Focusing prioritization discussions
Product strategy is often not about what to do, but what not to do. Product leaders across companies have codified this principle as the belief that if everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.
Yet nailing a small set of priorities is one of the most elusive steps in product planning. Unlike the first phase of planning, which usually involves inclusive, fun brainstorms on what is possible, the final phase involves the much less fun and rarely inclusive step of deprioritizing most of the exciting new ideas to drive focus on fewer things done well.
At Uber, I was introduced to an approach that allows for focused prioritization discussions even in very large forums. Its a high energy, fun, and much more inclusive approach that now exists as a Coda sheet: