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2. Table of Contents
2
MISSION CRITICAL: HOW TO PRIORITIZE FEATURES WITH THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK
Introduction ................................................................03
Focusing on What Matters ................................................ 05
Empowering Product Managers ..........................................06
How This Guide Can Help You ............................................07
Prioritization FrameworkFlexibility ........................................10
Proven Prioritization Methodologies ......................................12
How Prioritization Frameworks Improve Product Roadmaps ..............21
Real-World Examples ......................................................23
ItAll ComesDown to Impact ..............................................26
3. Itis practically auniversal truth that the list of potential product features
and enhancements (within which more ideas, suggestions, requests, and
demands lurk beneath the surface) always exceeds the capacity of the
product organization tasked with managing it.
The high demands on product organizations are nothing new.Our 2022
Product Management Report found planning and prioritization initiatives to
be one of the top three challenges for product managementprofessionals.
3
MISSION CRITICAL: HOW TO PRIORITIZE FEATURES WITH THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK
A lack of strategic alignment,limited projected impact, and the threat of
âfeature bloatâ are some reasons to pass on potential projects.
This adds up to product teams havingto say"not now" or "not ever"to a
wide variety of stakeholders, including board membersand executives,
customer success managers, salespeople, and even customers.Delivering
this bad news is never easy.Itâsnot all doom and gloom;we are here to help!
Introduction
4. PrioritizationFrameworks to the Rescue
4
MISSION CRITICAL: HOW TO PRIORITIZE FEATURES WITH THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK
Prioritizing the product roadmapbacklog remains the job of the product
organization.However, product teams also need to loop in stakeholders.Itâs
far easier to secure buy-in on the decisions with aconsistent, transparent,
and inclusive process.
By incorporating prioritization frameworks, figuring out what to build when
removes much of the mystery and perceived subjectivity from the process.
Of course, prioritization frameworks vary quite a bit.You help your team
membersdetermine which type of framework supports the product
launch.With the right framework and proper facilitation from the product
organization, prioritization can be simple andâdare we sayâenjoyable.It
can bring participants closer and builds enthusiasm and momentum for the
current project and the long-term product vision.
5. With no shortage of potential itemscompeting for aslot in the product
development pipeline, determining what to prioritize is more than
gathering levels of effort and building aproject plan to get them all done.
The real challenge is scrutinizing the viability and impact of each item and
considering whether it belongs on the list.
Prioritization requires a defined process and the proper framework to
gather information for documentation.
Strategize Beneficial Initiatives
To ensure your team always prioritizes the most beneficial initiatives, they
must all be judged on their strategic significance to the product, its users,
and the companyâs bottom line .Your organization's product vision guides
yourteamâsoverall product strategy,which informsyourproduct roadmap.
The roadmapserves as atool to assist in identifying and prioritizing those
items.Your roadmapwill allow stakeholders to understand when and
where changes occurred in the product strategy.This cross-functional
communication provides product teams with stakeholder insight that
supports the development of a product.
Good things start to happen when prioritization is done well.The output
and reasoning are communicated clearly across the organization.The
sales team can set expectations with customers and prospects.However,
users understand what is and is not in the pipeline.Lastly, stakeholders will
support and embrace the product roadmap, especially if it aligns with the
company's overall strategy.
Focusing on What Matters
The goal,however, isnât just to create another rigid, step-by-step script.It
should be to craft aprocess to evaluateeach item concerning its benefit to
the business.Moreover, membersof your product teamneed to understand
how and why itemsare getting prioritized.By exposing and sharing the
rubric, the output of this prioritization activity becomes less open to criticism
since itâsnow clear why something made the cut or wasleft off the list.
Your organization's product vision guides
your teamâs overall product strategy, which
informs your product roadmap.
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6. By design, product managers serve as gatekeepers, redirecting the fire
hose of requests fromgoing straight onto the sprint boards of developers
and engineers.But always saying no doesnât make product managers
particularly popular,especially when they havenât earned the trust of senior
stakeholders .
Many product managers feel they are stubborn guardians of the roadmap.
However, a culture that thoroughly emphasizes prioritization means product
managers can focus on connecting potential work to the vision and strategy
of the organization.
With prioritization, there is a documented system that other key players
actively participate in to reach those crucial conclusions.The team can
effectively evaluate each possibility based on mutually agreed-upon criteria.
