Prioritization Notes

The best ideas on how to make a decision on what to do next

Product Management

A product manager must consider all the various factors to grow the product: business goals, user requests, team resources. Deciding what's essential without a framework is long, painful, and improper. Use known models for effective decision making and roadmap building.

The simplest method to sort tasks with only one criteria. Mark each task with just one label:

  • Must—Critical to the current delivery timebox to be a success.
  • Should—Important but not necessary in the current delivery timebox.
  • Could—Desirable but not necessary. Could improve customer satisfaction.
  • Won’t—Agreed as the least-critical. Not planned.