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Feature Prioritization Template: How to rank features like 4 expert product leaders
Copy this template certified by Product School for proven 4 methods of prioritizing which features to build.
Method 1: RICE
Prioritize your features based on reach, impact, confidence, and effort.
Method 2: Buckets
Prioritize your features based on customer requests, customer delights, and metric movers.
Method 3: Game
Play a game with your team to uncover points of conflict. This allows everyone to be heard and arms the product leader with information they need to prioritize features.
Method 4: Thresholds
Imagine the features are bugs. Prioritize a fixing the bug when the bug count crosses a the allowable threshold.
How do I prioritize product features?
Every product manager wrestles with the question of how to decide which features they should prioritize. Often there are in the , and different stakeholders have different opinions.
Instead of providing a one-size-fits-all answer, this template provides four different lenses with which to view your . Each method is inspired by a seasoned product expert::
Copy this doc to to mix, match, or modify any of the four methods and customize this doc to your own team’s needs.
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Start by copying this doc and filling out your feature backlog below. Then, examine your features each of the four methods, starting with .
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New billing page
Import functionality
Video calls
Security upgrade
Item comments
Notification panel redesign
Localization of mobile app
Multi-location Management
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