The criteria helps eliminate accusations of arbitrary overreach, grounding the
subsequent product roadmapsand plans in a shared assessment.
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After realizing the product managers are simplylooking out for whatâs best
for the product versus advancing their agenda,the rest of the organization
can view the product team membersas the altruistic bunch they truly are.
And as a bonus, leaning on prioritization frameworks is an excellent cure
for shiny object syndrome, dissuading smitten executives from pursuing
their pet projects when they donât contribute to hitting the productâs or
organizationâs goals and objectives.
And asthe leader of these product teams, you can also sleep alittle easier
at night knowing consistent, thoughtful evaluations are occurring thanks to
using these frameworks.Youâll have the right ammo and supporting data
to placate grumpy executives unhappy that their personal favoriteswonât
make it into the next release or any release at all.
Empowering Product Managers
7. How This Guide
Can Help You
This guide will help you better position the prioritization
process within the organization and help your team identify
and use the best prioritization frameworks based on each
product's current state and its stakeholders' needs.
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Weâll walk youthrough:
⢠Some of the most effective, proven prioritization frameworks
in use today
⢠Selecting the right framework for your team depending on
your situation
⢠Best practices for getting buy-in on anew prioritization
framework
⢠Overcoming the common challenges of implementing
prioritization frameworks
⢠Using prioritization to build an impactful product
roadmap
⢠Real-world examples of how product managementteams
leverage the right prioritization to improve their product
strategyand deliver value to customers more efficiently
8. As much asyour teammemberswould love to wade into the product
backlog to begin sorting and sifting and slotting, thereâsno wayto assess
aprioritized listâs value to the organization without measuring it against
an agreed-upon product strategy.And you canât devise acomprehensive
strategywithout an overall business strategy for the entire organization.
Itâsimperativeto instill in your team the mindset
that whatâssuitable for the product is suitable
for the company.
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Since strategyultimately comes from the top,you must clarify and confirm
the overarching corporate strategyas aproduct leader.You can act as
the bridge between the boardroom and the whiteboard.Your role helps
translate high-level goals and objectives into discrete targets and themes
for each product.
Itâsimperative to instill in your team the mindset that whatâs suitable for
the product is suitable for the company. But you can't figure that out
unless the product strategyis clearly defined.Once that dynamic takes
hold, prioritization frameworks, sessions, and outputs become nearly
unimpeachable since they align with the same top-level goals the entire
management team is working toward.
It Starts With Strategy
9. FiveStepsforCreatingaProduct Strategy
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STEP 01
Develop a high-level visionâthe âwhyââfor creating your product, including
the key problems it can solve and the value it will deliver.
STEP 02
Talk with your ideal users in different target markets, learning about their
challenges .
STEP 03
Define your productâs strategic objectives, including those that match and
advance the company strategy.
STEP 04
Translate these objectives into themes for your product roadmap.
STEP 05
Revisit the product vision to make sure the plan supports it.For adeeper
dive, read our UltimateGuide to Product Strategy.
Now, assuming your teamhas aclear product vision and strategy,letâs start
thinking about prioritization frameworks.
10. Prioritization
Framework
Flexibility
It's important to understand that selecting a prioritization
framework isn't alifetime commitment.
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YouCan Switch Frameworksat AnyTime
Unlike many technology-based decisions, thereâs no lock-in
regarding these frameworks.If you try one out and itâsnot a
good fit, you can dump it and move on to your next choice.Most
frameworks are free, although some have tools, templates,and
other aids available for sale.
Instead,the main switching cost is training participants on the new
terminology and model of any new framework and explaining to
stakeholders that the criteria and method used for prioritization
have changed.
11. YouCan Use Multiple Prioritization Frameworks
Relying on two or three different prioritization frameworks doesnât mean
youâre indecisive.Instead,it signals that your team is continually striving to
identify the best path forward and isnât afraid to get alittle creative in the
process.Prioritization frameworks tend to use and weigh criteria differently.
Incorporating multiple prioritization frameworks offers opportunities for
everyone involved to see things from various perspectives.
There are also stakeholder preferences to consider.For example,some
mayonly be willing to use asynchronous prioritization frameworks, while
others maywant amoreinteractive one.The decision maybe due to time
constraints or that they simply donât like competing for âair timeâduring an
in-person or virtual meeting.
