How do you prioritize features for a new product?

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Beta testers/investor feedback, #1.

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So we have a backlog of all the features that we need on a table. 
The columns are:
ID - Name - Tags - Type - Status - Importance - Difficulty - Priority

Then we calculate the Priority like this:

(prop("Importance") == "High" and prop("Difficulty") == "Low") ? 9 : ((prop("Importance") == "High" and prop("Difficulty") == "Medium") ? 8 : ((prop("Importance") == "Medium" and prop("Difficulty") == "Low") ? 7 : ((prop("Importance") == "High" and prop("Difficulty") == "High") ? 6 : ((prop("Importance") == "Medium" and prop("Difficulty") == "Medium") ? 5 : ((prop("Importance") == "Medium" and prop("Difficulty") == "High") ? 4 : ((prop("Importance") == "Low" and prop("Difficulty") == "Low") ? 3 : ((prop("Importance") == "Low" and prop("Difficulty") == "Medium") ? 2 : ((prop("Importance") == "Low" and prop("Difficulty") == "High") ? 1 : 10))))))))

Ravi agarwal · Answer

@arthurliebhardt agree

Arthur Liebhardt · Answer

If you have the opportunity to gather feedback and a list of features, consider allowing users to rank them from 1 to x, with 1 being the most important. By obtaining multiple rankings, you can gain a rough overview of what users truly prioritize and want first.

Henry Richmond · Answer

Focus group/beta testers- prioritise based on ease first as we move from MVP

How do you prioritize features for a new product?

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