ChatGPT Prompts

60-plus Prompts for Scrum Masters,

Product Owners, Product Managers,
and Developers
 How to Create ChatGPT Prompts

ChatGPT can be an excellent tool for those who know

how to create prompts.

The simplest form of prompting ChatGPT is to feed it

the task and ask for results.

However, this approach is unlikely to trigger the best

response from the model.

Instead, invest more time in prompt engineering, and

provide ChatGPT with a better context of the situation,
desired outcomes, data, constraints, etc.

Fortunately, the first services are available to help you

with prompt engineering; learn where to find them.

🤫 And should everything fail, there is another nifty

trick: You can use ChatGPT to create ChatGPT
prompts!
 1. Prompts for
Scrum Masters I
Prompt: “I want you to act as an experienced Scrum Master.
Please [insert your task here.]”

Examples of tasks:

1. Provide tips for facilitating effective Sprint Planning

meetings.
2. Summarize the outcome of the Daily Scrum with the
following data: [Your data.]
3. Design a Retrospective.
4. Design a Retrospective with stakeholders from
[Stakeholder departments.]
5. List strategies for resolving team conflicts and promoting
a healthy work environment.
6. Recommend activities to make Sprint Retrospectives
engaging and productive.
7. Summarize the outcome of the Retrospective with the
following data: [Your data.]
8. Create tips for coaching and supporting the Product
Owner in Product Backlog refinement.
9. Explain the benefits and drawbacks of different estimation
techniques.
10. Suggest how to help the Scrum team balance technical
debt and new feature development.
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 1. Prompts for
Scrum Masters II
Continued from Part I:

Examples of tasks:

11. Design a Sprint board.

12. Design a Sprint board considering the following [your
process information.]
13. Create a Definition of Done.
14. Create a Definition of Done considering the following
[your criteria.]
15. Create a workshop on Scrum for new stakeholders.
16. Explain [Agile or Scrum concept] and best practices for
implementation.
17. Identify common Sprint anti-patterns and their solutions.
18. Suggest techniques to improve team communication and
collaboration.
19. Suggest resources for continuous learning and
improvement as a Scrum Master.
20. Provide guidance on handling external dependencies and
stakeholder engagement.

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 2. Prompts for
Product Owners I
Prompt: “I want you to act as an experienced Product
Owner. Please [insert your task here.]”

Examples of tasks:

1. List best practices for next Product Backlog

refinement.
2. Prioritize user stories by value and complexity: [Your
user story list.]
3. Improve the description of the following user story:
[Your user story.]
4. Split the following user story into tasks: [Your user
story.]
5. List acceptance criteria for the following user story:
[Your user story.]
6. Identify risks & dependencies for following feature:
[Your feature.]
7. Determine KPIs for following feature: [Your feature.]
8. Create a for skript for the following user interview
session: [Your goal, what to test, etc.]
9. List user interview questions for the following
feature: [Your feature.]
10. Summarize the following the feedback: [your user
feedback and usage data.]
 2. Prompts for
Product Owners II
Continued from Part I:

Examples of tasks:

11. Analyse the following hypothesis for assumptions:

[Your hypothesis.]
12. Run a pre-mortem and list five reasons why the
follow feature won't work: [Your feature description.]
13. Suggest product names for the following product:
[product description.]
14. Analyse existing competition for the following
product: [product description.]
15. Suggest five alternative product roadmaps based on
the following hypotheses: [Your hypotheses.
16. Suggest strategies to handle scope creep with
regard to our Product Goal: [Your Product Goal.]
17. Balance technical debt and new feature
development based on: [Your work item list.]
18. Improve team-stakeholder communication
practices.
19. Create a workshop on product management in
Scrum for new stakeholders.
20. Create a list of interview questions for Product
Owner candidates.
 3. Prompts for Developers

Prompt: “I want you to act as an experienced

Developer. Please [insert your task here.]”

