Delibr

Delibr represents a significant advancement in structured product management, designed specifically for agile teams. This platform introduces two distinct approaches to organizational management that cater to both detail-oriented and broad-thinking Product Managers. Through its sophisticated architecture, Delibr supports a wide range of document types essential for product development, from high-level strategy documents to detailed implementation plans. The platform's genius lies in its AI-enhanced template system, which significantly reduces the time and effort required for document creation while maintaining a high standard of structure and organization. By seamlessly integrating with popular engineering tools and facilitating collaborative workflow, Delibr represents a powerful solution for modern product development teams seeking to streamline their processes and enhance productivity.

Platform Design and User Groups

The platform accommodates two primary user groups: Product Managers who prefer a structured approach to organization and those who benefit from guidance in their problem-solving process. For detail-oriented Product Managers, Delibr's structure enables logical and hierarchical organization, while it serves as a structured framework for those who naturally think more broadly.

Platform Architecture

Delibr supports multiple document types including project briefs, design briefs, business cases, and specialized organizational tools like Opportunity Solution Trees and Jobs-To-Be-Done trees. The platform's main workspace consists of two components: a Team workspace for collaborative information management and a Private workspace for individual documents.

Team Collaboration

Team members access information through the sidebar, where items can be organized and managed. The Epics & PRDs collection specifically tracks major initiatives and project requirements, using customizable status columns to represent different stages of completion. Each workspace contains default documents like the Single Sign-On example, which demonstrate best practices for structure and content.

AI-Enhanced Templates

The platform leverages AI to simplify document creation through its modular template system. AI templates provide structured outlines, with users inputting descriptions and the AI handling the remaining content. The platform offers three template types: Classic PRD for larger initiatives, Epic documents for detailed user stories, and Amazon One Pager for high-level overviews. These templates can be further customized by users, who can engage with AI Copilot for content assistance.

Document Types and Board Functionality

Delibr supports multiple document types, including product requirements documents, project briefs, design briefs, business cases, Opportunity Solution Trees, and Jobs-To-Be-Done trees. These documents serve various purposes within the product development lifecycle, from high-level strategy to detailed implementation planning.

The platform's board functionality centers around project and initiative tracking, offering customizable status columns to represent different stages of completion. This feature allows teams to visualize progress and manage tasks across multiple projects simultaneously. The Epics & PRDs collection, nested under the Product hub, displays as a board with customizable column statuses, providing a visual overview of major initiatives and requirements.

Document Development and Collaboration

Delibr streamlines document creation through its modular template system, offering three primary template types: Classic PRD for larger initiatives, Epic documents for detailed user stories, and Amazon One Pager for high-level overviews. These templates can be further customized by users, who can engage with AI Copilot for content assistance.

The platform enables collaborative document development through features like in-doc Jira issue functionality and full 2-way syncing between Delibr and Jira. Product Managers can indicate relevant sections of their documents as Jira issues directly within the PRD text, maintaining a single source of truth for both documentation and task tracking.

Team Collaboration and Document Sharing

Collaboration features include the ability to invite team members from the team settings menu and share documents with non-team members using methods similar to Google Document sharing. Documents become the source of truth for team and stakeholder alignment on product iterations, with the system automatically creating actionable Jira tickets for implementation planning.

Integration with Engineering Tools

Delibr integrates with multiple engineering tools to streamline collaboration:

Jira Integration

The platform features in-doc Jira issue functionality, allowing Product Managers to mark relevant sections of their documents as Jira issues directly within the PRD text. This enables full two-way sync between Delibr and Jira, maintaining a single source of truth for both documentation and task tracking without requiring users to navigate between systems.

Collaboration and Document Sharing

Users can invite team members through the team settings menu and share documents with non-team members using methods similar to Google Docs. When a document becomes the source of truth for team and stakeholder alignment on product iterations, the platform automatically creates actionable Jira tickets for implementation planning.

Third-party Tool Support

Delibr connects with design tools like Figma and Miro, and communication platforms such as Slack, facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration among designers, engineers, and business stakeholders. The platform's open architecture enables seamless data flow between these tools and Delibr documents, supporting a holistic product development workflow.

Template and Output Features

The Team workspace serves as the central hub for organizing and sharing information, containing items organized in the sidebar with access to the Private workspace for individual document management. The Epics & PRDs collection, nested under the Product hub, displays as a customizable board with status columns representing different stages of completion. The platform's functionality allows users to move items between Team and Private workspaces through drag-and-drop in the left sidebar.

Implementation and Training

The platform has been successfully implemented by various organizations, including Byte (Omar Underwood, Product Manager) and Secret (Tom Droste, Technical Lead). Implementation typically begins with a straightforward use case, such as creating a PRD and connecting it to Jira, which introduces users to Delibr's AI capabilities, outline documents, and integration features.

Team Workspace and Collaboration

The Team workspace acts as the central hub for organizing and sharing information, featuring items organized in the sidebar with access to a Private workspace for individual document management (Delibr Doc Intro). The Epics & PRDs collection, located under the Product hub, displays as a customizable board with status columns representing different stages of completion (Delibr Doc Intro).

Users can move items between Team and Private workspaces through drag-and-drop in the left sidebar, and the workspace contains one initial document - Single Sign-On - which demonstrates the structure of an Epic document based on Delibr's PRD template (Delibr Doc Intro). The platform's functionality allows for creating and managing multiple document types including product requirements documents, project briefs, design briefs, and business cases, with specialized tools for Opportunity Solution Trees, Jobs-To-Be-Done trees, and Product hierarchies (Delibr Doc Intro).

The platform supports structured collaboration through customizable board statuses, with more information available in articles about boards, tables, and timeline views (Delibr Doc Intro). The Team workspace enables interdisciplinary collaboration among designers, engineers, and business stakeholders, with features including document invitation through the team settings menu and sharing capabilities similar to Google Docs, making the source document the central point of truth for team and stakeholder alignment on product iterations (Delibr Doc Setup).

AI-Enhanced Template Features

AI templates provide a structured outline for document creation, with users inputting a description while the AI handles the remaining content. Users can review and revise drafts, adding or removing sections as needed, with functionality for summarizing, expanding sections, creating new content, and conducting specific research. The AI-generated content appears in the Copilot feature, indicated by a blue robot icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.

The platform supports both standard and AI-enhanced templates, including options for Classic PRD (suitable for larger initiatives), Epic documents (for detailed user stories), and Amazon One Pager (for high-level overviews). Users create projects through the Team workspace, where items are organized in a sidebar alongside access to private documents. The Epics & PRDs collection, nested under the Product hub, displays as a customizable board with status columns representing different stages of completion, starting from the initial Single Sign-On document which demonstrates the platform's PRD template structure.

After creating a project, users can invite team members from the team settings menu and share documents with non-team members using methods similar to Google Doc sharing. Connections to Jira enable the creation of actionable implementation plans, with the platform automatically generating Jira tickets for items marked as issues within the document. Full two-way syncing maintains a single source of truth for both documentation and task tracking, ensuring seamless collaboration across the product development lifecycle.