Backlog Prioritization Prompt

A structured AI prompt for reviewing a backlog and recommending priority order based on business value, user impact, technical dependencies, and current sprint goal.

Syntax

product-owner-ai

Act as a product owner helping prioritize a backlog.

Current sprint goal: [describe]
Team capacity: [story points or days]

Backlog items:
[list stories with rough size estimates]

Prioritize based on:
1. Alignment with sprint goal
2. Dependency order
3. Business value vs. effort ratio
4. Risk of deferring each item

Output: Ordered list with one-line rationale per item

Example

product-owner-ai

Sprint goal: Enable end-to-end invoice creation and sending

Priority order:
1. Invoice creation form (8 pts) — core flow, everything depends on this
2. PDF generation (5 pts) — required for sending
3. Email delivery (5 pts) — completes the core flow
4. Invoice status tracking (3 pts) — high value, low effort, fits capacity
5. Template library (8 pts) — defer — not required for core flow, exceeds capacity