Series · 5 lessons · 14 September 2026
Requirements Prioritisation: Deciding What Gets Built First
I once tracked a real team's backlog labelling over ten consecutive sprints. In sprint one, 22% of items carried a high priority tag. By sprint ten, it was…
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Day 1 · 5 min read
Why "Everything Is a Priority" Is Not a Strategy
I once tracked a real team's backlog labelling over ten consecutive sprints. In sprint one, 22% of items carried a high priority tag. By sprint ten, it was…
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Day 2 · 5 min read
MoSCoW, Done Properly
Almost every team that uses MoSCoW makes the same mistake, and it is not about the framework itself, it is about the discipline of applying its first…
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Day 3 · 4 min read
The Kano Model: Why Satisfaction Isn't Linear
MoSCoW answers a specific, narrow question well: how urgent is this, relative to everything else competing for the same limited capacity. It does not answer…
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Day 4 · 4 min read
Combining Frameworks: The Value/Effort Matrix
MoSCoW tells you what is non-negotiable. Kano tells you what pays off disproportionately. Neither one, on its own, tells you where to actually spend the time…
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Day 5 · 6 min read
From Priority List to Actual Commitment
A prioritised list, however well built, is not the finish line. It is the starting point for a real release that will test every single decision on it…