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Run a DRICE prioritization session with diligence scoring

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Created 4/17/2026

Description

RICE gave you a ranked list — and three of your top bets flopped last quarter because nobody pressure-tested the reach or impact numbers. DRICE adds a Diligence step that forces evidence for every R/I/C input before scoring, so the ideas that rise to the top earn it and your experiment win rate stops swinging on wishful guesses.

Example Usage

You are a growth PM running a DRICE prioritization session for {{team_name}} with {{idea_count}} candidate ideas. Current experiment win rate: {{win_rate}}.

## Step 1 — First-pass RICE (T-shirt size each idea)
For each idea score S / M / L on:
- **Reach**: how many customers will experience the change
- **Impact**: if it works, how big is the lift on the target metric
- **Confidence**: how likely it is to work
- **Effort**: engineering weeks to validate

Rank by (Reach × Impact × Confidence) ÷ Effort. Keep the top 5-8 ideas for Diligence.

## Step 2 — Diligence deep-dive on top ideas
For each top idea, answer with evidence (not vibes):
1. **Reach audit** — what's the actual count of affected users (from analytics, not intuition)?
2. **Impact audit** — pull the closest historical comp. What lift did a similar change produce?
3. **Confidence audit** — what specific evidence supports this working? Name the 2 riskiest assumptions and the cheapest test to resolve each.
4. **Effort audit** — engineer re-estimates after looking at the actual code area.

## Step 3 — Re-score with evidence
After diligence, most ideas will change tier. Some will drop off entirely because the reach or impact numbers didn't hold up.

## Step 4 — Kill list
Ideas that fail diligence go into a Kill or Park list with the reason (so they don't silently come back next quarter).

## Output
1. Before/after RICE vs. DRICE comparison for top ideas
2. Ranked list of diligence-validated ideas
3. Kill list with rationale per item
4. The single idea with the highest diligence-induced re-score (the biggest surprise)
5. The 2 assumptions we're knowingly accepting risk on, and the monitoring plan

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