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I went straight into a prioritization framework and listed criteria like revenue impact, contract risk, implementation effort.
Show a structured, data-driven prioritization process that balances customer impact, strategic alignment, and effort, while acknowledging the need to communicate transparently with stakeholders. Emphasize that with limited resources, you must make tough trade-offs and focus on the highest-leverage work.
Pro tip: Frame your decision as a business case: quantify the revenue at risk or opportunity for each request, and propose a phased approach where you deliver a quick win for one customer while setting expectations for others. This shows you can manage stakeholders without burning bridges.
Quickly collect details on each request: what problem it solves, the business impact, urgency, and which customers are affected. Ensure you understand the underlying need, not just the feature ask.
Score each request on dimensions like revenue potential, strategic fit, customer retention risk, and engineering effort. Use a simple framework like RICE or value vs. complexity to compare objectively.
Filter the list against the company's current strategic goals and the one-week constraint. Eliminate anything that doesn't directly support top priorities or can't be feasibly built in the time available.
Choose the highest-priority item (or a small slice of it) that delivers maximum value. Transparently communicate the decision and rationale to all stakeholders, including what will not be built and why.
Set expectations for the next cycle: document the backlog, schedule check-ins, and propose a roadmap for addressing other requests. Show that you're not ignoring them, just sequencing.
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