Mastering Prioritization with RICE: A Strategic Discipline for PMs

Prioritization is where product leadership gets tested.

Balancing technical constraints, stakeholder agendas, and long-term goals is hard. Even experienced PMs get stuck in opinion-driven debates or lose clarity under pressure.

This new Patreon-exclusive article in the Roadmap to Mastery series explores how to lead prioritization with structure, confidence, and buy-in.

Inside the article:

• Why prioritization remains difficult even with tools like RICE
• How to use RICE to align teams and make transparent trade-offs
• Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
• A real-world case study showing how one team used RICE to streamline planning, improve collaboration, and increase retention

What You’ll Learn:

• How to apply RICE as a decision-support tool, not just a scoring formula
• Techniques to prepare, gather support, and lead high-stakes prioritization conversations
• A repeatable process to reduce bias and promote shared understanding
• Lessons for both PMs and CPOs looking to improve how their teams decide

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