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Prioritization

16 methods with this tag.

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Product Discovery

Kano Model

Classifies features by their effect on satisfaction, showing which expectations create basic, performance, or delight response.

Core question: How does each feature affect satisfaction when present or absent?

Decision methodMediumWorkshop + async
  • 1-2 Tage
  • 10-50
Delivery

MoSCoW

Prioritizes requirements across must, should, could, and won't, creating a negotiable release set with clear boundaries.

Core question: Which requirements must be in this release, which are negotiable, and what is deliberately left for later?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
  • 30-90 min
  • 3-12
Product Strategy

RICE Scoring

Scores initiatives by reach, impact, confidence, and effort, producing a sortable priority list.

Core question: Which initiative promises the greatest expected contribution to our goal relative to effort?

Decision methodMediumWorkshop + async
  • 60-90 min
  • 2-10
Agile

WSJF

Weighs work by business value, urgency, risk, and effort so that sequencing becomes economically justifiable.

Core question: Which job delivers the highest Cost of Delay divided by Job Size?

Decision methodHighWorkshop
  • 45-90 min
  • 3-10
Facilitation

Dot Voting

Lets a group prioritize options with sticker dots, making preferences visible within minutes.

Core question: Which options merit further examination based on the group's independent preferences?

Decision methodLowWorkshop
  • 5-15 min
  • 3-20
Decision Making

Eisenhower Matrix

Sorts tasks by urgency and importance and turns them into a simple action decision.

Core question: What needs immediate action, scheduled attention, delegation, or removal from the active list?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
  • 15-30 min
  • 1-6
Decision Making

Pareto Analysis

Shows which few causes carry the greatest effect and directs attention to the most important levers.

Core question: Which categories contribute most to the measured total burden?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
  • 30-60 min
  • 1-6
Operations

ABC Analysis

Splits items into A, B, and C by value or effect and directs focus to the most impactful ones.

Core question: What level of control does each item need given its value contribution?

Decision methodLowAsync
  • 30-60 min
  • 1-5
Operations

Eat the Frog

Locks the most important and uncomfortable task into the first focused work block of the day.

Core question: Which important postponed task deserves my undivided attention first today?

Personal productivity methodLowAsync
  • 15-90 min daily
  • 1
Operations

Ivy Lee Method

Limits daily focus to a few prioritized tasks and forces a clear order.

Core question: Which at most six tasks deserve my attention tomorrow and in what order?

Personal productivity methodLowAsync
  • 5-10 min daily
  • 1
Facilitation

Nominal Group Technique

Collects ideas silently, clarifies understanding, and lets the group prioritize, so quiet voices don't get lost.

Core question: Which change would most improve the handoff between support and engineering?

Decision methodMediumWorkshop
  • 60-120 min
  • 5-12
Decision Making

Risk Matrix

Moves options, criteria, and risks toward a concrete result through "set the scales for likelihood and impact", "collect risks or carry them over from earlier identification", and "define actions for each high-risk item".

Core question: Which risks exceed our tolerance in the agreed horizon, and which response reduces them credibly?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
  • 30-60 min
  • 3-10
Product Discovery

Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas

Moves customer problem, solution idea, and evidence toward a concrete result through "take over the hypothesis list", "define the risk scale", and "select the top hypotheses for the next tests".

Core question: Which hypothesis will reduce the most decision risk next for a reasonable testing effort?

CanvasMediumWorkshop
  • 60-90 min
  • 3-8
Delivery

Cost of Delay

Moves scope, order, and delivery flow toward a concrete result through "adopt the initiative list", "clarify value types for each initiative, such as revenue, efficiency, or risk", and "derive a sorted sequence".

Core question: What value is lost per week of delay, what is the loss profile, and which assumptions support the estimate?

Decision methodHighWorkshop
  • 90-180 min
  • 3-8
Product Strategy

ICE Scoring

Moves target group, value, goals, and priorities toward a concrete result through "prepare the idea backlog", "define scales for I, C, and E", and "select top ideas for testing or building".

Core question: Which idea offers relatively high impact with strong evidence and reasonable effort?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
  • 30-60 min
  • 2-8
Product Discovery

Opportunity Scoring

Moves customer problem, solution idea, and evidence toward a concrete result through "collect outcomes from discovery", "define an importance scale", and "calculate and sort the score".

Core question: Which important user outcomes are currently underserved in the target segment?

Decision methodMediumWorkshop + async
  • 60-120 min
  • 3-6