Keeping multiple prioritization frameworks in heavy rotation can keep
things from getting stale and repetitive.Even when dealing with the same
bucket of potential development items,a different prioritization framework
can bring abreath of fresh air to the process.For larger teams managing
multiple products or product lines, a multiple prioritization framework
approach can create consistency while allowing individual product
managers to select one based on the specifics of their product and the
participating stakeholders.This keeps them from âgoing rogueâ entirely
while still allowing for some autonomy and independence.
But DonâtSwitch Too Often
While there are plenty of good reasons to shop around and try different
prioritization frameworks, introduce the methods sparingly.
Each prioritization framework has a learning curve, so you donât want to
ask too much of participating stakeholders .Tryto limit introducing new
frameworksto situations when it addsvalue.
Regardless of the impetus for a switch, communicate that change to
everyone it impacts and the rationale for the transition,especially if it's
only for aspecific product in the portfolio.Without standardization in the
product team, it sends mixed messages to the rest of the organization.
Each prioritization framework hasa learning
curve, so try to limit introducing new frameworks
to situationswhen it adds value.
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12. Proven
Prioritization
Methodologies
There are hundreds of product prioritization frameworks
worldwide.Here, weâll highlight some of the top models
weâve found helpful for product teams and organizations.
When reviewing these frameworks, think about your
organization and the products in your portfolio to see
which ones make the most sense.
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Frameworks for Customer-Centric Product Strategies
⢠The Kano Model
⢠Design Thinking
⢠Jobs ToBe Done (JTBD)
Frameworks for Smaller Companies
⢠AARRR (Pirate Metrics Framework)
Frameworks for Larger Companies
⢠Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
⢠Feature-Drive Development (FDD)
Frameworks for Weighing Value Against Resource Levels
⢠RICE Scoring
⢠Value vs.Complexity
⢠Weighted Scoring
⢠MoSCoW Analysis
Frameworks for Weighing Value Against Resource Levels
⢠Lean Software Development (LSD)
⢠Rapid Application Development (RAD)
⢠Crystal Agile Framework
13. Frameworks for Customer-Centric
Product Strategies
If your organization takesits direction from asteadyflow of customer
feedback, then one of these prioritization frameworks is a perfect match.
Design Thinking
IDEO, the company often credited with creating the design thinking
methodology, describes it as a âhuman-centered approach to
building products.â
This methodology turns the standard product-development process on
its head.Where most companies start by thinking about the product they
hope to build, design thinking asks product teams to focus first on their
users .Thus,the first step in the design thinking process is to empathize with
users and understand their needs, wants, and challenges .Only then should
the teambegin generatingideasto solve those challenges.
Jobs To Be Done (JTBD)
Jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) helps reorient teams from thinking about the
product to focusing on the person who might buy it.JTBD asks the product
teamto understand what customers are trying to accomplish when they
âhireâaproduct to help them.If anew feature or enhancement isnât helping
the user get ajob done, why build it?
The Kano Model
Using the Kano model (pronounced âKah-noâ), aproduct team analyzes
and ranks feature ideas according to asingle consideration: how much each
feature is likely to delight customers,measured against its cost to build.The
model is one of the most widely used product prioritization frameworks and
is especially popular among customer-centric companies.
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14. Frameworks for SmallerCompanies
AARRR (Pirate Metrics Framework)
AARRR, nicknamed the Pirate Metrics Frameworkthanks to its
catchy acronym, helps startups tune out vanity metricsâsuch as
social media activityâand instead prioritize their work around five
key metrics affecting the companyâs bottom line (Acquisition,
Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue).
The AARRR approach helps companies prioritize what matters
most to users and the organizationâs bottom line at every stage of
the business lifecycle.The framework works particularly well for
startups as these companies typically have a shorter runway to
prove their productâs viability.
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15. Frameworks for LargerCompanies
The bigger the organization, the morecomplex things get when building
consensus around a strategic path forward.These frameworks help
prioritize things when there are afew too many cooks in the kitchen (or
many kitchens!).
Scaled Agile Framework(SAFe)
The Scaled Agile Framework(SAFe) helps managesome common
challenges large organizations face when practicing Agile development.It
takesatop-down approach to decision-making focused on three critical
aspects of development:team, program, and product portfolio.
Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
Feature-driven development (FDD) is an Agile framework that organizes
software development around making progress on âfeatures.
