MoSCoW Prioritization

It is one of the simplest methods for prioritisation. This is useful if you have to reach a consensus in a team meeting.

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Must: Critical. Without this, product/release is a failure

Should: Important, but not critical for the release

Could: Desirable but not necessary. Example: If it is there, customer satisfaction will increase

Would: Least critical. Can be ignored for this release. Plan it for later

• Quick and simple prioritisation
• Useful when there are less features / items.
• Drawback: If more items are there, many are marked as must - then you do not know which one to prioritise amongst it.

Product managers can use it convince stakeholders in a quick meeting. Especially, when they do not want to know the in-depth details

Label the tasks in hand with “Must”, “Should”, “Could” or “Would”.