Examples of tasks:

1. Explain [programming concept] and best practices.

2. Create a code snippet for [functionality] in
[language.]
3. Optimize performance: [paste code.]
4. Find security vulnerabilities: [paste code…]
5. Compare [tech A] and [tech B]: performance, ease,
scalability.
6. Identify pitfalls and best practices for
[language/framework.]
7. Debug [error] in [language/framework.]
8. Set up [tool/environment] guide.
9. Curate resources to learn [language/tech.]
10. List pros And cons of [pattern] in [project/scenario.]

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4. How to Create Advanced
ChatGPT Prompts

The following advanced ChatGPT prompts

comprise several elements:

• Frist, define in what capacity ChatGPT shall

interact with the prompts; for example, as a
Scrum Master.
• Then, sketch the situation and suggest what
knowledge ChatGPT shall consider answering.
• As a third step, point to helpful practices.
• Finally, describe the scenario and place your
first request.

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 5. Example 1—the Scrum
Master: A Conflict Brews at
a Retrospective I

A example for an advanced Scrum Master ChatGPT prompt:

I want you to act as a Scrum Master.

I will describe a conflict situation in a Scrum team. You will

use your knowledge of teaching, coaching, mentoring,
communication, and conflict resolution to provide me with
suggestions on how to solve the conflict.

Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team

meetings, games, exercises, or including other parties like
stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices.

(Continued on II.)

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 5. Example 1—the Scrum
Master: A Conflict Brews at
a Retrospective II
Continued from I:

My first request is: Tension has been mounting among the

members of your Scrum team for quite some time. The
stakeholders have unrealistic expectations regarding future
Increments and are dissatisfied with the team’s
performance. The technology your Scrum team has built
over time is increasingly less reliable, and technical debt is
notably increasing. Shortly into this Sprint’s Retrospective,
the team members start arguing loudly and passing blame.

How would you handle the situation?

Depending on the answer of the model, you may want to

follow up, for example:

1. Is there anything else I should know?

2. How can Scrum Values help to solve the situation?
3. How might the Scrum Master have contributed to the
situation?
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 6. Example 2—the Product
Owner: A Sales Team Sells
Unauthorized Features to
meet its Quota I
A example for an advanced Product Owner ChatGPT prompt:

I want you to act as a Product Owner.

I will describe a conflict situation within the organization.

Then, you will use your knowledge of product discovery,
product management, innovation, collaboration, alignment,
stakeholder management, expectation management,
communication, and conflict resolution to provide me with
suggestions on how to solve the conflict.

Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews,

stakeholder meetings, training classes, educational
offerings, exercises, workshops like user story mapping and
value stream mapping, or including other parties like
business analysts, subject matter experts, line managers or
c-level members, and other useful practices.

(Continued on II.)
 6. Example 2—the Product
Owner: A Sales Team Sells
Unauthorized Features to
meet its Quota II
Continued from I:

My first request is: “Your sales team sells non-existing

features to customers to meet its quarterly quotas. They
also agree on fixed delivery dates for these new features
and accept contractual penalties in the case of non-
delivery. However, at no time does the sales team reach out
to you as a Product Owner in advance to align their need to
meet sales quotas with the overall product strategy,
roadmap, or current Product Goal. How would you handle
this situation?”

Depending on the answer of the model, you may want to

follow up, for example:

1. Is there anything else I should know?

2. How might the Product Owner have contributed to the
situation?
3. Would a typical incentive structure for sales teams be
relevant to the problem?
 7. Example 3—the
Developer: Dying in Beauty
by Sticking to the DoD? I
A example for an advanced Developer ChatGPT prompt:

I want you to act as a Developer on a self-managing Scrum

team, responsible for creating all Increments.

I will describe a conflict situation with your Scrum team’s

Product Owner and some stakeholders. You will use your
knowledge of programming, developing software, extreme
programming, technical excellence, innovation, creating
viable technology stacks, technological longevity, technical
debt, quality assurance, quality management, Scrum, the
importance of the Definition of Done, stakeholder
management, collaboration, communication, and conflict
resolution to provide me with suggestions on how to solve
the conflict.

Your suggestions include discussions, surveys, talks,

interviews, stakeholder meetings, workshops, exercises, or
including other parties like subject matter experts,
technology leaders, line managers or c-level members, and
other useful practices.