âIn reality,
these featureslook much more like traditional user stories.The FDD modelâs
top-down approach to decision-making means itâs best for large enterprises
with clear personnel chains of command.
Rather than asingle methodology, SAFe acts asabroad knowledge
base of proven best practices teamsuse to deliver successful
software products.Key attributes include:
⢠Helping cross-functional teams collaborate more effectively
⢠Improving transparency among teams
⢠Aligning all aspects of a project to the broader businessgoals
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16. Frameworks for WeighingValue
AgainstResource Levels
There are only so many hours in aday,so teamsmust make the most of
them.These prioritization frameworks emphasize getting the biggest bang
for your product development buck.
Value vs.Complexity
The value vs .complexity approach enables teams to evaluate each
initiative according to how much value it adds and the difficulty of its
implementation.After scoring an initiative on those two criteria, the
team then plots each on a quadrant before prioritizing accordingly on
the roadmap.
The simple product prioritization matrix quickly identifies which initiatives
deliver the highest value while requiring the least effort, highlighting the
low-hanging fruit of the product roadmap.Italso pinpoints which items
to avoid since theyâre low-value/high-effort affairs.The stakeholders can
further debate initiatives falling into the other two quadrants.
This framework is popular among those seeking an objective way to
allocate time and finite development resources to initiatives with the most
significant perceived or potential benefit.
RICE Scoring
The RICE scoring framework takesa quantitative approach to prioritization
by asking each participant to score itemsaccording to four factors: reach,
impact, confidence, and effort.
When the total scores are added for all initiatives across those four criteria,
each initiative will have asingle score weighing its relative value to the
product and the company.
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17. Weighted Scoring
Weighted scoring prioritization (referredto as the Benefit vs .Cost
approach) uses numerical scoring to rank initiatives according to their
benefits and costs.It uses objective product prioritization techniques that
factor in multiple layers of data.
The ProductPlan Roadmap,pictured to the right,is one exampleof
weighted scoring in action.
Using a scoring method to rank their strategic initiatives against benefit and
cost categories, participants can have a moreobjective (and productive)
discussion about what to include on the product roadmap.In the case of the
Planning Board, scoring is on aone through five basis.A one means either
low benefit or low cost, and afive means high benefit or high cost.The score
determines what percentage of acategoryâs weighting each item receives.
MoSCoWAnalysis
The MoSCoW prioritization framework helps teams manage requirements
and is commonly used to ensure stakeholders understand the importance
of initiatives in aspecific release.Initiatives get grouped into four categories,
making up the acronym: M represents the âmust-haveâ items; Sis the
âshould-haves;â C is the âcould-havesâ (or nice-to-have initiatives), and W
represents the âwill not haveâ itemsdeemed low priority.This no-nonsense
model forces decisions and trade-offs, accelerating the timeline so
development can get to work.
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18. Frameworks for AgileSoftware Teams
Agile software development organizations don't want process or
documentation requirements to slow them down.However, they must
ensure their intense pace is still taking products in the right direction.
While most prioritization frameworks are compatible with Agile, these
donât sacrifice strategic alignment while plugging in nicely to the overall
development cycle.
Lean Software Development (LSD)
The lean software development (LSD)model aims to eliminate everything
from the development queue that the product doesnât need.Sometimes
dubbed the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) strategy,the goal is delivering
abare-bones product to users asquickly aspossible, then applying their
feedback to improve the product over time.
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
The rapid application development (RAD) model is an Agile prioritization
framework focused on rapidly prototyping software products, frequently
updating them based on feedback, and using continuous delivery to release
newer versions to the market.
Using the RAD framework, itâs aquick rinse-and-repeat cycle
through the following four stages of product development:
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PHA SE 01
Requirements Planning
PHA SE 02
User Design
PHA SE 03
Rapid Construction
PHA SE 04
Cutover (pushing the new version live to users)
The antithesis of waterfall development, RAD only works when thereâsa
steadyflow of prioritized initiatives ready for developers when they finish up
their latest microburst of activity.
19. CrystalAgile Framework
Like the Agile development methodology itself, the Crystal Agile framework
focuses on interactions among people and teams ratherthan processes
and tools.The framework gives product teams the freedom to develop and
improve their workflows.
