All prioritization methods are just as valid regardless of the product development framework/process being used. The Scrum Guide does not recommend any particular framework. What are the best Scrum prioritization frameworks? At a high level, prioritization techniques are processes or methods that enable someone to identify the essential work items so that tradeoff decisions can be made to align with business goals. There are many different types of prioritization techniques.
I love that it then moves to ensure the item in question is strategically relevant.Ī prioritization framework is a broad term for any kind of structured technique or method to process a list of items to identify which items are most important and which are least important. The steps Michael lays out start with understanding the problem. Michael Furst shares this solid framework for processing the importance of product initiatives or ideas. This is the core of KareKareem’step process, a detailed step-by-step guide at The Startup. Kareem Mayan emphasizes listening to customer feedback and understanding business goals clearly and early on. This PM determines the value and combines the value with the Eisenhower importance/urgency category. After understanding the business goals, Anthony organizes themes into the four Eisenhower categories. In a Medium post, Anthony Ranallo outlines a perfect example of how several frameworks can work together. His team targeted a metric in each of the three different categories and then ranked projects accordingly. GEM stands for Growth, Engagement, and Monetization, although Biddle doesn’t prescribe any specific formula. Gibson Biddle writes about this metrics framework he used for prioritization at Netflix. The process starts with a meeting set up where listening is crucial, then ends with action items being defined. Published in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the framework from Prosono places emphasis on acting quickly when there is a clear problem. This is a great way to get in alignment with a large group. Starting from a single question, a group can brainstorm, group similar items, create themes, and rank the items and the themes. Spool outlined the process well in this article. The KJ Technique is hard to track back to the origin, but apparently, it has been around for some time. Check out the article at The Black Box of Product Management. The framework(s) call out some interesting considerations like the importance of constraints and building dependable systems for prioritization within a project. Brandon separates the approach between prioritization between projects vs. This post by Brandon Chu is definitely worth a read. Mariano Capezzani has developed a 4-step framework that starts with the critical first step of “Know the context.” Check out this article from Product School with the rundown. Check out these 6 steps from the Chief Product Officer at Crowd Cow and former Director at Amazon. This old Quora response by Ian McAllister has been shared a lot in the product management community. Vision, Impact, Confidence, Time, Onboard, Risk, You. Suyash Bharadwaj shared the VICTORY framework in April 2022 to help product people ensure they are working on the right things. GRIDS stands for Gather and group like ideas, Review and Respond, Investigate, Decide, Share.
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Read the full walkthrough at Product First. Kate Horowitz offers up this 5-step framework for building product roadmaps. Throughout his writeup, Russell suggests various measurements in these categories with visuals of how he might lay out the spreadsheet calculations. The acronym refers to Affordability, Effectiveness, Impact, Optionality, Uncertainty. This isn’t a scoring framework, but something like this could probably be a good foundation for building a custom score for your own needs. Russell McGuire writes about this loose framework of different types of criteria.
These are examples where PMs have shared their workflows and mindset going into prioritization.