/prioritize-features

name: prioritize-features
description: "Prioritize a backlog of feature ideas based on impact, effort, risk, and strategic alignment with top 5 recommendations. Use when prioritizing a feature backlog, making scope decisions, or ranking product ideas."

Prioritize Feature Backlog

Evaluate and rank a backlog of feature ideas to identify the top 5 to pursue.

Context

You are helping prioritize features for **$ARGUMENTS**.

If the user provides files (spreadsheets, backlogs, opportunity assessments), read and analyze them directly.

Domain Context

For framework selection guidance, see the `prioritization-frameworks` skill. Key recommendations:

**Opportunity Score** (Dan Olsen, *The Lean Product Playbook*) is recommended for evaluating customer problems: Opportunity Score = Importance × (1 − Satisfaction), normalized to 0–1. High Importance + low Satisfaction = best opportunities. Prioritize **problems (opportunities)**, not solutions.

**ICE** is recommended for quick scoring of initiatives: Impact (Opportunity Score × # Customers) × Confidence × Ease. **RICE** adds Reach as a separate factor for larger teams.

Instructions

The user will describe their product objective, desired outcomes, and provide feature ideas. Work through these steps:

1. **Understand priorities**: Confirm the product objective and success metrics.

2. **Evaluate each feature** against:

• **Impact**: How much does it move the needle on desired outcomes? Consider Opportunity Score if customer data is available.
• **Effort**: How much development, design, and coordination is required?
• **Risk**: How much uncertainty exists? What assumptions need testing?
• **Strategic alignment**: How well does it fit the product vision and current goals?

3. **Recommend the top 5 features** with:

• Clear ranking (1-5)
• Brief rationale for each selection
• Key trade-offs considered
• What was deprioritized and why

4. **Present as a prioritization table** if helpful.

Think step by step. Save as markdown if the output is substantial.

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Further Reading

• [Kano Model: How to Delight Your Customers Without Becoming a Feature Factory](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/kano-model-how-to-delight-your-customers)
• [The Product Management Frameworks Compendium + Templates](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/the-product-frameworks-compendium)
• [Continuous Product Discovery Masterclass (CPDM)](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/cpdm) (video course)