Agile2013

There are many theories and models for prioritizing work for Agile organizations. Don Reinertsen has popularized the idea of create an economic model that sounds so simple for organizing and prioritizing work. However, this is often much more challenging in practices. Building an economic model is complex. There are many factors that affect prioritization including:

* Market/external factors: analyst reports, market events
* Customer feedback and deals (deal often trump generic feedback)
* Customer usage (ala Lean Startup A/B testing)
* Risky architecture stuff
* Competitive dynamics

While I wish there was a magic spreadsheet that normalized this into a single answer, I've found that this is often just as much art as it is science.

Join me where I discuss real stories about balancing these disparate sources of feedback to come up with a set of priorities.