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How to build a weighted scoring model

Agree strategic criteria before scoring; use the ranking to expose trade-offs rather than automatically selecting work.

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Input4 required inputsCandidate initiatives · Current objectives and impact evidence · Rough effort estimates
SkillsBuild a weighted scoring model · Prepare task context · Review an artifact against agreed criteriaProduct Manager + Product Manager Agent
OutcomeWeighted scoring model: criteria, weights and scales, a reproducible score table, sensitivity notes and the proposed order.Artifact: Weighted scoring model

Owner

Product Manager

Human + Agent

Participants · Agents

Head of ProductEngineerProduct Manager Agent

Trigger

ScheduledCandidate initiatives need comparing within one planning horizon.

Required context

JiraCandidate initiativesProduct BrainCurrent objectives and impact evidenceArchitectureRough effort estimatesProduct BrainInitiative focus and approved Product Brain guidance

Optional context

Customer evidenceCustomer and business evidence

Skills

Build a weighted scoring modelPrepare task contextReview an artifact against agreed criteria

Suggested conversation arc

  1. 1Agree criteria and weightsChoose 3–6 non-overlapping criteria tied to current strategy. Agree scoring anchors and weights totalling 100 before inspecting candidate rankings.Skills: Prepare task context
  2. 2Score candidates consistentlyApply the agreed scales to every candidate, link each estimate to evidence, and label unsupported ratings. Multiply ratings by weights and expose the calculation.Skills: Build a weighted scoring model
  3. 3Challenge the rankingCompare leading candidates and borderline cases. Discuss whether different defensible weights or uncertain estimates would change the decision; do not invent certainty.Skills: Review an artifact against agreed criteria
  4. 4Record investment choicesConfirm the chosen order, exclusions and any justified exceptions to the score; state which assumptions should trigger reconsideration.

Output

Weighted scoring model: criteria, weights and scales, a reproducible score table, sensitivity notes and the proposed order.

Artifacts

Creates: Weighted scoring model

What good looks like

  • Weights total 100 and the scoring direction is consistent.
  • Every total is reproducible from visible inputs.
  • Missing scores stay unscored; no made-up quantitative support.

Quality gate

The Product Manager confirms the order, the exclusions and the exceptions to the score.

Destination

RoadmapTeklens only

Usually next

People and agents work from the same Product Brain. The owner stays accountable. Assigned agents prepare and check. A named person approves at the gate.

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