Planning & Prioritization

Prioritization framework / scorecard

Method used to rank work.

What it is

RICE, WSJF, MoSCoW, or a custom rubric in spreadsheet form with scores and rationale. The scorecard is the audit trail for trade-offs.

Concrete example

Sheet with rows of epics, columns for Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort, and a calculated RICE score.

When to use it

When the backlog has 50+ candidate items, when stakeholders are escalating, or before any quarterly planning session.

What Product Joi delivers

Custom scorecard: criteria tuned to your stage and ARR, weighted scoring, calibrated examples, and ranked output with rationale.

  • Turnaround

    48 hours

  • Format

    Decision-first doc

  • Reviewed by

    Senior product lead

Sample deliverable

A real prioritization framework / scorecard Product Joi has shipped. This is the format and depth you'll receive.

Prioritization · shipped Last week

Prioritization scorecard — Q3 backlog

Scores 22 backlog items against the three bets and a confidence/effort matrix. Picks the top 6 and writes the rejection rationale for the rest.

Decision Commit 6 items to Q3. Defer 11 items to Q4 candidate list. Drop 5 items entirely with written rationale. Scoring axes Each item scored 1–5 on: - Bet alignment (does it move Bet 1, 2, or 3?) - Outcome impact (predicted movement on the bet's metric) - Confidence (how sure are we?) - Effort (eng weeks; inverted for the score) - Reversibility (can we kill it without damage?) Top 6 (committed) 1. Route-suggestion v2: weather-aware (Bet 1, score 23). 2. Renewal-risk score in CSM workspace (Bet 2, score 22). 3. Partner portal MVP slice (Bet 3, score 21). 4. Two-step onboarding rollout to mobile (Bet 1, score 21). 5. Auto-triggered renewal play (Bet 2, score 19). 6. Activation backfill for last 90 days (foundational, score 19). Deferred (Q4 candidates) - Quote-to-job conversion analytics (Bet 1 support, score 17). - Crew-shift recommender (Bet 1 adjacent, score 16; high trust risk). - Renewal-risk Slack push (Bet 2 support, score 15). - Partner co-marketing dashboard (Bet 3 support, score 15). - + 7 more in the appendix. Dropped (with rationale) - Chatbot deflection. Repeats a prior failure. No new evidence. - Public API v2. No buyer demand in last 60 conversations. - White-label admin. Off-strategy (see strategy memo). - Mobile app redesign. Premature without onboarding telemetry. - SSO for SMB tier. Buyers aren't asking; sales-led. How disagreements got resolved Sponsor disagreement on item rank → revisit the bet alignment score together. If still contested, sponsor's call. No silent overrides. Next step Six committed items enter the sprint plan Friday. The deferred list reviewed at end of Q3 with fresh evidence.

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