Rice Prioritisation

Purpose

Apply consistent, criteria-based RICE scoring to a list of features or initiatives to produce an objective prioritisation ranking.

RICE Definitions (adapt to your context)

• Reach: Number of users affected per quarter (use actual DAU/MAU data where available)
• Impact: Effect on your primary metric — use scale: 3=massive, 2=high, 1=medium, 0.5=low, 0.25=minimal
• Confidence: How certain are we about R and I estimates? 100%=high, 80%=medium, 50%=low
• Effort: Person-months required across all functions

RICE Formula

RICE Score = (Reach × Impact × Confidence) / Effort

Process

1. For each initiative provided, gather or estimate R, I, C, E values
2. Flag where estimates are weak and note what data would improve them
3. Calculate RICE score for each