# Prioritization Advisor

Choose a prioritization framework based on stage, team context, and stakeholder needs.

- Repository: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills (7825 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-16
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill prioritization-advisor -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill prioritization-advisor -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill prioritization-advisor -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill prioritization-advisor -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills`

## Description

Choose a prioritization framework based on stage, team context, and stakeholder needs. Use when deciding between RICE, ICE, value/effort, or another scoring approach.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

## Purpose
Guide product managers in choosing the right prioritization framework by asking adaptive questions about product stage, team context, decision-making needs, and stakeholder dynamics. Use this to avoid "framework whiplash" (switching frameworks constantly) or applying the wrong framework (e.g., using RICE for strategic bets or ICE for data-driven decisions). Outputs a recommended framework with implementation guidance tailored to your context.

This is not a scoring calculator, it's a decision guide that matches prioritization frameworks to your specific situation.

## Input

**Works best with:** What you're trying to prioritize and why now (sprint planning, roadmap, stakeholder fight).
**Also useful:** Product stage, team size, data availability, and frameworks you've tried that failed.

Anything supplied with the invocation itself, text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended `ARGUMENTS:` line, counts as answers already given. Use it and skip whatever it covers; don't re-ask.

**Arriving empty-handed? That works too.** The advisor opens by asking about your product stage and the decision you need the framework to make.

**Example invocation:** `Help me pick a framework: seed-stage B2B startup, 40-item backlog, zero usage data, loud enterprise prospect.`

## Key Concepts

### The Prioritization Framework Landscape
Common frameworks and when to use them:

**Scoring frameworks:**
- **RICE** (Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort), Data-driven, requires metrics
- **ICE** (Impact, Confidence, Ease), Lightweight, gut-check scoring
- **Value vs. Effort** (2x2 matrix), Quick wins vs. strategic bets
- **Weighted Scoring**, Custom criteria with stakeholder input

The rest: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/prioritization-advisor/SKILL.md