Prioritise Roadmap Items by Business & Customer Impact

This standard mandates prioritising roadmap items by business and customer impact to ensure engineering backlog is ranked based on value, not just effort.

1. Prioritise Roadmap Items by Business & Customer Impact:

Engineering backlog must be ranked based on value, not just effort. This approach ensures that high-value work is prioritised.

• 1.1 Prioritisation Model Utilization:
  • 1.1.1 RICE or WSJF Application:
    • Use prioritisation models like RICE (Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort) or WSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First).
    • Automate the application of RICE models.
  • 1.1.2 Model Management:
    • Automate the tracking of WSJF applications.
    • Implement model tutorials.
• 1.2 Short-Term vs. Long-Term Balance:
  • 1.1.2 Strategic Value Integration:
    • Balance short-term tactical wins with long-term strategic value.
    • Automate the tracking of short-term vs. long-term balances.
  • 1.1.2 Balance Management:
    • Automate the tracking of strategic value integrations.
    • Implement balance tutorials.
• 1.3 Leadership and Team Alignment:
  • 1.1.3 High-Impact Priority Agreement:
    • Ensure leadership and engineering teams are aligned on high-impact priorities.
    • Automate the tracking of alignment meetings.
  • 1.1.3 Alignment Management:
    • Automate the tracking of high-impact priority agreements.
    • Implement alignment tutorials.

By prioritising by impact, organisations can ensure high-value work is addressed.