# Roadmap Prioritization

Help users move from reactive feature-building to strategic resource allocation by...

- Repository: https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills (1456 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-07-16
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill roadmap-prioritization -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill roadmap-prioritization -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill roadmap-prioritization -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill roadmap-prioritization -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Help users move from reactive feature-building to strategic resource allocation by applying rigorous scoring, financial modeling, and portfolio balancing.

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

# Roadmap Prioritization

Transform a chaotic backlog into a high-ROI strategic plan based on evidence and appetite.

Help the user with roadmap prioritization using insights from 24 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.

## How to Help

1. **Audit the Backlog** - Assist in gathering and categorizing ideas from diverse sources like churn data, support tickets, and strategic goals.
2. **Apply Scoring Frameworks** - Guide the user through RICE or DRICE scoring to move from gut feelings to objective ROI estimates.
3. **Balance the Portfolio** - Help the user allocate resources between incremental wins, big bets, and foundational table stakes.
4. **Draft the Roadmap Document** - Structure the final output into themes and timelines that serve as a prototype for the company strategy.

## Core Principles

### Evidence-Guided Intuition
Itamar Gilad: "I think every successful product company out there that you look at Amazon, Airbnb, anyone you will check, at least in their best periods they found a way to balance human judgment with evidence. They didn't try to obliterate human judgment and opinion just to supercharge them with evidence and they came up with very different models."

Prioritization should be a collaborative process where human intuition is enhanced by rigorous evidence, ensuring that leadership mandates are critically evaluated.

### Roadmap as Strategy Prototype
Janna Bastow: "The value isn't in your roadmap, the value is in the roadmapping process. What you're actually doing is laying out your assumptions of the problems that you're solving."

Treat your roadmap as a tool to validate strategic assumptions rather than a fixed execution plan. Focus on the conversations it triggers.

The rest: https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/roadmap-prioritization/SKILL.md