The best prioritization frameworks for making better decisions

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The difference between successful people and good-intentioned people is that successful people say no to almost everything.

Warren Buffet, American investor and philanthropist

Whether you say no to almost everything or not, there is one thing that will make you successful: Deliberately choosing what you do.

In other words, prioritizing the work you do is the foundation of correct intent.

This maxim is especially true in product development. In this blog post, we discuss why, when, and how to use the prioritization framework to create successful software products.

Understanding Product Prioritization Frameworks
Product prioritization is a structured approach that engineering teams use to make decisions about which features to build, when, and why.

In a typical product development scenario, there are dozens of bugs, improvements, and features that require the team’s attention. Product prioritization helps teams focus their attention on the work that matters.

Example: Let's say you're building a mobile app for users to play Solitaire, a card game. Users might ask for an undo button. Advertisers might ask for a way to add videos between games.

Your app's performance may require you to break down some features into smaller units. The product owner/ partner/ shareholder email list team may have their own set of new game features. What needs to be done first? How do you set priorities?

Good development teams use a number of proven agile prioritization techniques to make decisions. These frameworks are built:

Collaboration : The framework provides everyone with a common basis for decision making, avoiding unnecessary disagreements.
Consistency : When the same approach to feature prioritization is used each sprint, teams have long-term consistency and predictability.
Clarity : When the entire team knows why a decision is made, there is strategic alignment with the product roadmap.
Speed : Decisions can be made more quickly with frameworks, minimizing meetings and other back-and-forths
**Traceability: Frameworks also serve as a record of previous decisions, which can help new team members get on board quickly.
That's all well and good, but what exactly are these frameworks?