(Continued on II.)
 7. Example 3—the
Developer: Dying in Beauty
by Sticking to the DoD? II

Continued from I:

My first request is: “Your startup is running out of cash

quickly. The organization would need to meet a product
milestone to receive a new funding round from venture
capital firms. However, meeting this funding requirement
with the remaining runway would also mean abandoning the
quality standard defined by your Scrum team’s Definition of
Done. The stakeholders do not see it as a problem; they
want to take the risk but not go out of business due to a lack
of funds. Meeting the milestone is the only for the startup to
survive. On the other side, abandoning the Definition of
Done violates the first principles of Scrum. How would you
address the conflict?”

Depending on the answer of the model, you may want to

follow up, for example:

1. Is there anything else I should know?

2. How might the Developers have contributed to the
situation?
 8. Using PromptPerfect to
help with your
Prompt Engineering I
Original prompt: I want you to act as an experienced Scrum
Master. Please design a Retrospective.

PromptPerfect: As an experienced Scrum Master, your task

is to design a retrospective for a team that has just
completed a sprint. The retrospective should provide the
team with an opportunity to reflect on their performance
during the sprint and identify areas for improvement going
forward. Please structure your retrospective around three
key questions: What went well? What could have gone
better? What will we do differently next time? Your
retrospective should include specific activities or exercises
that encourage open communication and constructive
feedback among team members. You may also want to
consider incorporating visual aids, such as charts or
diagrams, to help illustrate key points. Finally, please provide
clear instructions on how to facilitate the retrospective and
any materials needed for each activity or exercise.

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 8. Using PromptPerfect to
help with your
Prompt Engineering II
Original prompt: I want you to act as an experienced Scrum
Master. Please Help create a Definition of Done.

PromptPerfect: As an experienced Scrum Master, your task

is to help create a Definition of Done for the project at hand.
The Definition of Done should clearly outline the criteria that
must be met in order for a product backlog item to be
considered complete and ready for release. This includes
factors such as functionality, quality, performance, and
security.

Your response should provide specific guidelines on what

constitutes "done" for each aspect of the project, including
any relevant metrics or tests that need to be passed. You
should also encourage collaboration between team members
to ensure that everyone understands and agrees with the
Definition of Done.

Please note that your response should be flexible enough to

allow for various relevant and creative definitions based on
the unique needs and goals of the project.
 9. The Meta-Level: Using
ChatGPT for Prompt Ideas I

Of course, you can always use ChatGPT itself to make

suggestions for working with ChatGPT:

Prompt: I want you to act as an experienced Scrum

Master. You want to use ChatGPT to create a new
Retrospective exercise. What prompts do you suggest a
Scrum Master use to help ChatGPT create the best
Retrospective workshop ever?

(Continued on II.)

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 9. The Meta-Level: Using
ChatGPT 4 Prompt Ideas II
ChatGPT 4.0: As an experienced Scrum Master, I would suggest the
following prompts to utilize ChatGPT for creating a highly engaging
and effective Retrospective workshop:

1. Design a unique Retrospective exercise focused on improving team

communication and collaboration.
2. Create a Retrospective activity that encourages team members to
identify and share their proudest achievements during the last Sprint.
3. Propose a Retrospective game that helps the team uncover hidden
issues or bottlenecks affecting their performance.
4. Develop a Retrospective exercise centered around learning from
failures and turning them into actionable improvements.
5. Suggest a creative Retrospective format that promotes team bonding
and a sense of unity.
6. Design a Retrospective activity that helps the team analyze the balance
between technical debt and new feature development.
7. Create an interactive Retrospective exercise that involves both
individual reflection and group discussion.
8. Propose a Retrospective format that encourages team members to
discuss and address cross-functional collaboration challenges.
9. Develop a Retrospective exercise that allows the team to explore
innovative ways to streamline their Agile processes.
10. Suggest a fun and engaging Retrospective activity that reinforces the
importance of continuous improvement and learning.

These prompts can help a Scrum Master leverage ChatGPT's

creative capabilities to design a Retrospective workshop that
addresses various aspects of team performance, collaboration,
and continuous improvement in an engaging and effective way.
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