This built-in flexibility makes the Crystal Agile framework popular within
organizations striving to empower their teams to work however they deem
most effective.
This model works best among smaller, tightly integrated teams.However,
the looseness of its approach increases the difficulty of communicating
decisions, reasoning, and timelines beyond the core team.Product leaders
sanctioning this approach must be vigilant to ensure stakeholders stay in
the loop and that their requests and concerns get afair judgment.
Strengths
⢠Allows teams to work the waythey deem most effective
⢠Facilitates direct team communication, transparency, and
accountability
⢠The adaptive approach lets teams respond well to changing
requirements
Weaknesses
⢠Lack of pre-defined plans can lead to scope creep
⢠Lack of documentation can lead to confusion
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20. The IMPACT Method
IMPACT is asmuch amindset asit is aframework.The method
was designed to help keep ProductPlan's customers and
businesses at the center of everything we do.IMPACT ensures
energy and resources get expended on the most meaningful
strategic work.
With this framework, the team can prioritize all items
competing for space on the product roadmap byevaluating
each against the following six criteria (which conveniently form
the acronym IMPACT):
01 Interesting
Does the product address the things our customers care
about? Can we tell astory of how the product creates positive
change for them?
02 Meaningful
Are we moving the business toward measurably reaching its
goals? Are we providing realvalue to our users?
03 People
Who is impacted by our product? Who uses it,sees the
benefits, and pays for it?
04 Actionable
Are we coming up with ideas that can be implemented and
realized? Do we have the resources, budget, and expertise
to execute?
05 Clear
Do we truly understand what weâre trying to do? Can it be
concisely articulatedso even a child could understand?
06 Testable
Can you try things out before makingasignificant
commitment?Are there ways to experiment and measure
success on an ongoing basis?
BONUS
AnExtra SpecialFramework
Developedbythe ProductPlanTeam
Prioritization frameworks for product managers are so plentiful and
vital that we decided to come up with one of our own! This holistic
approach ensures every action taken maximizes the productâs
impact on its users and the company making it.
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21. How Prioritization
Frameworks
Improve Product
Roadmaps
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Prioritization frameworks and product roadmaps work hand
in hand to ensure teams are only working on initiatives that
deliver value.Here's how the right framework can improve
your teamâsproduct roadmaps.
BENEFIT 01
It Frees upTime and Creative Energy
Without a framework for identifying which initiatives offer the
greatest strategic advantages, your team will spend additional
time and energy cycling through their backlogs.A prioritization
framework standardizes these steps.
For example, when using the Weighted Scoring model, there
are specific steps to evaluateeach initiativeâs value against its
cost.When completed for all competing ideas,the debates and
discussions end.No more need to continue arguing,reconsidering,
or relitigating the list.Does this mean your teamâsproduct
roadmapswill only have winning feature ideas? Of course not.
Thereâs no guarantee of success, but because the prioritization
framework standardizes and shortens the decision-making
process, thereâsmore time to develop additional potentially
greatideas.
22. BENEFIT 02
It Prevents AdHoc Requests FromClaiming Unearned Spots
on the Product Roadmap
Using a prioritization framework helps your team deal more effectively
with the never-ending streamof requests that can derail progress.All
stakeholders must understand the process and criteria for this tactic to work.
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Without fixed stages or guidelines during the development process, there
are too many opportunities for overeager sales reps or executives.Flexibility
and improvisation can quickly lead to chaotic free-for-alls.
With a prioritization framework and supporting process, thereâs no need
to negotiate these requests.It also prevents the development team from
getting distracted.With this in place, they know theyâll only be interrupted
by something urgent when it truly is an emergency.
BENEFIT 03
It GeneratesMore StrategicallyViable Ideas
While implementing a prioritization framework, everyone asks themselves,
"How does this initiative measure up against our prioritization criteria?"
This keeps ideas that might seem good on their own fromgaining traction
and taking up airtime.The right framework improves roadmapsby reducing
the number of itemspeople propose that wonât meet the frameworkâs
success criteria.
Suppose youâre using the IMPACT approach, for example.Inthat case,
coworkers might quickly ask themselvesif their new feature suggestion
will prove Interesting and Meaningful.If it doesnât, itâsout of consideration
before it even makes it to the backlog.
23. Real-World Examples
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All this talk of optimized processes, alignment,agreement,and
collaboration sounds great.Yet,how can it work at your organization?
