Feature Aggregates: strategic vs tactical prioritisation

It seems easy enough to say that the first things we do should be the low-effort, high-value features and we should not bother with the high-effort, low-value features. Then we make judgments on…

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Strategenie

Strategenie - Tools for Critical ThinkingStrategenie helps you decide what's most important and what to do next, making tough decisions easier and clearer for everyone involved.You don't know what to do nextThe people you're working with have different opinions about what's importantYou have lots of ideas but limited budgetYou're not sure what to prioritiseYou're uncertain how to balance user needs with organisation goalsYou want to explore alternative scenariosIt's unclear which the best opportunity isDecision-making velocity is really slowYou have a critical decision to make and it's going to impact lots of peopleYou want a simple, repeatable process for minimising bias and subjectivity in decision-makingIf you identify with any of the above, this is for you.Understand What MattersGet clear priorities for your project or organisation. Strategenie is a set of Google Sheets you can use for unlimited projects.Introducing StrategenieMost of us can't afford to hire a big-arsed consultancy like Bain, BCG or McKinsey to help us figure out what to do. They're really expensive, too slow and paying 100k for a 200 slide powerpoint presentation hurts.Wouldn't it be great to have the power of the Big 3 in a "digital magic lamp" you can use whenever you like?So I made Strategenie. A genie for your strategy. Three clear charts (rather than wishes) highlight what your priorities should be.I've advised over 200 organisations and synthesised that experience into these tools.BenefitsStrategenie users benefit by:Having a clear, easy-to-understand system to decide what's most important to do nextMaking better strategic decisions in an unbiased and transparent wayTurning complex situations into simple, actionable stepsAligning team members and stakeholders behind a common planSaving time and money by providing a robust model that's quick and cost-effectiveOvercoming the 'paradox of choice' by providing a structured method to move forwardHaving an evidence-based process for decision-makingProviding an objective view of opportunities and outcomesAllowing for the exploration of alternative scenarios and hypothesesSupporting the due diligence process in decision-making for businesses, charities, and other organisationsAssisting in the design of business models, contributing to the process of new venture creationAssisting in managing a prioritised backlog during product or project launchesLook at the read-only demoWhat people are sayingStrategenie is a need-to-have to demonstrate the robustness and due diligence for reporting how decisions get made in the charity.Tim Stoller, Trustee, Breadwinners CharityWith over 20 years working for GlaxoSmithKline across a range of different sectors and geographies, and in that time having worked with the outputs from the really large consulting firms, Strategenie provides a similarly robust model and process that delivers clear and actionable outcomes at a fraction of the time and costAmanda Blacklock, Founder, Blacklock ConsultingRunning a digital consultancy and helping large businesses and governments with digital transformation, I'm always keen to explore new tools, processes, systems to improve my knowledge and my consultant's knowledge. I was gripped by Strategenie. This will jumpcut projects for me and give clients the clear evidence base they need to prioritise projects.Tiffany St James, Founder, TransmuteHas a client ever said, "we need you to help us innovate", or “our customers are men and women, 16-65, mixed interest, low to high income with varied interests across the country, we need more”? Strategenie provides a consulting decision-making framework that cuts through the grey areas and competing client priorities to align key stakeholders behind a clear and agreed roadmap or set of priorities to tackle. Paul Davis, Co-Founder, Konekt GroupStrategenie is a vital asset for our business and helps our clients and partners make business-critical decisions based on evidence. The tool is incredibly smart but simple to use. It’s a core part of our toolkit and our clients love it.Business Director, Leading Agency GroupI love the simple to use interface and I’m looking forward to using Strategenie to help my clients make better strategic decisions in a completely non-biased and transparent way.Matt Wells, Partner, CongregationWith an incredible number of potential solutions, I’ve found that clients get stuck in this ‘paradox of choice’ situation and cannot move forward. Strategenie is a repeatable method to get through that and to rapidly create an effective route forward.Jason Anderson, Digital Director, AvantgardeUsing Strategenie has helped us move from concept to scope quickly and easily. It has given us an evidence-based process for decision making. We’re excited to see how Strategenie can help us manage a prioritised backlog when we move into launch.Matt Isherwood, Managing Director, FuseBridge & Tunnel are excited about using Strategenie alongside our existing discovery processes to help us give a more objective view of the richest opportunities in Social Media for our clients. The fact it is iterative means we can use this as a tool to assist our long-term client relationships, alternatively it’s a great tool to help us run workshops with rapid results.Owen Farrington, Founder, Bridge & TunnelStrategenie provides us with a robust algorithmic framework to underpin decision-making projects we run with clients. The interface and flexibility of the underlying model means we can explore alternative scenarios and hypotheses more easily. With Strategenie we can help clients reach better decisions and achieve wider consensus.David Brown, CSO, kliveSimplifying the complex and difficult tasks of prioritising and decision-making within organisations, is not simple, but essential... one of the reasons Strategenie is so powerful.Ben Cheston, Managing Director, greyhairworksAt Hands On, we regularly create workshops for brands and leaders to help them get clarity and alignment around priority options, choices and decisions for specific objectives. Strategenie is a fantastic tool to draw on in helping us achieve that both inclusively and with rigour.Cyrus Johnston, Founder, Hands On BrandsI support the view that a ‘company’s value is just the sum of the decisions it makes and executes’ - as Strategenie takes the noise out of prioritisation and decision-making with a systematic approach, I use it for my initiatives and recommend it highly.Pauline McNulty, Coach, Advisor, AdvocateWe use Strategenie with our clients to help them take an insight-led approach to building a compelling strategy. Its beauty is in the way it simplifies the inherently complex and seamlessly combines the art and science of strategic development.Tim Stoller, Founder, The Brand LaunchersScaling a business requires firm foundations with pillars of strength, a well-structured strategy and excellent execution. A critical part of the structured strategy and subsequent execution is the leadership required to focus on the most important strategic objectives and the necessary alignment with the leadership team. By applying Strategenie, we are helping clients decide on the correct strategic objectives and secure the appropriate buy-in from the leadership team. This alignment results in the correct focused outcomes and the best leverage from limited company resources.Craig Saphin, Managing Director, Craig Saphin ConsultingHow do you change the world? Many entrepreneurs and business leaders want to do just that with their new ventures. Often decision making is made based on emotion, incomplete consideration of the variables, or with one or more cognitive biases. Often these are not visible and the whole team believes that they are making decisions well. By applying Strategenie to the process of business model design we're hoping to make much of the new venture creation process much more rigorous. It integrates beautifully with our focus on Jobs to Be Done and our Lean Innovation methodology that obsesses on continually testing and validating our hypotheses.Denis Oakley, Head of Business Model Innovation, Denis Oakley & CoAs we help more of our clients take a step back to reset their priorities, Strategenie is a bit of gift. It helps distil thinking and see the business through every possible lens, stripping out any bias, however unconscious.Melissa Fretwell, Founder, White CaminoWe try to make the design process as democratic as possible, but no matter how expert you are, or how well you know the subject you're exploring (or maybe because of...), it's difficult to be completely subjective when it comes to decision making. Strategenie quickly helps us take a step back and get an objective view of our outcomes and opportunities. It's a fantastic vehicle to then base a roadmap or action plan around.Nathan Fulwood, Co-Founder, CreateFuture

'Even over' statements

Aaron Hirtenstein mentioned this post to me earlier in the week, thinking that it might be useful for a collaborative project on which we're working. The idea is to try and prioritise one good thing over another and, as such, seems to be influenced by the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.