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Clarify Prioritization and Roadmap

Move from many initiatives to transparent order, scope, and explicit trade-offs.

Outcome

A prioritized list with scoring, scope decisions, and documented assumptions.

At the end you have

Opportunity ScoresRICE ScoresCost of Delay NotesRelease Scope

Decision point

You can decide which initiatives to pursue first and which are intentionally delayed or not implemented.

Next step

Translate priorities into roadmap, backlog slicing, and stakeholder communication.

Ideal for

  • Roadmap planning
  • Backlog with competing initiatives
  • Stakeholder discussions around focus

Not good for

  • Missing target picture
  • Decisions without capacity boundaries
Preparation

What should be clear before you start

Roles

  • Product owners
  • Delivery or engineering leads
  • Stakeholders with prioritization conflicts

Inputs

  • List of competing initiatives
  • target picture or outcome
  • capacity and time constraints

Setup

  • Clarify scoring criteria in advance
  • Make data quality and confidence visible
  • Define decision mandate
Flow

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    Trade-off Matrix

    Markdown matrix for comparing options across competing criteria and accepted trade-offs.

    # Trade-off Matrix: Decision

| Criterion | Weight | Option A | Option B | Option C |
|---|---:|---|---|---|
| Benefit | 30 | | | |
| Cost | 20 | | | |
| Risk | 20 | | | |
| Time-to-Learn | 15 | | | |
| Reversibility | 15 | | | |

## Accepted trade-offs

- Option A accepts:
- Option B accepts:
- Option C accepts:

## Recommendation

Which option is recommended and why?

## Sensitivity

Which small change in weighting or assumption would flip the recommendation?