Whether itâsthe target market, the corporate culture, or the productâs
majority, itâseasy to poke holes in any prioritization framework before even
giving it atry.
Prioritization framework adopters follow in the footsteps of many other
organizations.Luckily, some of them have shared their own tales of success.
Here are two examplesfrom very different industries and applications.
24. One real-world exampleis Servpro, a nationwide franchiser of water and fire
cleanup companies.
SERVPRO
UsingaRoadmapAppToStandardizethe PrioritizationProcessAcrossFranchises
Everyonenow knows whytheiritemdidnât getto the top.Sowe put the onus
on themto talkthrough thingsasagroup and decide whatmakes the top.
JA SON WIX , DIRECTO R OF PROD UC T MANAGEMENT, SERVPRO
Because the company had grown so rapidly to morethan 450 corporate
employees,they found various departments using their own processes to
define high-priority items that received attention, resources, and budget.
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So the companyâs Director of Program Management, Jason Wix, developed
astandard process for any team to request development work.Wix then
used ProductPlanâs Planning Board feature as its roadmap prioritization
software and acustom version of the Weighted Scoring model to evaluate
all requests according to the same criteria.
Because this app makes it easy to share aroadmapwith anyone online via
alink, Wix could make his teamâsstrategic plans and priorities transparent
to all departments across the company.As he explains, the results were
transformational for Servproâs operations: âEveryone now knows why their
itemdidnât get to the top.So we put the onus on them to talkthrough things
asagroup and decide what makes the top.â
25. Lionbridge is a leading language localization service, translating content
into more than 350 languages for clients worldwideâusing acombination
of in-house linguistics experts and highly sophisticated machine-
learning applications .
But Chris Dudak, Senior Manager of Product Management, explains that
the demand to update the product continually became difficult.The key
challenge was dealing with large volumes of competing priorities from
various stakeholders .
Chris and his product team found it challenging without astandard
framework to evaluatethose requests.The challenge came from knowing
which ones should receive the development teamâslimited resources.They
also had trouble explaining their rationale behind the decisions to frustrated
stakeholders .
LIONBRIDGE
UsingPrioritizationWithin ProductPlan'sRoadmapPlatform
Leveraging ProductPlanâs Planning Boardâand the Weighted
Scoring Framework
They started using ProductPlanâs roadmap platformâand running
competing feature requests through the Planning Board.The board uses
the weighted scoring approach to product prioritization.Now, Chrisâs
team could create objective scores for each agenda item according to a
consistent set of criteria.His team can evaluate the potential strategic value
and ability to delight customers.They can assess against its estimated
development effort and operational costs.
The solution has positively affected the Lionbridge product teamâs
workflows and efficiency.Chris notes that the teamnow has aframework to
quickly identify the most strategically viable projects.And they have aplace
for those itemson the roadmap.Moreover, they share the teamâsstrategic
thinking with everyone in the company.This transparency allows them to
free up the product teamâstime and creative energy.
As Chris explains, âWith ProductPlan, our product management teamis
spending less time talking about what weâre doing and moretime actually
doing it.â
With ProductPlan, our product managementteam is spending less time
talking about what weâre doing and more time actually doing it.
CHRIS DUDAK , SENIOR MANAGER OF PROD UC T MANAGEMENT, LIONB RIDGE
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26. 26
It All Comes Down
to Impact
Prioritization frameworks present an excellent opportunity to streamline
product roadmapping.They allow you to evaluateevery potential idea
to analyze the product and how it will impact the company and product
strategy.
By limiting implementation to what matters most, teams can carefully vet
initiatives.They can evaluate the initiatives by establishing key criteria, such
asthe warrant for the expenditure of time,money, and resources.
Whatever type of product you build for whatever industry youâre in, the
high-level goals staythe same.You need to solve real problems for the
marketand improvepeopleâs jobs or lives in some way.Moreover, your
product should align with your company's product vision allowing your
company to succeed and grow.That impact matters much more than any
particular list of features or enhancements.
27. ProductPlan makes it easy for teams of all sizes to build beautiful roadmaps.
Thousands of product managers worldwideâincluding teams from Virgin
Atlantic, Microsoft, and G2âtrust ProductPlan to help them visualize and
share their strategies across their entire organization.With our intuitive
features, product managers spend less time building roadmapsand more
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