Question: Prioritizing Features
Explore how to prioritize multiple product feature requests by applying the VISTA framework to align choices with product vision and metrics. Learn to balance user value, business impact, and engineering constraints, and communicate strategic trade-offs clearly. This lesson helps you develop strategic prioritization skills crucial for effective product management.
Interview question
You have 10 feature requests, but only bandwidth for 2 of them. How do you prioritize?
By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to prioritize a long list of competing feature requests using a strategic, vision-led, and data-grounded approach. You’ll learn how to:
Connect feature choices to the broader product vision.
Apply the VISTA framework to make prioritization defensible.
Balance user value, business impact, and engineering constraints.
Communicate not just what you choose, but why the choice is strategically correct.
This question tests whether you can think beyond task lists and operate like a PM who guides ...