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I went straight into a framework about impact vs effort and kind of lost the thread halfway through.
Start by explaining that prioritization is a collaborative process that balances business impact, customer value, and technical feasibility. Then walk through a structured framework you use, emphasizing how you align stakeholders and communicate trade-offs. Conclude with a concrete example of how you applied it to deliver results.
Pro tip: Show that you prioritize not just features but also technical debt and engineering health, and that you use data to drive decisions while remaining flexible to changing priorities.
Collect requirements from stakeholders (product, customers, engineering) and assess business goals, user needs, and technical constraints.
Use a prioritization framework like RICE or WSJF to score each feature based on reach, impact, confidence, and effort.
Review the prioritized list with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, address concerns, and adjust based on feedback.
Clearly communicate the priorities and rationale to the engineering team, and break down features into actionable tasks.
Regularly revisit priorities based on new data, changing business needs, and team capacity, and adjust the roadmap accordingly.
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