators (win/loss) and potentials. ## Interview the user for inputs (batch questions) 1. Which **product/feature** and **market segment** is this persona for? 2. Is this a **buyer** or a **user** persona? (Do both if B2B.) 3. What **problems/roadblocks** does this person have (their words, first person)? 4. What are their **goals** — who they want to be, what they want to do, how they want to feel? 5. What **behaviors** shape how they approach those goals? 6. Their **background** — how did they get to their current situation/outlook? 7. What **evidence** backs this (how many interviews/tickets/win-loss notes)? ## Artifact templates ### User Persona ```markdown # User Persona — <Name> **Company:** <company> · **Feature / Product:** <feature / product name> **Author:** <author> · **Date created:** <date> **Name:** <memorable name + role> | **Segment:** <segment> **Relevant Information:** <age/role/context that matters for the product> > "<A quote in their own voice that captures their outlook.>" ## Problems Roadblocks that keep them from achieving their goals (first person): - "I can't …" - "It takes too long to …" ## Background Story <Enough story to explain how they got to their current situation and outlook.> ## Goals - **Be:** <who the persona wants to be> - **Do:** <what the persona wants to do> - **Feel:** <how the persona wants to feel> ## Behaviors - <Specific behaviors that impact how they approach their goals.> ## Evidence - <interview count / sources> · > TODO: <gaps to validate> ``` ### Buyer Persona ```markdown # Buyer Persona — <Name> **Company:** <company> · **Feature / Product:** <feature / product name> **Author:** <author> · **Date created:** <date> **Name / Role:** <name> | **Buyer type:** Economic / Technical / Functional **Segment:** <segment> > "<quote capturing what they care about in a purchase>" ## Problems & goals (business outcome they're buying) - <problem in first person> · <the outcome/ROI they need> ## Buying process & barriers - **How they buy:** <steps, who else is involved, timeline> - **Selection criteria:** <what must be true to choose a vendor> - **Barriers / objections:** <risk, budget, switching cost> ## What moves them - **Triggers:** <what starts the search> · **Information sources:** <where they look> ## Evidence - <win/loss, interviews, sources> · > TODO: <gaps> ``` ## Deliver the artifact Follow `../pm-copilot/references/artifact-output.md`: confirm inputs, **ask Markdown or .docx**, write the `.md`, convert to `.docx` on request via your environment's native document-creation capability. Deliver a buyer and a user persona where relevant. Next stage: use these personas to write **`pm-positioning`** (per persona) or prioritized **`pm-requirements`**.
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