Work item prioritization
This recipe is about the prioritization of work items in a backlog. There is some confusion as to the meaning of the term priority. Priority is a ranking of when some task should be performed with respect to other tasks. There are a variety of factors that determine priority and different projects may weight such factors differently. The most common factors influencing priority are as follows:
- Cost of delay: The cost of delaying the performance of the work item, which in turn is influenced by the following:
a. Criticality: The importance associated with completing the work item
b. Urgency: When the outcome or output of the work item completion is due
c. Usefulness: The value to the outcome of the work item to the stakeholder
d. Risk: How the completion of the work item affects the project risk
- Opportunity enablement: How the completion of the work item will enable stakeholder opportunity
- Cost: The cost or effort required to complete the work item...
