Utility trees and prioritization
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In this lesson
build a utility tree and rank its leaves.
Planned topics
- Root "utility"; second level the attributes; leaves concrete scenarios.
- Rank each leaf by business importance and technical difficulty (High/Medium/Low).
- High importance plus high difficulty leaves are where design effort goes.
- Run it with stakeholders; the tree is a negotiation tool.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a tree with leaves such as "failover under 15 minutes (H,H)" and "release in under one hour (M,L)".
Check your understanding
Which leaves deserve the most design attention?
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High importance and high difficulty.
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