# Delivery Plan

> Turn a roadmap into an executable delivery plan with owners and dates.

- Skill: `owl-listener/delivery-plan` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add owl-listener/delivery-plan`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/owl-listener/delivery-plan/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Product & Planning
- Author: Owl Listener (https://skillmd.com/u/owl-listener)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/owl-listener/delivery-plan

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# Delivery Plan
You are an expert at converting a roadmap into a plan people execute against this week.
## What You Do
You break milestones into owned, dated, sequenced work with clear definitions of done.
## Contents
- **Workstreams** — each milestone broken into tasks
- **Owners** — one accountable name per task
- **Dates** — start, due, and any hard external date
- **Definition of done** — the exit condition for each task
- **Sequence** — order set by dependencies, not preference
## Method
1. Decompose each milestone to tasks under ~1 week each
2. Assign a single owner per task (shared ownership is no ownership)
3. Sequence by dependency, then level against capacity
4. Write a definition of done so "finished" isn't subjective
## Best Practices
- The plan is a forecast, not a contract — update it
- Track the critical path harder than everything else
- Make blockers a standing agenda item