prioritization-frameworks

The prioritization-frameworks skill is a reference guide that helps users select and apply the right prioritization framework for their context, covering 9 frameworks with formulas, when-to-use guidance, and templates. It solves the common problem of choosing among methods like RICE, ICE, Kano, MoSCoW, and Opportunity Score, and understanding how each actually works. Its core principle is to never let customers design solutions and to prioritize problems (opportunities) rather than features.

The guide details several frameworks with explicit formulas. The Opportunity Score (Dan Olsen, The Lean Product Playbook) is the recommended framework for prioritizing customer problems: survey customers on Importance and Satisfaction normalized to a 0-1 scale, then compute Current value = Importance x Satisfaction, Opportunity Score = Importance x (1 - Satisfaction), and Customer value created = Importance x (S2 - S1). High importance plus low satisfaction yields the highest opportunity score, plotted on an Importance vs Satisfaction chart where the upper-left quadrant is the sweet spot. The ICE framework scores Impact x Confidence x Ease, where Impact = Opportunity Score x Number of Customers affected. RICE splits ICE's impact into Reach and Impact, scoring (Reach x Impact x Confidence) / Effort with Effort in person-months. A summary table compares all 9 frameworks including the Eisenhower Matrix, Impact vs Effort, Risk vs Reward, Kano Model, Weighted Decision Matrix, and MoSCoW, each with its best-for context and key insight.

This skill targets product managers deciding what to build next, comparing frameworks such as RICE vs ICE, or learning how different prioritization approaches work. It includes downloadable templates for Opportunity Score, Importance vs Satisfaction (Dan Olsen), ICE (Google Sheets), and RICE (Google Sheets), and links to further reading including a frameworks compendium and a Kano Model article. The skill is a knowledge reference rather than an automated tool.