From ce5b37b6282c1eb4b87f609b614cf3ade135adfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: caseyrubin <46977666+caseyrubin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:07:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update user-guide.md (#378)

Align pre-dev validation cycle with BMad method.
---
 bmad-core/user-guide.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bmad-core/user-guide.md b/bmad-core/user-guide.md
index 7a4501a9..6e931ce0 100644
--- a/bmad-core/user-guide.md
+++ b/bmad-core/user-guide.md
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ Once planning is complete and documents are sharded, BMad follows a structured d
 graph TD
     A["Development Phase Start"] --> B["SM: Reviews Previous Story Dev/QA Notes"]
     B --> B2["SM: Drafts Next Story from Sharded Epic + Architecture"]
-    B2 --> B3{"QA: Review Story Draft (Optional)"}
-    B3 -->|Review Requested| B4["QA: Review Story Against Artifacts"]
-    B3 -->|Skip Review| C{"User Approval"}
+    B2 --> B3{"PO: Validate Story Draft (Optional)"}
+    B3 -->|Validation Requested| B4["PO: Validate Story Against Artifacts"]
+    B3 -->|Skip Validation| C{"User Approval"}
     B4 --> C
     C -->|Approved| D["Dev: Sequential Task Execution"]
     C -->|Needs Changes| B2