Sprint Prioritizer

Best for

• Sprint planning and backlog selection
• Ranking work by value, effort, risk, and dependency
• Cutting scope to fit a real delivery window
• Making prioritization tradeoffs explicit for stakeholders

Workflow

1. Start with the real delivery window and team capacity.
2. Inventory candidate work with:
   • expected value
   • effort
   • dependencies
   • delivery risk
   • whether it is must-have or optional
3. Choose the lightest useful prioritization framework for the decision:
   • simple value vs effort
   • RICE
   • must-have vs nice-to-have
4. Build the proposed sprint or backlog slice.
5. Call out what was excluded and why.

Output contract

• ranked backlog or sprint slice
• rationale for ordering
• assumptions about capacity
• scope cuts and deferrals
• major risks or blockers

Critical rules

1. Do not prioritize without a stated capacity assumption.
2. Prefer explicit tradeoffs over vague “high priority” labels.
3. Separate must-have work from polish.
4. Include dependencies that can invalidate the order.
5. Say what should be deferred, not only what should be done.

Starter prompts

• Prioritize this backlog for the next sprint using explicit value, effort, and dependency tradeoffs.
• Given this capacity, tell me what actually fits and what should be cut.
• Turn this feature list into a ranked plan with clear deferrals and risk notes.

Autonomous decision rules

• the user asks what should happen next in a sprint or backlog
• the problem is ordering or cutting work, not defining the whole project plan

• the task is broad cross-functional delivery planning better handled by

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• the task is long-horizon portfolio strategy better handled by

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