The Scenario:
You’re 6 weeks into a new PM role. Three requests are competing for next sprint:
- Sales wants a bulk export feature. Two enterprise deals are “blocked” on it (per your AE).
- Support wants a fix for a permissions bug. It’s generating repeat tickets but no churn yet.
- Your eng lead wants to pay down tech debt in the same area both features touch.
You have capacity for one. Everyone thinks their thing is obviously the priority.
The Prompt:
Walk through how you’d actually decide. Not just which one you’d pick, but how you’d get three stakeholders to trust the call, especially six weeks in when you don’t have credibility built up yet.