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Feature Prioritization Template: How to rank features like 4 expert product leaders
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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.
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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
multiple vectors
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decision matrix
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Instead of providing a one-size-fits-all answer, this template provides four different lenses with which to view your
Add your feature backlog here
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Method 1: RICE
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Method 2: Buckets
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Method 3: Game
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Method 4: Thresholds
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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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Copy doc
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Ready to get started?

Start by copying this doc and filling out your feature backlog below. Then, examine your features each of the four methods, starting with
Method 1: RICE
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Add feature
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Clear sample features
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Add your feature backlog here
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Name
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New billing page
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Import functionality
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Video calls
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Security upgrade
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Item comments
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Notification panel redesign
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Localization of mobile app
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Multi-location Management
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Next up:
Method 1: RICE
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