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You have 3 features requested by customers and only 1 sprint. How do you decide?

Model answer

Model answerI'd use a scoring framework, but more importantly I'd make the decision criteria explicit before scoring — not after. RICE works well here: Reach × Impact × Confidence ÷ Effort. But I'd add one question RICE doesn't ask: which feature is most aligned with our current strategic priority? A high-RICE feature that doesn't serve our north star metric this quarter should wait.

Framework · RICE Framework

  1. RReach
    How many users will this affect in a given period? Use real data
  2. IImpact
    How much will it move the needle per user? Score 0.25 to 3
  3. CConfidence
    How sure are you about reach and impact estimates? %
  4. EEffort
    Person-weeks to build. Include design, QA, PM time — be honest

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