MoSCoW prioritisation · IN SHORT
Define an achievable scope for a release or project. The skill sorts requirements into Must, Should, Could and Won’t, tests available workarounds and records what is deliberately outside this round.
Your brief
Our pilot needs registration, confirmation, a forum and profiles. The opening date is fixed.
Possible draft
Registration and usable confirmation support the pilot objective. The forum may be deferred; profiles require a clear reason why a simpler workaround would not work.
01 / THE FOUNDATION
Four justified categories, a work distribution and an explicit agreement about deferred requirements.
02 / SEE HOW IT WORKS
Our pilot needs registration, confirmation, a forum and profiles. The opening date is fixed.
Registration and usable confirmation support the pilot objective. The forum may be deferred; profiles require a clear reason why a simpler workaround would not work.
This example shows the approach. It is not a client result or a guarantee of a particular outcome.
03 / GET STARTED
State the objective, duration and main constraint.
Ask what becomes impossible without each item and whether a workaround exists.
Review the distribution and agree what drops first or returns in a later round.
04 / MAKE IT YOURS
Take the instructions, add your own context and review the draft. You stay in control.
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