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title: prioritize-features skill (phuryn/pm-skills)
slug: skill-pm-prioritize-features
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updated_at: 2026-09-10T16:51:24.650Z
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**What it does.** Prioritize a backlog of feature ideas based on impact, effort, risk, and strategic alignment with top 5 recommendations. Use when prioritizing a feature backlog, making scope decisions, or ranking product ideas. Part of [[skills-pm-skills]] (phuryn/pm-skills).

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| Upstream | [phuryn/pm-skills](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills) |
| Skill file | [pm-product-discovery/skills/prioritize-features/SKILL.md](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/blob/HEAD/pm-product-discovery/skills/prioritize-features/SKILL.md) |
| License | MIT |
| Author | Paweł Huryn |
| Fetched | 2026-09-10 |

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skills` then `claude plugin install pm-product-discovery@pm-skills` (the plugin that holds this skill).
- Other agents: `npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill prioritize-features`, or copy `pm-product-discovery/skills/prioritize-features/` into `~/.claude/skills/prioritize-features/`.
- Raw file: `curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phuryn/pm-skills/HEAD/pm-product-discovery/skills/prioritize-features/SKILL.md`

## SKILL.md (verbatim)

```yaml
name: prioritize-features
description: "Prioritize a backlog of feature ideas based on impact, effort, risk, and strategic alignment with top 5 recommendations. Use when prioritizing a feature backlog, making scope decisions, or ranking product ideas."
```

## Prioritize Feature Backlog

Evaluate and rank a backlog of feature ideas to identify the top 5 to pursue.

### Context

You are helping prioritize features for **$ARGUMENTS**.

If the user provides files (spreadsheets, backlogs, opportunity assessments), read and analyze them directly.

### Domain Context

For framework selection guidance, see the `prioritization-frameworks` skill. Key recommendations:

**Opportunity Score** (Dan Olsen, *The Lean Product Playbook*) is recommended for evaluating customer problems: Opportunity Score = Importance × (1 − Satisfaction), normalized to 0–1. High Importance + low Satisfaction = best opportunities. Prioritize **problems (opportunities)**, not solutions.

**ICE** is recommended for quick scoring of initiatives: Impact (Opportunity Score × # Customers) × Confidence × Ease. **RICE** adds Reach as a separate factor for larger teams.

### Instructions

The user will describe their product objective, desired outcomes, and provide feature ideas. Work through these steps:

1. **Understand priorities**: Confirm the product objective and success metrics.

2. **Evaluate each feature** against:
   - **Impact**: How much does it move the needle on desired outcomes? Consider Opportunity Score if customer data is available.
   - **Effort**: How much development, design, and coordination is required?
   - **Risk**: How much uncertainty exists? What assumptions need testing?
   - **Strategic alignment**: How well does it fit the product vision and current goals?

3. **Recommend the top 5 features** with:
   - Clear ranking (1-5)
   - Brief rationale for each selection
   - Key trade-offs considered
   - What was deprioritized and why

4. **Present as a prioritization table** if helpful.

Think step by step. Save as markdown if the output is substantial.

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### Further Reading

- [Kano Model: How to Delight Your Customers Without Becoming a Feature Factory](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/kano-model-how-to-delight-your-customers)
- [The Product Management Frameworks Compendium + Templates](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/the-product-frameworks-compendium)
- [Continuous Product Discovery Masterclass (CPDM)](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/cpdm) (video course)

Back to [[skills-pm-skills]] or [[agent-skills]].