{"id":1903,"date":"2023-06-22T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:25:08","slug":"product-tree-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/product-tree-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Product Tree Game: Our Favorite Way To Prioritize Features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Product Tree game<\/strong> is a feature prioritization technique developed by our friend Luke Hohmann<\/a> for his book Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re sharing it with you because it’s a productive way to work out priorities as a team, and it’s a really helpful method for mapping development. Who said product management couldn’t be fun?

One of your biggest jobs as a product manager is to translate and prioritize what feels like a million inputs flying in from across the company into just one cohesive product roadmap. To help you with this, we want to share one of our favorite feature prioritization frameworks with you. 
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The output of a ProdPad Product Tree session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During this game, everyone gets a chance to bring up the priorities they feel are important for the future of the product. But which priorities will win?

You’ll want to set aside an entire morning or afternoon for this riveting afternoon of discussion, debate, and feature prioritization.

The more people you involve in the process, the better the understanding will be across the board. A good mix of internal stakeholders and active users will provide you with more valuable insights than just getting your product teams together in isolation.

Below you’ll find our easy how-to guide on running your own Product Tree session using this fun visual tool. We’ve also got a brilliant eBook about all of the most important prioritization frameworks for product managers. Just click the banner below to get your copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to run your Product Tree Game session <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What you’ll need:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The Product Tree template (download below)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Post-it notes (leaf-shaped Post-its are <\/span>perfect<\/span><\/i>)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Sharpies<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. A whole afternoon<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Coffee? Can’t hurt!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Step 1: Print our Product Tree template<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The Product Tree is what you’ll use to run your session.<\/span> Get our free Product Tree template here<\/a>, or draw your own out on a big whiteboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Each Product Tree consists of four elements:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n