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Voting prioritization

Voting prioritization

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Voting prioritization

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- It feels good to vote on something and have your say, right? Well, applying this to requirements prioritization is a fun and engaging way to get feedback on the priorities from the team or a group of stakeholders and users. Voting does not mean that a decision is necessarily made, but rather it's a facilitation technique to get dialogue going and see where a group stands on its priorities. When I do a voting meeting, I prepare the items to vote on. Usually voting happens with a group of about 10 items. More than 10 and it gets messy. For our go health example, features and stories are part of the list of items. So for example, a product owner may prioritize five to 10 features at a time to work on the roadmap or a handful of small user stories at a time to determine the next priorities. Then I make sure to fill in the context of the items. This may have been done before the meeting or you can do this during the meeting depending on the participant's knowledge of each item. Next, set…

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