Speed to market depends on how fast a team moves from business requirements to a working backlog. Pega Blueprint — powered by generative AI — compresses that journey from days to minutes by translating natural language descriptions directly into structured application components inside App Studio.
What Blueprint Generates
When a Blueprint is imported into App Studio, the platform automatically creates the building blocks of the application. Case Types representing core business processes are organized into Stages and Processes, which act as the structural backbone of the solution. Data Objects and Personas are defined in parallel, establishing the data model and the user ecosystem from the outset.
From Blueprint Notes to a Prioritized Backlog
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Notes, descriptions, and acceptance criteria attached to workflow steps, data fields, or case types inside Blueprint are automatically converted into Epics, Features, and User Stories
Features are generated for each Case Type, Data Object and Personas
Subfeatures are generated to each Stage in your Case Type (related to the respective Feature)
User Stories are generated to each Step (related to the Subfeature), Data Object and Persona (Related to Data Object and Persona feature)
Each one of those user stories are completed with configuration instructions and built-in acceptance criteria based on the type of control associated to it. For example below, a Collect Information Step generated a description with the Fields and Notes configured in Blueprint and added acceptance criteria related to it such as Define Required Fields, Assignee, SLAs and others.
These items land directly in the Agile Workbenck (application backlog), fully visible in tools like Agile Studio, Jira, Rally, ready for sprint planning.
Autopilot Takes It Further
Once the backlog is populated, Pega Autopilot reads the list of generated user stories, prioritizes them, and actively guides developers on which task to implement next — and how. This closes the loop between design intent and development execution without manual handoffs. Documentation
Beyond Greenfield Projects
Blueprint is not limited to new applications. Existing apps can be extended by importing a new Blueprint, expanding business scope quickly. Teams can also export working applications as Blueprint templates, enabling reuse across projects and reducing rework.
The Bottom Line
Blueprint eliminates the whiteboard-to-backlog bottleneck. Business analysts and developers collaborate in a shared, AI-assisted design space. The output is not a document — it is a live, structured backlog that drives development from day one.