by Adrian Bryant | Dec 16, 2019
What is a 2×2 Prioritization matrix? The 2×2 prioritization method gives professionals and teams a visual framework to identify which projects to work on next. The method consists of drawing a priority matrix grid with four quadrants. The vertical axis is...
by Adrian Bryant | Dec 13, 2019
What is Cost of Delay? Cost of delay (CoD) is a prioritization framework that helps a business quantify the economic value of completing a project sooner as opposed to later. Product teams use this approach to calculate and compare the ongoing monetary costs that...
by Adrian Bryant | Nov 4, 2019
What is Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)? Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) is a tool used in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to help teams prioritize a list of initiatives. A team calculates each initiative’s score as the cost of delay divided by the job’s size...
by Adrian Bryant | Aug 7, 2019
What is GIST planning? GIST stands for Goals, Ideas, Step-Projects, and Tasks. GIST planning is a lightweight approach to product planning, with the goal of reducing management overhead, increasing velocity, and producing products that better meet the needs of the...
by Adrian Bryant | Aug 5, 2019
Impact Mapping is a graphic strategy planning method to decide which features to build into a product. As it begins with the intended goal and extends out from there, all identified features have a direct impact on achieving that goal and a clear rationale for how...
