Template · Decision-making & prioritisation
RICE Prioritisation template
For ranking competing ideas by reach, impact, confidence and effort, so quiet, valuable work can beat the loudest request. Leave it alone when the question is strategic rather than a list; it ranks, it does not set direction. Instead OKRs or Three Horizons, to set the direction; RICE only ranks a list against one.
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Score each candidate on the four factors. Reach, Impact and Confidence multiply; Effort divides. Confidence is a percentage, so 80 counts as 0.8. The score is value per unit of work; sort by it, then interrogate the surprises before committing the quarter.
| Item | Reach | Impact | Confidence | Effort | RICE score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | |||||
| – |
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A blank template is the easy part. The entry behind it covers how to run RICE Prioritisation properly, a worked example, the pitfalls real teams hit, and the situations where it is the wrong tool and something else would serve better.