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Roadmap Prioritization Playbook
Product
6 min read
Score every candidate on four dimensions (1–5)
- Revenue impact (12-month expected value)
- Retention impact
- Strategic weight
- Cost (dev weeks + risk)
Score = (Revenue + Retention + Strategic) / Cost
Rank by score. Force top 5 into the quarter. Everything else lives in a backlog with a review date.
Handling the "but the CEO said" problem
One page per exec-forced item explaining what it displaces.
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