What is the best framework to prioritize what to work on next?

Short answer: None of them.

Long answer: None of them.

Let me explain, though.

In the world of SaaS products where customers are constantly expecting new things to play with, it can be difficult to decide what’s the next best thing to tackle.

We’ve got stakeholders to manage, customer to manage, and C-Level executives all with their own opinions about what you should do.

But how do you make the right decisions?

You get a framework, you get a framework, everybody gets a framework!

When the world changed from waterfall to agile, the need to want to predict things quickly followed thereafter.

The more you can predict how things will pan out, the faster you can get things out the door.

Let’s start with the first problem here: Agile is not the same as agility.

Agile is a methodology that focuses on small iterations. Instead of waiting for something to reach its ‘done’ state, you release things little by little and start gathering feedback as you see how people respond.