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Task Breakdown: Dependency and Blocker Identification

Use this when you're taking a story from 'estimated' to 'ready to start.' Your team needs to know who does what, in what order, and what could block them.

From the article 7 AI Prompts for Sprint Planning: Backlog to Execution

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Break it into tasks:
- What needs to happen first? (list in order)
- Which tasks can happen in parallel?
- Which tasks have a dependency on another team or person?
- What's the one task we're most uncertain about? Why?
- If we get blocked on task [X], what's our backup plan?
- Who on the team should own each task based on their strengths?
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