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Quick Value Release (QVR)

Cut a large scope down to the smallest release that moves a real signal.

What it does

Design a Quick Value Release (QVR), the smallest delivery that moves a real business metric in 7-14 days. Use when a scope is too big, when slicing a roadmap item or epic, when someone says "MVP", when planning a sprint, or when you ask how to deliver value faster. Checks that an Impact Hypothesis exists, and produces a QVR card with signal, scope in/out, evidence route and a persevere / pivot / stop rule.

Who it is for

You have a hypothesis or a long backlog and need to decide what to deliver first, and how you will know it worked.

It adapts its questions and its output to 10 roles, delivery and technical.

1. Pick your role

2. Preview

Pick a role to preview its lens.

3. Get it

Pick a role to enable the single-file download and the copy button.

Install

Claude.ai

  1. Download the full skill (.zip).
  2. In Claude, open Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills.
  3. Upload the .zip.
  4. Start a chat and describe your situation. The skill is chosen from its description.

Claude Code

  1. Download and unzip the full skill.
  2. Put the folder in ~/.claude/skills/quick-value-release/ (all projects) or in .claude/skills/ inside your project.
  3. Restart Claude Code and ask for the skill by name, or describe the task.

Cannot install skills?

Use "Copy as instructions" and paste the text into a Claude or ChatGPT chat, or into the instructions of a Project. You can also run the method with the VDS Assistant.

These files are plain Markdown in the SKILL.md format (a name and description, then instructions). Menu names in Claude can change; if you cannot find the option, use the paste route. We have not published test results for specific Claude versions.

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