Roadmap Prioritization
Prioritizing Features for Product Scalability and Growth
This prompt helps teams prioritize roadmap features that support scalability and future growth. It focuses on identifying features that prepare the product for increased usage, new markets, or additional customer segments while maintaining performance and reliability.
Responsible:
Product Management
Accountable, Informed or Consulted:
Product, Strategy, Engineering
THE PREP
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Review current product performance metrics and identify scalability challenges.
Define growth goals, such as entering new markets or increasing user volume.
Analyze competitor strategies and features that support scaling.
THE PROMPT
Help prioritize features for the product roadmap of [product/service name] to support scalability and growth. Focus on:
Identifying features that improve infrastructure or performance for handling increased user volume.
Highlighting opportunities to expand into new markets or customer segments.
Evaluating features based on their alignment with long-term growth strategies (e.g., integrations, API expansions).
Recommending a ranked list of scalability-focused features, with reasoning based on their growth potential.
If additional context about product architecture, market goals, or user demographics is needed, ask for clarification to refine the prioritization.
Bonus Add-On Prompts
Propose scalability-focused features that address known performance bottlenecks.
Identify features that enable seamless integration with third-party tools or platforms.
Suggest features that cater to untapped customer segments or new geographic markets.
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SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE
Focus on platform-specific scalability needs (e.g., mobile vs. web).
Highlight features that ensure compatibility with emerging technologies.
Add user feedback to identify growth-related pain points.
Include operational considerations, such as support for larger teams or enterprise clients.
Tailor scalability priorities for startups vs. mature products.
WHEN TO USE
When preparing the product for future growth and larger user bases.
To address scalability challenges affecting current performance.
During strategic planning for market expansion or feature diversification.
WHEN NOT TO USE
If scalability is not a priority due to a small or stable user base.
When focusing on short-term fixes rather than long-term growth strategies.