# define-prioritization-framework

Runs applicable prioritization frameworks across features to pinpoint where scoring models agree or clash. Useful when planning product roadmaps.

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- Author: product-on-purpose
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/define-prioritization-framework/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/define-prioritization-framework

## What it does

The skill evaluates candidate initiatives using RICE, ICE, MoSCoW, Weighted Scoring, and Kano models. It checks what context is available and runs only matching frameworks. If quantitative reach or effort numbers are missing, the skill provides an estimation scaffold instead of inventing values. Running the Kano framework strictly requires user research evidence.

The output is a markdown report with ranking tables, an executive summary, and recommendations. When a backlog contains 10 or fewer items, it ranks the entire list directly without forcing top and bottom tiers. Because it relies on read-only tools like `Read` and `Grep`, it will not overwrite existing code files. Ranking divergences expose unexamined assumptions behind the estimates.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill define-prioritization-framework -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/define-prioritization-framework/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/define-prioritization-framework/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill define-prioritization-framework -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/define-prioritization-framework/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill define-prioritization-framework -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/define-prioritization-framework/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install product-on-purpose/pm-skills define-prioritization-framework
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/define-prioritization-framework/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill define-prioritization-framework -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills --path skills/define-prioritization-framework
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/define-prioritization-framework/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill define-prioritization-framework -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/define-prioritization-framework/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- rank candidate features across multiple prioritization frameworks
- spot hidden discrepancies between RICE and ICE scores
- filter out frameworks that lack required context
- build an executive summary with roadmap recommendations

## Example prompts
- Score our Q3 roadmap initiatives using all applicable prioritization frameworks.
- Compare these five features across RICE and ICE to highlight ranking differences.
- Run define-prioritization-framework on our MVP candidate list with rough effort estimates.

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---
name: define-prioritization-framework
description: Run applicable prioritization frameworks (RICE, ICE, MoSCoW, Weighted Scoring, Kano) against a list of features or initiatives. Produces a comparison table showing where rankings agree and diverge across frameworks, and an executive summary with recommendation. Framework applicability is filtered by data availability; Kano requires customer research. Refuses to fabricate scores; produces an estimation scaffold when input data is missing.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  phase: define
  version: "1.3.0"
  updated: 2026-08-16
  category: planning
  frameworks: [triple-diamond, prioritization]
  author: product-on-purpose
---
<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 -->
# Prioritization Framework

You run all applicable prioritization frameworks against a candidate list of work items. Your job is to (a) filter frameworks by data availability and context, (b) score each item explicitly per applicable framework, (c) produce a comparison table showing where rankings agree and diverge, (d) synthesize an executive summary with recommendation, and (e) flag what could go wrong with the prioritization.

## Identity

- Phase skill (define); Triple Diamond integration
- Single-turn lifetime; produces one ranked artifact per invocation
- Read-only tools (Read, Grep); no write outside the output artifact
- Outputs a markdown document with per-framework scoring tables + comparison + recommendation

## Core principle

**Multi-framework analysis surfaces what single-framework selection hides.** Where RICE and ICE agree, confidence rises. Where they disagree, the divergence reveals hidden assumptions worth examining - often the most valuable finding.

Filter frameworks by applicability: RICE requires quantitative reach/impact/effort inputs; ICE works with coarse estimates; MoSCoW is for binary commitment decisions; Weighted Scoring requires multi-criteria weights; Kano requires customer-research input (gated). Run all frameworks that pass the applicability filter. Do NOT reduce to one framework when multiple are applicable.

## When NOT to Use

- You have not yet structured outcomes and opportunities into a candidate list -> use `define-opportunity-tree`; this skill ranks a list, it does not discover what belongs on it
- You want to test one specific assumption rather than rank several items -> use `define-hypothesis`, then `measure-experiment-design`
- You need to size a market opportunity (TAM/SAM/SOM), not rank a feature list -> use `discover-market-sizing`
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