Prioritize upcoming work


Collectively decide which work most needs to be done. Great for distilling a long list of needs (and wants) down to a set of streamlined priorities.

Use cases

  • The team have competing priorities and needs to collaboratively distil these down

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Step 1
Generate ideas for potential work to be done

Survey your organization to build a list of ideas for upcoming work. Useful for giving collaborators an opportunity to contribute to future planning.

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Step 2
Catalogue and theme ideas for future work

List, tag and theme your collection of ideas for future work. A great exercise for crunching freeform ideas into a focused, actionable list of potential work.

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Step 3
Prioritize ideas for future work

Categorize your upcoming work ideas to decide collectively what’s best to take on next. Great for clarifying what the team considers the most valuable or pressing work to be done.

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