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How to Prioritize
Your Product Initiatives
Jim Semick
Conducted at ProductCamp SoCal - November 15, 2014
So many opportunities.
How do you decide the
right ones for your
product roadmap?
Let’s Discuss
Aligning strategy with goals
Common prioritization techniques
How to get stakeholder buy-in
What we learned after interviewing
dozens of product managers.
Tips and more group discussion
Have You Seen These
Challenges?
Prioritizing details, not the big picture
Priorities not tied to strategic goals
Priorities driven by execs not customers
Priorities determined by sales prospects
Stakeholders question priorities
Too much subjectivity
Before You Start
• Think high level and categorize
– Strategic initiatives/goals (growth, satisfaction,
competition, etc.)
– Product line or category
– Type (new feature, maintenance, UX, etc.)
• Group smaller initiatives into themes
• Bring customer evidence to the table
• Understand customer value & rough cost
Common Prioritization
Techniques
The technique you choose is not
as important as…
…the conversation about priorities
…agreement on the criteria
…your product management skills
…helping others arrive at the same
conclusion based on evidence
Value Versus Complexity
Quadrant
Complexity / Effort
Business
Value
High
High
Low
1 2
?
Value vs Complexity +
Weighted Scoring
Product Function
Customer
Delight
High
Fully Implemented
Low
Absent
Basic (threshold) Features
Performance
Excitement Features
Kano Model
Customer Delight versus Product Function
Other Techniques
• Buy a Feature
• Opportunity Scoring
– Importance vs satisfaction
• Affinity Grouping (super fun)
– Opportunities on sticky notes
– Group similar items
– Vote & Rank
• Story Mapping
Getting Executive Buy-In
• Be transparent with execs about your
process - involve them
• Get agreement up front on framework
and goals to use for prioritization
• Involve multiple stakeholders to get
different viewpoints on prioritization
www.productplan.com
Thank You!
Sign up for a free 30 day trial

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How to Prioritize Product Features - ProductPlan | ProductCamp SoCal 2014

  • 1. How to Prioritize Your Product Initiatives Jim Semick Conducted at ProductCamp SoCal - November 15, 2014
  • 2. So many opportunities. How do you decide the right ones for your product roadmap?
  • 3. Let’s Discuss Aligning strategy with goals Common prioritization techniques How to get stakeholder buy-in What we learned after interviewing dozens of product managers. Tips and more group discussion
  • 4. Have You Seen These Challenges? Prioritizing details, not the big picture Priorities not tied to strategic goals Priorities driven by execs not customers Priorities determined by sales prospects Stakeholders question priorities Too much subjectivity
  • 5. Before You Start • Think high level and categorize – Strategic initiatives/goals (growth, satisfaction, competition, etc.) – Product line or category – Type (new feature, maintenance, UX, etc.) • Group smaller initiatives into themes • Bring customer evidence to the table • Understand customer value & rough cost
  • 7. The technique you choose is not as important as… …the conversation about priorities …agreement on the criteria …your product management skills …helping others arrive at the same conclusion based on evidence
  • 8. Value Versus Complexity Quadrant Complexity / Effort Business Value High High Low 1 2 ?
  • 9. Value vs Complexity + Weighted Scoring
  • 10. Product Function Customer Delight High Fully Implemented Low Absent Basic (threshold) Features Performance Excitement Features Kano Model Customer Delight versus Product Function
  • 11. Other Techniques • Buy a Feature • Opportunity Scoring – Importance vs satisfaction • Affinity Grouping (super fun) – Opportunities on sticky notes – Group similar items – Vote & Rank • Story Mapping
  • 12. Getting Executive Buy-In • Be transparent with execs about your process - involve them • Get agreement up front on framework and goals to use for prioritization • Involve multiple stakeholders to get different viewpoints on prioritization
  • 13. www.productplan.com Thank You! Sign up for a free 30 day trial

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Excitement attributes are unspoken and unexpected by customers but can result in high levels of customer satisfaction.
  2. http://www.innovationgames.com/buy-a-feature/ http://www.designative.info/project/product-definition-and-requirements-prioritization/ http://www.uie.com/articles/kj_technique/